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This bill seeks to prohibit the intimidation of election officials and election workers. The key provisions include: 1. Amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prohibit any person from intimidating, threatening, or coercing, or attempting to do so, any person exercising powers or duties to administer federal elections, including vote counting, tabulation, canvassing, and certification, or because of their status as a participant in election administration. 2. Establishing a presumption that displaying or carrying a visible firearm, imitation firearm, or antique firearm while interacting with or observing someone voting, urging or aiding voting, or exercising election administration duties, constitutes a violation of the prohibitions on voter intimidation and intimidation of election officials and workers, unless the person can show otherwise by a preponderance of the evidence. This presumption does not apply to law enforcement officers acting within the scope of their duties, though their possession of a firearm may still be considered. 3. Allowing courts to grant appropriate relief, including placing reasonable temporary limits on the carrying of firearms by defendants, in suits to enforce the prohibitions on voter intimidation and intimidation of election officials and workers.

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