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S 3142 117th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics

Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act

Introduced: November 2, 2021 Introduced by: Ossoff, Jon Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act

This bill addresses certain protections for election workers and polling places.

In particular, the bill prohibits, with enhanced penalties for certain types of threats and harms (1) intimidation of poll watchers, election officials, and election agents, vendors, and contractors involving violence or threats of harm; and (2) physical damage to or threats to physically damage a polling place, tabulation center, or other election infrastructure.

What's happening now November 2, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6872 Identical bill Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3142: Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3142/
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"S. 3142: Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3142/.
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S. 3142, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3142/.
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