Integrity of Our Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-8072
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Postal service

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Integrity of Our Elections Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits an election official from mailing a ballot for a federal election to an individual unless the election official certifies that the individual is eligible to vote.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8072 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2020 Mr. Smith of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit an election official from transmitting a ballot to an individual by mail for an election for Federal office unless the official certifies to the chief State election official that the individual is eligible to vote in the election.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Integrity of Our Elections Act . 2. Prohibiting transmission by mail of ballots for elections to individuals not certified as eligible to vote in election (a) Prohibition Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21082 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: (d) Prohibiting transmission by mail of ballots for election to individuals not certified as eligible To vote in election (1) Prohibition An election official may not transmit a ballot to an individual by mail for an election for Federal office unless the official certifies to the chief State election official that the individual is eligible to vote in the election. (2) Effective date Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any election occurring after the date of the enactment of the Integrity of Our Elections Act. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 302(e) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21082(e) ), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking Each State and inserting Except as provided in subsection (d), each State .