HR 9577
Cocoa-vip act
Cocoa-Vip Act
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 9577
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm access for congressional election observers to primary elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries Act COCOA-VIP Act
or the
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election for federal office
Section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
In this section, the term election for Federal office
includes any general, special, primary, or runoff election conducted by ballot in which one or more candidates for the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives (including any Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) appear on the official ballot.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State or political party to provide observer access to party conventions, caucuses, or other candidate selection processes that do not involve ballots listing candidates for Federal office.