,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbj,mr4 
,lynch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1   
,mr4 ,cooper1 and ,mr4 ,de,saulnier7    
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 permit absent 
uniformed services voters and overseas  
voters to submit the ,federal write-in  
absentee ballot under such ,act to the  
appropriate ,state election official by 
mail1 electronic mail1 or fax4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,digital ,overseas ,voting ,act4    
#b4 ,permitting submission of ,federal  
write-in absentee ballot by mail1       
electronic mail1 or fax  7a7 ,submission
 of ballot ,section #ajc7;b7 of the     
,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens      
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcjc7;b77 is amended in the matter    
preceding paragraph 7#a7 by striking the

 period at the end of the first sentence
 and inserting the following3 1 except  
that the appropriate ,state election    
official shall accept the submission of 
the ballot by the absent uniformed      
services voter or overseas voter by     
mail1 electronic mail1 or fax44  7b7    
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any ballot submitted on or after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4