Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act of 2023
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced this bill to extend federal election record preservation requirements to include electronic records and equipment, requiring retention for 22 months after federal elections. The bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish minimum standards and best practices for storing, securing, and transferring these records, with oversight by the Department of Justice and representatives from each political party. It increases criminal penalties for destroying, concealing, or altering election records or equipment, including conduct done with reckless disregard, and allows the Justice Department and federal candidates to sue in court to enforce compliance with these retention requirements. The bill also expands criminal penalties to cover intimidating, threatening, or coercing individuals involved in ballot processing, scanning, tabulation, canvassing, or certification of voting results.
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- Sec. 2. Enhancement of protections for election records, papers, and
- Sec. 3. Judicial review for election records
- Sec. 4. Criminal penalties for intimidation of tabulation, canvass, or
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