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	"author_name": "Indivisible Austin",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/indivisible-austin",
	"title": "Protect our vote during the coronavirus pandemic",
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	"description": "Amid the coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable Americans are going to have to choose between casting a ballot and protecting their health. Vote-by-mail is a time-tested, reliable way for Americans to exercise their constitutional rights, and the right answer to respond to this crisis. Sens. Klobuchar and Wyden introduced the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) of 2020 to: Expand early in-person voting and no-excuse absentee vote-by-mail to all states. Require states and jurisdictions to establish a publicly available contingency plan to enable eligible Americans to vote in the case of an emergency and establish an initiative to recruit poll workers from high schools and colleges. Amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to allow voters who did not receive an absentee ballot for the 2020 election to use a printable Federal Write in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) including a secrecy envelope and mailing envelope. Require that states which offer printable absentee ballots with listed candidates under UOCAVA, allow voters who did not receive an absentee ballot for the 2020 election to use such a ballot. Amend the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to charge the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) with creating a domestic version of the FWAB that can be used starting in 2022. Create categories of eligible Americans who can use the domestic FWAB including: Those who requested an absentee ballot from the State or jurisdiction where they are registered to vote but never received it. Those who reside in an area or state effected by a natural disaster or emergency declared by the government of that state or area, including a national emergency. Those who are absent from their voting jurisdiction on the day of the election because they are an emergency responder or volunteering in response to a natural disaster or emergency. Those who are hospitalized or expect to be hospitalized on the day of the election. Require that all states provide self-sealing envelopes with prepaid postage to all voters who request a voter registration application, absentee ballot application, or absentee ballot. And require that all states offer and accept online absentee ballot applications. Direct all states to use envelopes with an Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) to allow voters to track their ballot for the 2020 election and for following elections, create a federal domestic ballot tracking program with the necessary funds to implement such a program. Require absentee ballots to be counted if postmarked or signed before the close of the polls on Election Day and received on or before the day on which final vote totals are required by law to be submitted to the State for an official canvass of the election. Authorize funds necessary sums to reimburse states for the cost of implementing the Act, such as providing prepaid postage and purchasing additional ballot scanners. Provide $2 million in additional funds to the EAC for supporting states in implementing the Act.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-our-vote-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic"
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