3.0.0 3049 2023-01-11T13:42:10Z 2023-01-11T13:42:10Z Senate S 2018-06-12 115 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-12T14:25:50Z Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 115 12 HR 2017-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Related bill CRS SAFE Act 115 1562 HR 2017-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Related bill CRS Restoring Confidence in America's Elections Act 115 3132 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Related bill CRS Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 115 1437 S 2017-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 115 6093 HR 2018-06-13 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2018-06-12 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2018-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-06-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-06-12 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-06-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-06-12 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-06-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-07-23 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-08-20 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2018-08-20 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-08-21 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-08-23 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-09-17 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-09-25 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-09-28 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2018-10-04 False Government Operations and Politics Disability and paralysis Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Technology assessment Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-26T21:02:32Z Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018

This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect for errors before the vote is cast. The bill also (1) requires the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) prescribes approved methods for such audits, (3) revises accessibility requirements related to the bill's paper ballot requirements, and (4) directs the National Science Foundation to make grants to eligible entities to study and develop mechanisms to address various voting issues.

]]> Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Display Title Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and risk-limiting audits in all Federal elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3049is/xml/BILLS-115s3049is.xml 2018-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 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.