Bill > HR8517

This bill, the Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2022 (COCOA Act of 2022), amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to confirm the requirement that states allow access to designated congressional election observers to observe the election administration procedures in elections for federal office. The bill cites the Constitution's delegation of authority to each House of Congress to be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and notes that Congress has long appointed and sent out official congressional observers to watch the administration of congressional elections in the states and territories. The bill establishes a new section in the law to require states to provide full access to designated congressional election observers to observe all aspects of the election administration process, while prohibiting those observers from interfering with the process.

Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8517/all-info