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Secure Elections Act

Introduced: March 22, 2018 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Mar 22, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Secure Elections Act

This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies.

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems.

The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.

What's happening now March 22, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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