Securing America’s Elections Act of 2023
USA118th CongressHR-466| House
| Updated: 1/24/2023
Paul A. Gosar
Republican Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (1)
Committee on House Administration, Budget Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Securing America's Elections Act of 2023 This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also (1) requires the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) prescribes approved methods for such audits, and (3) directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission to report on the desirability of using open-source software in voting systems.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Election Commission (FEC)Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsPublic-private cooperationRight of privacyState and local financeState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment
Securing America’s Elections Act of 2023
USA118th CongressHR-466| House
| Updated: 1/24/2023
Securing America's Elections Act of 2023 This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also (1) requires the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) prescribes approved methods for such audits, and (3) directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission to report on the desirability of using open-source software in voting systems.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Paul A. Gosar
Republican Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (1)
Committee on House Administration, Budget Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal Election Commission (FEC)Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsPublic-private cooperationRight of privacyState and local financeState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment