Senate passes bill to deny entry for individuals who meddle in US elections

[babylonsister]

Senate passes bill to deny entry for individuals who meddle in US elections
By Jordain Carney - 06/03/19 08:21 PM EDT


The Senate cleared legislation on Monday night to block individuals who meddle in U.S. elections from being able to enter the United States.

The legislation, known as the Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act (DETER Act), easily passed the Senate by unanimous consent — a move that any one senator could have blocked.

The bill, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), would block individuals from being able to obtain a visa if they were attempting to or had engaged in "improper interference in U.S. elections."

According to the legislation, that would include violating voting or campaign finance laws or trying to interfere in elections or a campaign while under the direction of a foreign government.

more...

https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/446763-senate-passes-bill-to-deny-entry-for-individuals-who-meddle-in-us?fbclid=IwAR2hGjlR29-hZ4zIchjLDDKhhjXM-Kw-hoiut9usFUByGiWIEmOoIJCUbCI

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Seems like a Feel Good law passed instead of REAL election integrity measures.

I find it interesting that it passed by unanimous consent so no one senator is saddled with having voted for it. Clever.

[pecosbob]

2. Link

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2313/text

still reading...looks like determination of state actor status is a qualification. Looks like a rewrite of Magnitsky.

Text is full of sanctions against Russia specifically and it's intelligence and defense sectors as well as the big Russian energy companies. Seems like The Hill is downplaying the economic sanctions included by only mentioning visa restrictions in their title.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/deter-act-congresss-latest-effort-discourage-election-interference

(5) INTERFERENCE IN UNITED STATES ELECTIONS.—The term “interference”, with respect to a United States election, means any of the following actions of the government of a foreign country, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of such a government, undertaken with the intent to influence the election:

What's to deter foreign nationals not directly connected to any foreign state from interfering?