Stop Mail-In Voter Fraud Act
This bill provides for enhanced penalties for certain crimes related to federal elections and contains other related provisions.
More specifically, the bill increases the maximum terms of imprisonment for various criminal acts if the act involves multiple ballots related to a federal election. For example, current law allows for a prison term of up to 20 years for certain fraudulent schemes involving the mail. Under this bill, the maximum prison term shall be 30 years if such a mail fraud scheme involves multiple ballots for a federal election.
The bill also requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a system, including a toll-free hotline and confidential website, for an individual to report instances of fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in a federal election.
In addition, the bill requires courts to notify state election offices and DOJ when an individual has been recused from serving on a jury on the grounds that the individual is not a U.S. citizen. Each state's election office shall, as part of regular maintenance of its list of eligible voters, remove the name of such an individual from the voter list.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7803 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7803
To amend title 18, United States Code, and the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 to provide for enhanced penalties for the
fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in elections for Federal
office, to direct the Attorney General to establish a system for
receiving reports of incidents of the fraudulent transmission of such
ballots by mail, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 2020
Mr. Meuser introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House
Administration, 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
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, and the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 to provide for enhanced penalties for the
fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in elections for Federal
office, to direct the Attorney General to establish a system for
receiving reports of incidents of the fraudulent transmission of such
ballots by mail, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Mail-In Voter Fraud Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS BY
MAIL IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Penalties for Mail Fraud.--Section 1341 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``20 years'' and inserting ``20
years (or, in the case of a matter or thing consisting of a ballot in
an election for Federal office which is placed or deposited for
purposes of executing a scheme or artifice involving multiple ballots,
30 years)''.
(b) Penalties for Use of Fictitious Name or Address on Ballot.--
Section 1343 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
``five years'' and inserting ``five years (or, in the case of mail
matter consisting of a ballot in an election for Federal office which
is transmitted for purposes of executing a scheme or artifice involving
multiple ballots, 10 years)''.
(c) Penalties for Transmission of Fraudulent Ballots.--Section 12
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) is
amended by striking ``five years'' and inserting ``five years (or, in
the case of activity described in paragraph (2)(B) which involves the
transmission of multiple ballots by mail, 10 years)''.
SEC. 3. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION OF
BALLOTS BY MAIL IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Reporting System.--The Attorney General shall establish a
system through which persons may report incidents involving the
fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in elections for Federal
office, including through a toll-free hotline and a confidential online
portal.
(b) Deadline.--The Attorney General shall establish the system
under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. ENSURING PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS
ON INDIVIDUALS RECUSED FROM JURY SERVICE ON GROUNDS OF
NONCITIZENSHIP.
(a) Requiring State Election Officials To Coordinate Information on
Recusal as Part of Maintenance of Statewide Voter Registration List.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
clause:
``(iii) For purposes of removing names of
ineligible voters from the official list of
eligible voters by reason of citizenship
status, the State shall coordinate the
computerized list with records of courts which
have recused individuals from serving on a jury
on the grounds that the individuals are not
citizens of the United States.''.
(b) Requiring Notification by Courts.--
(1) Requirement described.--If a United States district
court or a court of any State or local jurisdiction recuses an
individual from serving on a jury on the grounds that the
individual is not a citizen of the United States, the court
shall transmit a notice of the individual's recusal--
(A) to the chief State election official of the
State in which the individual resides; and
(B) to the Attorney General.
(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
(A) the ``chief State election official'' of a
State is the individual designated by the State under
section 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20509) to be responsible for
coordination of the State's responsibilities under such
Act; and
(B) the term ``State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
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