H.R. 4276 · 115th Congress
Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017
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This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 7, 2017
Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017
This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also requires (1) the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) each state to audit federal election results by administering hand counts of paper ballots at randomly selected precincts, and (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress and the affected state if DHS believes a state's voter-registration database or voting system has been breached.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017
Latest action (May 22, 2018): Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 7, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.