Rep. Williams Introduces Election Mail Act to Require Free Postage and Same-Day Processing
This bill is currently sitting in two House committees and has not moved since August 2025. Because no action has been taken on the bill for 11 months, it is considered stalled. The House committees must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills never receive this step.
This bill lacks Republican support and faces a tough path in a divided Congress where voting rules are a major point of disagreement between the two parties.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 2987 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
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USPS workers would face new operational requirements including same-day ballot processing mandates, mandatory postmarking of all ballots, and a ban on equipment or mailbox changes for 120 days before elections. The bill also creates new Election Mail Coordinator positions at each area and district office. These changes add responsibilities and constraints but also create new roles within the agency.
“The Postal Service shall appoint an Election Mail Coordinator at each area office and district office to facilitate relevant information sharing with State, territorial, local, and Tribal election officials in regards to the mailing of election mail.”
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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Senator Amy Klobuchar has introduced numerous voting rights bills in the Senate, including the Election Mail Act, which seeks to improve the delivery and processing of election mail and ensure voters do not have to pay for postage on ballots.
H.R. 4915, the Election Mail Act, introduced by Rep. Nikema Williams, aims to codify First-Class service standards for all election mail and require the USPS to postmark all ballots. It also ensures that voters and election officials do not bear the cost of postage.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Election Mail Act
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