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National Voter Anti-Intimidation and Anti-Fraud Election Act of 2001

Introduced: April 24, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Apr 24, 2001
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 24, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
National Voter Anti-Intimidation and Anti-Fraud Election Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law, including the Revised Statutes, to require that general Federal elections for President and Vice President, Senators, and Members of the House of Representatives be held over the 48-hour period that begins with the first Saturday in November.

Denies the States authority to prohibit any individual from voting in an election for Federal office if the individual is a U.S. citizen, registered to vote in the appropriate jurisdiction, and is not incarcerated while the polls for the election are open in the State.

Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the treatment of certain law enforcement activities by State or local law enforcement officers on any Federal election day as interference with an election for Federal office.

What's happening now April 24, 2001

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 24, 2001
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 24, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1559: National Voter Anti-Intimidation and Anti-Fraud Election Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1559/
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"H.R. 1559: National Voter Anti-Intimidation and Anti-Fraud Election Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1559/.
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H.R. 1559, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1559/.
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