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Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020

USA116th CongressHR-8753| House 
| Updated: 11/16/2020
Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
Ben Cline (Republican)

Committee on House Administration, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 This bill requires states to establish certain election measures. It also prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections. Specifically, the bill requires each state, in order to receive certain election assistance funds, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions; permit poll watching by at least two appointed campaign representatives per campaign; require absentee and mail-in ballots to be counted and recorded immediately upon receipt without disclosing any results until after the closure of polling places on election day; require continuous counting of ballots after the closure of polling places on election day; install video surveillance of ballot drop boxes; require each supervisor of elections to make publicly available a report outlining preparations for the upcoming general election; and require an audit of municipal voting systems. Finally, the bill generally prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections, which is the process of collecting vote-by-mail ballots from voters and returning them to the polling place or election office. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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Timeline
Nov 12, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4893
Introduced in Senate
Nov 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Nov 16, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
  • November 12, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4893
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 16, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • November 16, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-4893: Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020
Accounting and auditingElections, voting, political campaign regulationFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsPostal serviceState and local government operations

Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020

USA116th CongressHR-8753| House 
| Updated: 11/16/2020
Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020 This bill requires states to establish certain election measures. It also prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections. Specifically, the bill requires each state, in order to receive certain election assistance funds, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions; permit poll watching by at least two appointed campaign representatives per campaign; require absentee and mail-in ballots to be counted and recorded immediately upon receipt without disclosing any results until after the closure of polling places on election day; require continuous counting of ballots after the closure of polling places on election day; install video surveillance of ballot drop boxes; require each supervisor of elections to make publicly available a report outlining preparations for the upcoming general election; and require an audit of municipal voting systems. Finally, the bill generally prohibits ballot harvesting in federal elections, which is the process of collecting vote-by-mail ballots from voters and returning them to the polling place or election office. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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Timeline
Nov 12, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4893
Introduced in Senate
Nov 16, 2020
Introduced in House
Nov 16, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
  • November 12, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4893
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 16, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • November 16, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly

Republican Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
Ben Cline (Republican)

Committee on House Administration, Judiciary Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-4893: Protect Election Integrity Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingElections, voting, political campaign regulationFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsPostal serviceState and local government operations