ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Administration and operation: improve (see H.R. 4479), H3170 [6JY]

Appropriations: limit funding for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 2109), H1631 [29MR]

Elections: adopt voluntary guidelines for election officials on use of nonvoting election technology in Federal elections (see H.R. 4457), H3166 [3JY]

——— conduct penetration testing in testing and certification of voting systems and establish Independent Security Testing and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Pilot Program for Election Systems (see S. 1500), S1566 [9MY]

——— direct Standards Board to release voluntary considerations with respect to administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 4407), H3157 [30JN]

——— expand certain existing protections to election administrators who count ballots and certify results, provide judicial review, and strengthen protections for Federal election records and election infrastructure (see S. 1487), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 3130), H2170 [9MY]

——— prohibit payments to States and jurisdictions which fail to meet certain standards to protect integrity and certainty of Federal elections (see H.R. 512), H323 [25JA]

——— prohibit States from using proprietary voting system hardware or software preventing system from meeting Election Assistance Commission voluntary voting system guidelines for interoperability and auditability (see H.R. 3257), H2309 [11MY]

Office of Democracy Advancement and Innovation: establish to administer Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program (see S. 630), S636 [2MR] (see H.R. 5292), H4204 [25AU]

Schools: carry out pilot program to fund local educational agency initiatives to provide voter registration information to high school seniors (see H.R. 126), H102 [9JA]

States: establish program to make grants to States to provide enhanced pay for election workers (see H.R. 3436), H2425 [17MY]

——— make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers (see S. 1609), S1678 [16MY]

——— require to submit report that includes information on voter list maintenance activities (see H.R. 4317), H3140 [23JN]

Voting: guarantee right to vote for all citizens regardless of criminal offense convictions (see S. 3423), S5807 [6DE] (see H.R. 6643), H6208 [6DE]

——— provide grants to support State and local governments making transition to ranked choice voting (see S. 3313), S5540 [15NO]

——— require inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications (see H.R. 5290), H4204 [25AU]

Remarks in House

Voting: protect election workers, H5583 [8NO]