S4845Referred to Committee
A bill to require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed men at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-06-18
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat · MI · Senator
Votes with party: 79.1% (817 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/S001208
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (7)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-06-18
Plain-English Summary
The bill would require Congress to explicitly approve any deployment of military troops or armed personnel at polling places, closing a loophole in federal law that currently allows such deployments without specific congressional authorization. This would affect election security decisions and military operations during federal elections, ensuring that voters and election officials have legislative oversight of armed presence at voting locations. The measure aims to prevent unauthorized military involvement in elections while maintaining Congress's constitutional power over such deployments.
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