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H.R. 5011 · 115th Congress

Election Security Act

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5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2018

Election Security Act

This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure.

The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Election Security Act

Latest action (Feb 28, 2018): Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 14, 2018

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.