3.0.0 4034 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z Senate S S 2006-09-29 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-30T01:21:52Z 2006-09-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10738) IntroReferral 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-09-29 True Crime and Law Enforcement Ballots Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Civil rights enforcement Congress Congressional elections Damages Election fraud Government Operations and Politics Law Presidential elections Voting Voting machines Voting rights Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-10T14:17:47Z Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit interference with or attempts to affect an election of a presidential or congressional candidate or ballot initiative by tampering with a voting system, discarding ballots, or altering a vote. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for violations.

Allows individuals whose right to vote is interfered with due to violations of this Act to bring a civil action in federal court and recover damages up to $10,000.

]]> Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act Display Title Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18 of the United States code to prohibit certain types of vote tampering. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act Introduced in Senate 2006-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4034is/xml/BILLS-109s4034is.xml 2006-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10738) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.