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Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017

Introduced: November 7, 2017 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Nov 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Nov 7, 2017
Introduced in House
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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.

What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Takano, Mark
California · Jul 27, 2018
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 6, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 25, 2018
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jan 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4276: Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4276/
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"H.R. 4276: Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4276/.
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H.R. 4276, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4276/.
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