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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4034
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2006
Mr. Reid (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit certain types of vote tampering.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking,
and Election Fraud Prevention Act
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Prohibition on vote tampering
In general
Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
Vote tampering
In general
Whoever knowingly and willfully interferes with, affects, attempts to interfere with, or attempts to affect an election of a candidate or a ballot initiative by tampering with a voting system, discarding ballots, or altering a vote shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
Application
This section applies only to elections described in, and candidates described in, section 11(e)(2) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973i(e)(2)).
Civil action
Any individual whose right to vote is interfered with by reason of a violation of this section may bring a civil action in Federal court against the violator and recover damages not to exceed $10,000.
Definition
In
this section, the terms vote
and voting
have the
meanings given the terms in section 14(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C.
1973l(c)).
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Chapter analysis
The chapter analysis for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item for section 612 the following:
612. Vote tampering.
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