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Introduced Session

To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes. This bill addresses election security through grant programs and requirements for voting systems and paper ballots. The bill establishes requirements for voting systems, including that systems (1) use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots; (2) make a voter's marked ballot available for inspection and verification by the voter before the vote is cast; (3) ensure that individuals with disabilities are given an equivalent opportunity to vote, including with privacy and independence, in a manner that produces a voter-verified paper ballot; and (4) be manufactured in the United States. The National Science Foundation must award grants to study, test, and develop accessible voter-verified paper ballot voting and best practices to enhance the accessibility of such voting for individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with difficulties in literacy. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must award grants to states to (1) replace certain voting systems, carry out voting system security improvements, and implement and model best practices for ballot design, ballot instructions, and the testing of ballots; and (2) conduct risk-limiting audits. The bill provides for information sharing with states regarding threats to election infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security must issue a national strategy to protect against cyberattacks, influence operations, disinformation campaigns, and other activities that could undermine the security and integrity of democratic institutions. The EAC must provide for the testing of voting system hardware and software and decertify such technology that does not meet guidelines.

Committee Categories

Bennie Thompson (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Al Green (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Ron Kind (D),  James Langevin (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  John Lewis (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Dean Phillips (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Max Rose (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Abigail Spanberger (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Xochitl Torres Small (D),  Lauren Underwood (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Jennifer Wexton (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (on 06/28/2019)

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