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\n\nThreatening or intimidating an election worker would become a federal crime. The penalty would be up to 5 years in prison, a fine up to $100,000, or both. The same protection would cover people who process ballots, count votes, or sign off on results. Posting a worker's home address or other private details to threaten them would also be a crime. The FBI would place one agent in each field office to look into these threats.\n\nStates could apply for federal grants to recruit and train poll workers. Other grants would pay for physical security and social media threat monitoring. A Justice Department program would help states take workers' home addresses out of public records. Workers would have to ask for that. No dollar cap is set on any of this money. The first grants would go out within a year of the law passing, if Congress funds them.\n\nElection officials would get clear power to remove a poll watcher from a voting or counting site. They would need a fair reason to believe the watcher is disrupting the count or scaring people. Expecting disruption would be enough. That rule would start with the first federal election after the law passes. Most voters would notice little else. Poll worker training would have to cover voters with disabilities and voters with limited English.
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The first grants would come within a year, if Congress funds it.","Each state would get a share based on its adult population. The money would pay to find and train poll workers.","To get the grant, a state must promise to recruit teens and students. It must also seek out workers of different races and abilities."],"civil_liberties":["The Justice Department would pay states to take a worker's home address out of public records. The worker would have to ask first.","Part of the election worker safety grant could pay states to watch social media for threats against election staff. The bill does not say what posts may be collected or how long they may be kept.","Training paid for by the grant would have to cover voters who have a disability or who do not speak much English. The same help must go to all, no matter their gender or sexual orientation."],"criminal_justice":["A new crime would cover threats or scare tactics aimed at election staff. The fine could reach $100,000, and it applies to government officials too.","It is already a crime to post a juror's home address to threaten them. Poll workers and election staff would join that list.","An old voting law bans scaring people away from the polls. Counting votes and signing off on results would be added too.","The FBI would have to name one special agent in each of its field offices. That agent's job would be investigating threats against election workers."],"transparency_accountability":["An official could remove a poll watcher from a polling place or a counting room. A fair belief that trouble is coming would be enough."]},"flagValence":{"workers_jobs":["good","good","contested"],"civil_liberties":["good","contested","good"],"criminal_justice":["contested","contested","contested","contested"],"transparency_accountability":["contested"]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Government Operations and Politics","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"65961096-a372-4262-9ddc-0abc3ec8f4bc","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/2124","websiteBillId":"S-2124","yourvoiceSummary":"Threatening or intimidating an election worker would become a federal crime. The penalty would be up to 5 years in prison, a fine up to $100,000, or both. The same protection would cover people who process ballots, count votes, or sign off on results. Posting a worker's home address or other private details to threaten them would also be a crime. The FBI would place one agent in each field office to look into these threats.\n\nStates could apply for federal grants to recruit and train poll workers. Other grants would pay for physical security and social media threat monitoring. A Justice Department program would help states take workers' home addresses out of public records. Workers would have to ask for that. No dollar cap is set on any of this money. The first grants would go out within a year of the law passing, if Congress funds them.\n\nElection officials would get clear power to remove a poll watcher from a voting or counting site. They would need a fair reason to believe the watcher is disrupting the count or scaring people. Expecting disruption would be enough. That rule would start with the first federal election after the law passes. Most voters would notice little else. Poll worker training would have to cover voters with disabilities and voters with limited English.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T04:12:02.649888+00:00"}