POINT Act
Rep. Latimer Introduces POINT Act to Criminalize Executive Branch Election Interference
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Senior executive branch officials — from the President and Vice President down to agency directors and their managerial subordinates — would face new criminal liability for actions that constitute election interference. This creates new legal guardrails for political appointees and senior civil servants in leadership positions, potentially chilling certain communications with state and local officials around election time.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2453)
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Introduced in House
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Latimer's POINT Act: Stopping Election Meddling
New York Representative George Latimer introduces the POINT Act to prevent presidential interference in elections, defining interference as a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. The bill sets up a review process for states and could serve as grounds for impeachment.
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The POINT Act is especially important; it lays out the foundation of opposition to Presidential interference in the electoral process—something that might have been unthinkable once, but in light of the January 6th Insurrection, the unthinkable may yet come to pass.
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Congressional Bill
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POINT Act
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