,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjba,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,cornyn1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,sanders1  
,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4   
,hirono1 and ,mr4 ,kelly7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on ,rules
 and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
direct the ,presidential designee under 
the ,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens  
,absentee ,voting ,act to develop and   
implement a plan to provide end-to-end  
electronic voting services for absent   
uniformed services voters under such    
,act who are deployed or mobilized to   
locations with limited or immature      
postal service4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,reducing      
,barriers for ,military ,voters ,act4   
#b4 ,providing end-to-end electronic    
voting services for absent uniformed    
services voters in locations with       
limited or immature postal service  7a7 

,plan  7#a7 ,development ,in            
consultation with the ,chief            
,information ,officer of the ,department
 of ,defense1 the ,presidential designee
 under the ,uniformed and ,overseas     
,citizens ,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb   
,u4,s4,c4 #bjcja et seq47 shall develop 
a plan for providing end-to-end         
electronic voting services 7including   
services for registering to vote1       
requesting an electronic ballot1        
completing the ballot1 and returning the
 ballot7 in participating ,states for   
absent uniformed services voters under  
such ,act who are deployed or mobilized 
to locations with limited or immature   
postal service 7as determined by the    
,presidential designee74  7#b7          
,specifications ,the ,presidential      
designee shall include in the plan      
developed under paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7   
methods to ensure that voters have the  
opportunity to verify that their ballots
 are received and tabulated correctly by
 the appropriate ,state and local       

election officials2  7,b7 methods to    
generate a verifiable and auditable vote
 trail for the purposes of any recount  
or audit conducted with respect to an   
election2 and  7,c7 an assessment of    
whether commercially available          
technologies may be used to carry out   
any of the elements of the plan4  7#c7  
,consultation with ,state and local     
election officials ,the ,presidential   
designee shall develop the plan under   
paragraph 7#a7 in consultation with     
appropriate ,state and local election   
officials to ensure that the plan may be
 implemented successfully in any ,state 
which agrees to participate in the plan4
  7#d7 ,use of contractors ,to the      
extent the ,presidential designee       
determines to be appropriate1 the       
,presidential designee may include in   
the plan developed under paragraph 7#a7 
provisions for the use of contractors to
 carry out any of the elements of the   
plan4  7#e7 ,submission ,not later than 
#a year after the date of the enactment 

of this ,act1 the ,presidential designee
 shall submit the plan developed under  
paragraph 7#a7 to the ,committees on    
,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives and ,senate4  7b7      
,implementation ,the ,presidential      
designee shall implement the plan       
developed under subsection 7a7-- 7#a7   
for a trial group of voters in          
participating ,states for elections for 
,federal office held in #bjbd2 and  7#b7
 for all such voters in participating   
,states for elections for ,federal      
office held in #bjbf and any succeeding 
year4