Election Technology Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act

Election Technology Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act

This bill prohibits a voting system used in a federal election from connecting to the internet. Further, it prohibits a voting system from directly tabulating a ballot that was transmitted online.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1071

  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from 
    using a voting system which is connected to the Internet in the 
           administration of an election for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2021

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from 
    using a voting system which is connected to the Internet in the 
           administration of an election for Federal office.

    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 ``Election Technology Integrity and 
Fraud Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONNECTION OF VOTING SYSTEMS TO INTERNET.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(7) Prohibiting connection of system to the internet.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No system or device upon which 
                ballots are programmed or votes are cast or tabulated 
                shall be connected to the Internet at any time.
                    ``(B) Prohibiting acceptance of ballots transmitted 
                online.--The voting system may not directly tabulate 
                any voted ballot which is transmitted to an election 
                official online.
                    ``(C) Rule of construction.--Nothing contained in 
                this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the 
                Commission from conducting the studies under section 
                242 or to conduct other similar studies under any other 
                provision of law in a manner consistent with this 
                paragraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 301(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
21081(d)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ``, or, in the case of the requirements of paragraph (7) 
of subsection (a), on and after January 1, 2022.''.
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