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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6872" measure-id="id117hr6872" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-02-28" update-date="2022-06-21">
        <title>Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6872v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-06-21">
            <action-date>2022-02-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act</strong></p> <p>This bill addresses certain protections for election workers and polling places. </p> <p>In particular, the bill prohibits, with enhanced penalties for certain types of threats and harms (1) intimidation of poll watchers, election officials, and election agents, vendors, and contractors involving violence or threats of harm; and (2) physical damage to or threats to physically damage a polling place, tabulation center, or other election infrastructure.</p>]]></summary-text>
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