Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act
This bill, known as the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act, aims to overturn a specific executive order by repealing it and prohibiting the use of federal funds to implement similar directives in the future. It directly affects the United States Postal Service, various federal agencies, and state election officials by restricting their ability to regulate mail-in ballots or create national citizenship lists for voting purposes. Key provisions ban federal agencies from sharing voter registration data, compel the Postal Service to continue delivering state-issued mail ballots without interference, and forbid the use of taxpayer money to enforce rules that would require states to adopt specific citizenship verification methods. The legislation seeks to preserve the current system where states manage their own election administration while the Postal Service delivers ballots, citing historical precedents and the high volume of mail-in voting used by Americans.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 22, 2026
Last action Apr 22, 2026
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Committee
1
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 40 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Angela D. Alsobrooks
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
Co
Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Charles E. Schumer
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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