Speech #1100020556

I believe this legislation is a step towards ending deceptive practices and bringing integrity back to our elections. It is a direct response to the fraudulent tactics used to undermine our elections. This bill explicitly prohibits deceptive practices and provides voters with greater federal protections. Numerous accounts indicate deceptive practices were employed throughout the country in our last midterm and presidential elections. Voters were told to vote on the wrong day. They were told they could not vote with outstanding parking tickets. Ultimately. they were misled. deceived. and disenfranchised. This must stop. In 2006. our most vulnerable voterslegal immigrants and minoritieswere prevented from voting. Latino voters in Orange County. California were threatened with incarceration if they voted.