H.R. 7905 · 116th Congress
EASE Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rodney Davis
- Introduced
- 2020-07-31
- Latest action
- 2020-07-31 · Introduced in House
Summary
Emergency Assistance for Safe Elections Act or the EASE Act
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make payments to assist states with administering elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Further, it establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the EAC to address the security of election technology. It also makes a state ineligible to receive certain funding for elections unless it generally prohibits the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting).