Preventing poll observer interference

(a) Voter protection requirements Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: 303A. Voter protection requirements (a) In general A State or local election official may remove a poll observer from a polling location for an election for Federal office or any location where processing, scanning, tabulating, canvassing, or certifying voting results in such an election is occurring on the basis that the State or local election official has a reasonable basis to believe that the observer— (1) has engaged in, or imminently will engage in, intimidation or deceptive practices prohibited by Federal law; or (2) has disrupted, or will disrupt, the voting, processing, scanning, tabulating, or canvassing of ballots or the certification of results. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prevent a State or a unit of local government in a State from permitting the removal of a poll observer for reasons other than those described in subsection (a). (c) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office occurring on and after the date of enactment of the Election Worker Protection Act of 2025.. (b) Conforming amendment relating to voluntary guidance Section 311(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2022 (52 U.S.C. 21101(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (4) in the case of recommendations with respect to section 303A, January 1, 2026.. (c) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following: Sec. 303A. Voter protection requirements..