,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjag,mr4 
,kihuen introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,uniformed and ,overseas      
,citizens ,absentee ,voting ,act to     
require ,states upon request to provide 
absent uniformed services voters and    
overseas voters who receive absentee    
ballots in an election for ,federal     
office held in the ,state with absentee 
ballots for all subsequent elections for
 ,federal office held in the ,state     
through the next regularly scheduled    
general election for ,federal office1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,servicemember ,voting ,protection ,act4
  #b4 ,use of single absentee ballot    
application for subsequent elections    
7a7 ,in general ,section #ajd of the    
,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens      
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   

#bjcjf7 is amended to read as follows3  
#ajd4 ,use of single application for    
subsequent elections  7a7 ,in general   
,if a ,state accepts and processes an   
official post card form 7prescribed     
under section #aja7 submitted by an     
absent uniformed services voter or      
overseas voter for simultaneous voter   
registration and absentee ballot        
application 7in accordance with section 
#ajb7;a77#d77 and the voter requests    
that the application be considered an   
application for an absentee ballot for  
each subsequent election for ,federal   
office held in the ,state through the   
next regularly scheduled general        
election for ,federal office 7including 
any runoff elections which may occur as 
a result of the outcome of such general 
election71 the ,state shall provide an  
absentee ballot to the voter for each   
such subsequent election4  7b7          
,exception for voters changing          
registration ,subsection 7a7 shall not  
apply with respect to a voter registered

 to vote in a ,state for any election   
held after the voter notifies the ,state
 that the voter no longer wishes to be  
registered to vote in the ,state or     
after the ,state determines that the    
voter has registered to vote in another 
,state or is otherwise no longer        
eligible to vote in the ,state4  7c7    
,prohibition of refusal of application  
on grounds of early submission ,a ,state
 may not refuse to accept or to process1
 with respect to any election for       
,federal office1 any otherwise valid    
voter registration application or       
absentee ballot application 7including  
the postcard form prescribed under      
section #aja7 submitted by an absent    
uniformed services voter or overseas    
voter on the grounds that the voter     
submitted the application before the    
first date on which the ,state otherwise
 accepts or processes such applications 
for that election which are submitted by
 absentee voters who are not members of 
the uniformed services or overseas      

citizens4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to voter registration
 and absentee ballot applications which 
are submitted to a ,state or local      
election official on or after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4