To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the administration of elections for Federal, State, or local office in States which do not have in effect laws to permit units of local government to hold elections for local office in odd-numbered years, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the administration of elections for Federal, State, or local office in States which do not have in effect laws to permit units of local government to hold elections for local office in odd-numbered years, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H4C0130C5151B4FEC9E9E96A59D992DCA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Local Elections Act or the POLE Act.
- Section HEA7A08BCB32D42A8AB28C8BF7B71B8F1: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress finds the following: Holding local elections for public office in odd-numbered years provides greater focus on local...
- Section HA3DA971FE1614759B7A35D2047C12A1D: 3. Prohibiting provision of Federal funds for election administration for States not permitting local governments to hold elections for local office in...
- Section H41C8129CD64C48CBB904163B158DC061: 907. Prohibiting provision of Federal funds for election administration for States not permitting local governments to hold elections for local office in...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the administration of elections for Federal, State, or local office in States which do not have in effect laws to permit units of local government to hold elections for local office in odd-numbered years, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the administration of elections for Federal, State, or local office in States which do not have in effect laws to permit units of local government to hold elections for local office in odd-numbered years, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. D'Esposito (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
States allowing non-citizen voting in local elections, States with non-citizen voting provisions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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