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H.R. 10907: Stop Harassment and Intimidations in Elections through Legal Defenses (SHIELD) Our Elections Act

This bill would make several changes to federal election law aimed at protecting voting and ballot-processing activities from interference and making certain election procedures more transparent.

Election interference

The bill would give people affected by certain federal election interference offenses the right to file a civil lawsuit to stop the conduct or prevent it from continuing. It would also allow a court to award reasonable attorney fees and related litigation costs to the winning party, other than the federal government.

It would extend the time limit for prosecuting several election-related crimes from the current period to 9 years after the offense. This applies to:

placing troops at polling places;
interference by armed forces in elections;
intimidating voters; and
certain offenses under the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act.

Ballots and election records

The bill would restrict state or federal law enforcement from seizing certain election records, papers, or equipment before any recount, audit, or legal challenge to the election is fully resolved. There is one exception: a federal district judge could allow seizure if there is clear and convincing evidence that the materials are at risk of being destroyed.

If materials are seized under that exception, the bill requires:

a record of the chain of custody; and
access for the election official from whom the materials were taken.

Ballot tracking grants

The bill would create a new federal grant program for states to set up or improve ballot-materials tracking systems, especially for mail-in and absentee ballots. These systems would need to let election officials track and confirm receipt of ballots and make certain status information available to voters.

The tracking system would provide voters with information such as:

when a voter’s registration or absentee ballot application was received;
when the application was sent;
when the completed application was received and its status;
when the ballot was sent;
when it was out for delivery; and
whether the ballot was accepted and counted, or if not, why not.

That ballot-status information would need to be available within 1 day after the counting decision is made. The bill would also require states to make some of this information available, at cost, to political parties and voter registration groups to help voters return or cure ballots during the return period. In general, the information would need to be available online, or by toll-free phone if the election office does not have a website.

The bill authorizes $50 million for fiscal year 2027 for these grants, and the funds would remain available until spent.

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Date	Action
Oct. 22, 2026	Introduced in House
Oct. 22, 2026	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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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