3.0.0 1472 2022-03-02T16:13:00Z 2022-03-02T16:13:00Z Senate S 2019-05-15 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-15T15:07:05Z Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 116 2754 HR 2019-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2019-05-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-15 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-05-15 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-05-15 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-05-15 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-05-15 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-05-15 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-05-15 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-15 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-05-15 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-05-15 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-05-15 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-05-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-05-15 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-05-15 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-06-04 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Census and government statistics Civil actions and liability Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional elections Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Northern Mariana Islands Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding State and local finance State and local government operations Subversive activities Telephone and wireless communication U.S. territories and protectorates Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-24T19:45:13Z Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019

This bill addresses the security of federal elections, including by requiring paper ballots, requiring audits of election results, and establishing requirements for election cybersecurity.

The bill provides requirements for ballots. Voting systems must use a paper ballot that is verifiable by a voter before being cast and these ballots must be retained for recounts or audits. During a recount, ballots must be counted by hand.

States and jurisdictions must perform an audit of an election that must include a manual adjudication of voter intent from some or all of the ballots cast. The audit results must meet specified statistical requirements and must be published before such election is certified.

The bill provides a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of voting system or audit requirements.

The Election Assistance Commission must provide funds to states

  • to replace paperless voting systems to comply with requirements of the bill,
  • for the acquisition of accessible ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities,
  • for certain ballot design and printing costs, and
  • for certain election audit costs.

The bill also directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within in the Department of Homeland Security to set mandatory election cybersecurity standards, including those regarding optical scanning devices, ballot marking devices, election management systems, voter registration websites, and election results systems.

]]> Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 Display Title Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1472is/xml/BILLS-116s1472is.xml 2019-05-15 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.