ASSURE Act

(a) Annual requirement. Not later than 200 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—

(1) establish procedures to affirmatively offer, on an annual basis, each member of the Armed Forces on active duty the opportunity to register to vote in Federal elections, update voter registration information, or request an absentee ballot; and

(2) evaluate the feasibility of implementing an online system to facilitate the services described in paragraph (1).

(b) Ballot tracking

(1) In general. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Department of State, the Military Postal Service Agency, and the United States Postal Service, shall take all practical steps to establish procedures to enable a comprehensive end-to-end ballot tracking system for all absentee ballots cast by absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters (as such terms are defined in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310)).

(2) Strategic plan. Not later than 200 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President and Congress a strategic plan for establishing the ballot tracking system required in paragraph (1).

(c) Agency coordination

(1) In general. The head of each agency with employees stationed outside the United States shall designate an employee to be responsible for coordinating with the Federal Voting Assistance Program, including to promote voter registration and voting services available to such employees.

(2) Office of Management and Budget assistance. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may issue guidance to assist agencies in making the designations required in paragraph (1).