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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 2093 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules... · Sec. 1908

Sec. 1908. Prohibiting restrictions on donations of food and beverages at polling stations

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Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended by section 1031(a), section 1056(a), section 1101(a), section 1102(a), section 1103(a), section 1104(a), section 1611(a), section 1621(a), section 1622(a), section 1623(b), section 1905(a), section 1906(a), and section 1907(a), is amended— by redesignating sections 317 and 318 as sections 318 and 319, respectively; and by inserting after section 316 the following new section: A State may not impose any restriction on providing food and nonalcoholic beverages to persons at a polling location for a Federal election, provided that such food and nonalcoholic beverages are distributed without regard to the electoral participation or political preferences of the recipients.
This section shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office occurring on and after January 1, 2022. . Section 321(b)(4) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21101(b) ), as added and redesignated by section 1101(b) and as amended by sections 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1623, is amended by striking and 313 and inserting 313, and 317 . The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 1031(c), section 1056(b), section 1101(c), section 1102(c), section 1103(a), section 1104(c), section 1611(c), section 1621(a), section 1622(a), section 1623(b), section 1905(a), section 1906(b), and section 1907(b) is amended— by redesignating the items relating to sections 317 and 318 as relating to sections 319 and 320, respectively; and by inserting after the item relating to section 316 the following new item:
Sec. 317. Prohibiting States from restricting donations of food and beverages at polling stations. .
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