Voter Protection Act of 2004

Voter Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit willfully providing misleading or fraudulent information to an individual and thereby interfering with that individual's voting, qualifying to vote, qualifying or campaigning as a candidate, or qualifying or acting as any legally authorized official in any primary, special, or general election.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5246 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5246

     To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to voter 
                 intimidation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2004

  Mr. Cummings (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Towns, Ms. Corrine 
    Brown of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Lee, Mr. Bishop of 
    Georgia, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Fattah) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to voter 
                 intimidation, 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 ``Voter Protection Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. VOTER PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 249. Interfering with voting through misrepresentation
    ``Whoever willfully provides misleading or fraudulent information 
to an individual and thereby interferes with that individual's voting 
or qualifying to vote, qualifying or campaigning as a candidate for 
elective office, or qualifying or acting as a poll watcher, or any 
legally authorized election official, in any primary, special, or 
general election, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``249. Interfering with voting through misrepresentation.''.
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