Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act
Summary
Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act This bill addresses certain protections for election workers and polling places. 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 2, 2021
Last action Nov 2, 2021
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Nov 2, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Nov 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
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Jon Ossoff
DDemocratic
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