Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines congressional findings establishing the factual and constitutional basis for regulating deceptive election practices, documenting historical voter suppression, foreign interference campaigns, AI-enabled, amends 52 U.S.C. 10101(b) and 18 U.S.C. 594 to prohibit knowingly false communications about election timing, location, manner, and voter eligibility within 60 days of federal elections, and establishes Attorney General authority to issue corrective public communications when materially false election information circulates and state/local officials fail to act. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, liability protections, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Election Security, Civil Rights, Social Welfare, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Civil rights and voter protection organizations would be affected, Voters targeted by deceptive practices would be affected, and Election officials at polling locations would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Attorney General / Department of Justice would be affected, Persons who knowingly disseminate false election information would be affected, and Operators of fake polling places or ballot boxes would be affected.
Key Provisions
- Defines congressional findings establishing the factual and constitutional basis for regulating deceptive election practices, documenting historical voter suppression, foreign interference campaigns, AI-enabled...
- Amends 52 U.S.C. 10101(b) and 18 U.S.C. 594 to prohibit knowingly false communications about election timing, location, manner, and voter eligibility within 60 days of federal elections.
- Establishes Attorney General authority to issue corrective public communications when materially false election information circulates and state/local officials fail to act.
- Requires Attorney General to submit and publicly publish reports to Congress within 180 days after each general election compiling all deceptive practice allegations, investigation status, corrective actions taken...
- Amends 52 U.S.C. 10101(c)(2) to expand standing for civil actions: explicitly grants election officials responsible for polling place order the right to bring suit as aggrieved persons under voter intimidation provisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines congressional findings establishing the factual and constitutional basis for regulating deceptive election practices, documenting historical voter suppression, foreign interference campaigns, AI-enabled, amends 52 U.S.C. 10101(b) and 18 U.S.C. 594 to prohibit knowingly false communications about election timing, location, manner, and voter eligibility within 60 days of federal elections, and establishes Attorney General authority to issue corrective public communications when materially false election information circulates and state/local officials fail to act.
Key Policy Areas
Election Security, Civil Rights, Social Welfare, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill defines congressional findings establishing the factual and constitutional basis for regulating deceptive election practices, documenting historical voter suppression, foreign interference campaigns, AI-enabled, amends 52 U.S.C. 10101(b) and 18 U.S.C. 594 to prohibit knowingly false communications about election timing, location, manner, and voter eligibility within 60 days of federal elections, and establishes Attorney General authority to issue corrective public communications when materially false election information circulates and state/local officials fail to act.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Civil rights and voter protection organizations
- Voters targeted by deceptive practices
- Election officials at polling locations
- Voters facing intimidation at polling places
- Voters exposed to false election information
Identified Costs
- Attorney General / Department of Justice
- Persons who knowingly disseminate false election information
- Operators of fake polling places or ballot boxes
- Persons who intimidate voters at polling places
- AI system operators producing false election content
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Alsobrooks (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Attorney General / Department of Justice, Congress, Election Assistance Commission
Positive-direction: Congress, Election officials at polling locations
Negative-direction: Attorney General / Department of Justice, Election Assistance Commission, State and local election officials, United States Sentencing Commission
Language minority voters, Racial and ethnic minority voters, Racial, ethnic, and language minority communities
Domestic disinformation actors, Operators of fake polling places or ballot boxes, Persons who intimidate voters at polling places
Civil rights and voter protection organizations, General public and election transparency advocates
Foreign state actors engaged in election interference
AI system operators producing false election content
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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