S 4721 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Criminal procedure and sentencing Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Voting rights

Securing Our Elections Act of 2020

Introduced: November 10, 2020 See on congress.gov

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Sep 24, 2020

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

Sep 24, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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Securing Our Elections Act of 2020

This bill increases criminal penalties for federal election fraud and voter intimidation.

What's happening now September 24, 2020

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

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Cosponsors 3

Cotton, Tom

Arkansas · Nov 10, 2020

Johnson, Ron

Wisconsin · Nov 10, 2020

Tillis, Thomas

North Carolina · Nov 10, 2020

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4721: Securing Our Elections Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4721/

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"S. 4721: Securing Our Elections Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4721/.

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S. 4721, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4721/.

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