,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjai,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,king1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,ms4           
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
information and opportunities for       
registration for voting and absentee    
ballot requests for members of the      
,armed ,forces who are undergoing       
deployment overseas1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,voting   
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,information and 
opportunities for registration for      
voting and absentee ballot requests for 
members of the ,armed ,forces undergoing
 deployment overseas  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #de days prior to a     
general election for ,federal office1 a 
member of the ,armed ,forces shall be   
provided with the following3 7#a7 ,a    

,federal write-in absentee ballot       
prescribed pursuant to section #ajc of  
the ,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens  
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcjc71 together with instructions on  
the appropriate use of the ballot with  
respect to the ,state in which the      
member is registered to vote4  7#b7 ,in 
the case of a member intending to vote  
in a ,state that does not accept the    
,federal write-in absentee ballot as a  
simultaneous application and acceptable 
ballot for ,federal elections1 a        
briefing on1 and an opportunity to fill 
out1 the official post card form for    
absentee voter registration application 
and absentee ballot application         
prescribed under section #aja7;b77#b7 of
 the ,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens 
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcja7;b77#b774  7b7 ,personnel        
responsible of discharge ,ballots and   
instructions shall be provided pursuant 
to paragraphs7#a7 of subsection 7a7 by  
,voting ,assistance ,officers or such   

other personnel as the ,secretary of the
 military department concerned shall    
designate4  7c7 ,sense of ,congress     
relating to the use of the ,federal     
write-,in absentee ballot  7#a7         
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7,a7 ,servicemembers serving  
abroad are subject to disproportionate  
challenges in voting4  7,b7 ,as of ,may1
 #bjai1 only #bh ,states allow          
servicemembers to use the ,federal      
write-in absentee ballot as a           
simultaneous application and acceptable 
ballot for ,federal elections4  7#b7    
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7,a7 ,federal and      
,state governments should remove all    
obstacles that would inhibit deployed   
servicemembers from voting2 and  7,b7   
,states that do not allow servicemembers
 to use the ,federal write-in absentee  
ballot as a simultaneous application and
 acceptable ballot for ,federal         
elections should modify their laws to   
permit such use4