01-05-2019, 01:51 AM
I love the content of the Democrats' first bill of their newly-secured House majority control. Bill H.R. 1 is truly about draining the DC swamp of corruption, including election corruption.
Bill H.R. 1, or the For the People Act, mandates that states use paper ballots in elections, which must also be hand-counted, or by “optical character recognition device,” the bill states.
The bill will also allow the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — the small federal agency tasked with helping officials carry out elections — to hand out funding to states for the improvement of their elections systems.
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security would be required to conduct a threat assessment ahead of elections and that voting systems be tested nine months before any national election.
And the legislation creates security standards for voting machine vendors, including that they must be owned by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
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Bill H.R. 1, or the For the People Act, mandates that states use paper ballots in elections, which must also be hand-counted, or by “optical character recognition device,” the bill states.
The bill will also allow the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) — the small federal agency tasked with helping officials carry out elections — to hand out funding to states for the improvement of their elections systems.
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security would be required to conduct a threat assessment ahead of elections and that voting systems be tested nine months before any national election.
And the legislation creates security standards for voting machine vendors, including that they must be owned by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
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