Protecting the Right to Independent and Democratic Elections Act or the PRIDE Voting Act This bill establishes an election security grant program under which the Department of Homeland Security awards grants to states to carry out one or more of the following activities: (1) implementing or improving the use of auditable paper ballots, (2) conducting postelection risk limiting audits, and (3) implementing cybersecurity standards and best practices developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Government Operations and Politics
Accounting and auditingComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment studies and investigationsState and local government operations
PRIDE Voting Act
USA116th CongressS-1319| Senate
| Updated: 5/2/2019
Protecting the Right to Independent and Democratic Elections Act or the PRIDE Voting Act This bill establishes an election security grant program under which the Department of Homeland Security awards grants to states to carry out one or more of the following activities: (1) implementing or improving the use of auditable paper ballots, (2) conducting postelection risk limiting audits, and (3) implementing cybersecurity standards and best practices developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Accounting and auditingComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment studies and investigationsState and local government operations