A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide a deadline for the receipt of ballots in elections for Federal office.

S. 5355, introduced by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) on August 6, 2026, would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish a deadline for the receipt of ballots in elections for federal office. The bill's full legislative text has not yet been published, so the specific deadline it would set, and how it would apply, are not yet known.

Because federal ballot-receipt rules affect how states administer elections for federal offices, this bill would primarily affect state and local election administrators, who would need to comply with any new receipt deadline, as well as voters, particularly those who vote by mail, whose ballots would need to arrive by the deadline the bill establishes in order to be counted. The precise scope of who is affected cannot be determined until the bill text is available.

The bill was introduced in the Senate on August 6, 2026, and its only recorded action to date is that introduction. As is typical, it would next need to be considered by a Senate committee before it could advance to a floor vote; no further action has occurred as of the most recent update. A fuller summary of its specific provisions will be possible once the official bill text is published.

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