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H.R. 156

Securing our Elections Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 3, 2025Government Operations and Politics

Plain-English summary

Securing our Elections Act of 2025 This bill establishes certain photo identification requirements for voting in federal elections. Specifically, the bill prohibits a state or local election official from providing a ballot for a federal election to an individual who does not present valid photo identification. Next, the bill outlines the availability of provisional ballots and the requirements for counting those ballots. In particular, an individual who does not present a valid photo identification must be permitted to cast a provisional ballot.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

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Official Subjects

Government Operations and PoliticsComputers and information technologyElections, voting, political campaign regulationState and local government operations

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