Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
There are already statutes in place to protect poll workers in every other citizen of this nation from threats of force or intimidations, or menacing with a deadly weapon. This is nothing but another attempt to villainize individuals exercising their Second Amendment rights by carrying firearms to polling stations.
Title: Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act
Subject: Government operations and politics
Description: A bill to protect election workers and polling places.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: November 2, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3142/all-info
Companion Bill: HB6872
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1 sponsors: Jon Ossoff (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | Nov 2 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Nov 8 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill