3.0.0 4893 2023-01-11T13:44:11Z 2023-01-11T13:44:11Z Senate S 2020-11-12 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-11-12T17:49:06Z Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 116 8753 HR 2020-11-16 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 2020-11-12 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2020-11-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Postal service State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-11-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-11T18:46:54Z Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020

This bill requires states to establish certain election measures. It also prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections.

Specifically, the bill requires each state, in order to receive certain election assistance funds, to

  • prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions;
  • permit poll watching by at least two appointed campaign representatives per campaign;
  • require absentee and mail-in ballots to be counted and recorded immediately upon receipt without disclosing any results until after the closure of polling places on election day;
  • require continuous counting of ballots after the closure of polling places on election day;
  • install video surveillance of ballot drop boxes;
  • require each supervisor of elections to make publicly available a report outlining preparations for the upcoming general election; and
  • require an audit of municipal voting systems.

Finally, the bill generally prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections, which is the process of collecting vote-by-mail ballots from voters and returning them to the polling place or election office. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

]]> Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 Display Title Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for the establishment of election integrity measures by States and to prohibit ballot harvesting in Federal elections. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4893is/xml/BILLS-116s4893is.xml 2020-11-12 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.