Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2912 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2912 To prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025 Ms. Alsobrooks (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The right to vote by casting a ballot for one's preferred candidate is a fundamental right accorded to United States citizens by the Constitution, and the unimpeded exercise of this right is essential to the functioning of our democracy. (2) Historically, certain citizens, especially racial, ethnic, and language minorities, were prevented from voting because of significant barriers such as literacy tests, poll taxes, and property ownership requirements. (3) Some of these barriers were removed by the 15th, 19th, and 24th Amendments to the Constitution. (4) Despite the elimination of some of these barriers to the polls, the integrity of today's elections is threatened by newer tactics aimed at suppressing voter turnout. These tactics include ``deceptive practices'', which involve the dissemination of false or misleading information intended to prevent voters from casting their ballots, prevent voters from voting for the candidate of their cho