I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6872 
To protect election workers and polling places. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2022 
Mr. LEVIN
of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BISHOP
of Georgia, Ms. 
BOURDEAUX, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. PORTER, Ms. ROSS, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DAVID SCOTT 
of Georgia, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. VARGAS, and Mr. MOULTON) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To protect election workers and polling places. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Worker and 
Polling Place Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELECTION WORKER AND POLLING PLACE PROTEC-
TION. 
Section 11 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 
U.S.C. 10307) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever, whether or not acting under color 
of law, by force or threat of force, or violence, or threat 
of harm to any person or property, willfully intimidates 
or interferes with, or attempts to intimidate or interfere 
with, the ability of any person or any class of persons to 
vote or qualify to vote, or to qualify or act as a poll watch-
er, or any legally authorized election official, in any pri-
mary, special, or general election, or any person who is, 
or is employed by, an agent, contractor, or vendor of a 
legally authorized election official assisting in the adminis-
tration of any primary, special, or general election, shall 
be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from 
the acts committed in violation of this paragraph or if 
such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened 
use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be 
fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) Whoever, whether or not acting under color of 
law, willfully physically damages or threatens to physically 
damage any physical property being used as a polling 
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place or tabulation center or other election infrastructure, 
with the intent to interfere with the administration of an 
election or the tabulation or certification of votes, shall 
be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from 
the acts committed in violation of this paragraph or if 
such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened 
use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be 
fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, de minimus 
damage or threats of de minimus damage to physical prop-
erty shall not be considered a violation of this subsection. 
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘elec-
tion infrastructure’ means any office of an election official, 
staff, worker, or volunteer or any physical, mechanical, or 
electrical device, structure, or tangible item used in the 
process of creating, distributing, voting, returning, count-
ing, tabulating, auditing, storing, or other handling of 
voter registration or ballot information. 
‘‘(g) No prosecution of any offense described in this 
subsection may be undertaken by the United States, ex-
cept under the certification in writing of the Attorney Gen-
eral, or a designee, that— 
‘‘(1) the State does not have jurisdiction; 
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