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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7960 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of fraudulent ballots in elections 

for Federal office through the use of post offices, authorized depositories 

of mail matter, or ballot drop boxes, to direct the Attorney General 

to establish a system for receiving reports of incidents of the transmission 

of such fraudulent ballots through such methods, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 11, 2024 

Mr. MEUSER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 

provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of 

fraudulent ballots in elections for Federal office through 

the use of post offices, authorized depositories of mail 

matter, or ballot drop boxes, to direct the Attorney General to establish a system for receiving reports of incidents of the transmission of such fraudulent ballots 

through such methods, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ballot Drop 

3 Box and Mail Fraud Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRANSMISSION OF 

5 FRAUDULENT BALLOTS IN FEDERAL ELEC6 TIONS THROUGH USE OF BALLOT DROP 

7 BOXES OR MAIL. 

8 Section 12 of the National Voter Registration Act of 

9 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

11 IN GENERAL.—A person’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(b) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES IN15 VOLVING USE OF BALLOT DROP BOXES OR MAIL.—A 

16 person who, in any election for Federal office, uses a post 

17 office, authorized depository of mail matter, or drop box 

18 which is provided by an election official for the collection 

19 of voted ballots to knowingly and willfully transmit a voted 

20 ballot that is known by the person to be materially false, 

21 fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in 

22 which the election is held, shall be fined in accordance with 

23 title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 

24 20 years plus one additional year for each such ballot the 

25 person transmits, or both.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INCIDENTS OF TRANS2 MISSION OF FRAUDULENT BALLOTS IN FED3 ERAL ELECTIONS THROUGH USE OF BALLOT 

4 DROP BOXES OR MAIL. 

5 (a) REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Attorney General 

6 shall establish a system through which persons may report 

7 incidents involving the transmission of fraudulent ballots 

8 in elections for Federal office through the use of a post 

9 office, authorized depository of mail matter, or drop box 

10 which is provided by an election official for the collection 

11 of voted ballots, including reports made through a toll-free 

12 hotline and a confidential online portal. 

13 (b) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall estab14 lish the system under subsection (a) not later than 30 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 4. ENSURING PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STATE 

17 ELECTION OFFICIALS ON INDIVIDUALS 

18 RECUSED FROM JURY SERVICE ON GROUNDS 

19 OF NONCITIZENSHIP. 

20 (a) REQUIRING STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO CO21 ORDINATE INFORMATION ON RECUSAL AS PART OF MAIN22 TENANCE OF STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.— 

23 Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(2) of the Help Amer24 ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(2)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 

2 and 

3 (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 

4 new clause: 

5 ‘‘(iii) For purposes of removing names 

6 of ineligible voters from the official list of 

7 eligible voters by reason of citizenship sta8 tus, the State shall coordinate the comput9 erized list with records of courts which 

10 have recused individuals from serving on a 

11 jury on the grounds that the individuals 

12 are not citizens of the United States.’’. 

13 (b) REQUIRING NOTIFICATION BY COURTS.— 

14 (1) REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED.—If a United 

15 States district court or a court of any State or local 

16 jurisdiction recuses an individual from serving on a 

17 jury on the grounds that the individual is not a cit18 izen of the United States, the court shall transmit 

19 a notice of the individual’s recusal— 

20 (A) to the chief State election official of 

21 the State in which the individual resides; and 

22 (B) to the Attorney General. 

23 (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub24 section— 


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1 (A) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a 

2 State is the individual designated by the State 

3 under section 10 of the National Voter Reg4 istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20509) to be 

5 responsible for coordination of the State’s re6 sponsibilities under such Act; and 

7 (B) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 

8 several States, the District of Columbia, the 

9 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

10 Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is11 lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

12 Mariana Islands. 

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