Introduced in House
COCOA-VIP Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries Act or the COCOA-VIP Act.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICETrack this section →
Section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083a) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Election for Federal office defined (1) Definition 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. (2) Rule of construction 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..