Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8964
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2020-12-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, or coerce (or attempt to do so) an individual (i.e., an election official or a poll worker) for the purpose of interfering with their duties in administering elections.</p> <p>Violators are subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8964 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 14, 2020 Ms. Scanlon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intimidation of election officials and poll workers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020 . 2. Intimidation of voters and election officials (a) In general Section 594 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by adding at the end the following: and election officials ; (2) by striking Whoever and inserting (a) Intimidation of voters— Whoever ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Intimidation of election officials and poll workers Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with such other person’s duties in connection with the administration of an election described in subsection (a), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related to section 594 and inserting the following: 594. Intimidation of voters and election officials. .