Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9968 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9968 To protect election workers and polling places. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2024 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect election workers and polling places. 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 Worker and Polling Place Protection Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE AND INTIMIDATION. Section 11 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10307) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f)(1)(A) Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force, or by violence or threat of violence to any person or property, willfully interferes with or attempts to interfere with, the ability of…