HR 8285
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local finance
Election Fraud Prevention Act
Introduced: September 17, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Election Fraud Prevention Act
This bill requires each state, in order to receive certain election assistance funds, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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