US Congress House Bill 2754 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2019-05-15	House	Introduced in House

SB1472 (Same As) 2019-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2754/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2754/BILLS-116hr2754ih.pdf