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Congressman Jamie Raskin

Representing the 8th District of Maryland

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House Administration Committee Democrats Statement on Brakebill v. Jaeger

October 11, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Committee on House Administration Democrats Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court refused to intervene this week in an emergency challenge to a North Dakota voter ID law that will effectively deny thousands of Native Americans their right to vote in the upcoming general election.

Reps. Raskin, Eshoo, McEachin Introduce Legislation to Make Election Day A Federal Holiday

September 25, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)— Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) joined Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) and A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) to introduce the Election Day Holiday Act, legislation that will make Election Day a federal holiday.

House Administration Democrats Statement on DOJ/ICE Subpoenas of North Carolina Voting Records

September 7, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, Committee on House Administration Democrats issued the following statement after federal prosecutors issued subpoenas demanding that millions of North Carolina voter records be turned over to authorities at the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.

House Administration Committee Democrats Applaud National Academies Report on Election Security

September 7, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Democratic Members of the Committee on House Administration today applauded the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for their new report, “Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy,” and called for the House of Representatives to take immediate action to protect our election systems from foreign interference.

Maryland Congressional Delegation Urges DHS to Evaluate Statewide Electoral Systems

July 19, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Chris Van Hollen and all members of the Maryland delegation in the House of Representatives, Steny H. Hoyer, Elijah E. Cummings, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Andy Harris, M.D., John K. Delaney, Anthony G. Brown and Jamie B. Raskin, today urged Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to respond favorably to Maryland’s request for technical assistance to review and protect the state’s electoral systems.

Raskin and Colleagues Introduce Election Vendor Security Act

July 19, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) has introduced the Election Vendor Security Act (EVSA), which addresses vulnerabilities in our election systems that could be exploited by foreign actors. Representatives Hoyer (MD-05), Sarbanes (MD-03), Cummings (MD-07), Delaney (MD-06), Ruppersberger (MD-02), Brown (MD-04), Brady (PA-01), Lofgren (CA-19), and Meng (NY-06) are cosponsors of the EVSA.

House Administration Democrats Release New Report on States’ Election Security Preparedness

July 12, 2018 Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Committee on House Administration Democrats are releasing a new report today detailing the election security preparedness of the 50 states ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

Democrats Introduce Bill to Protect Voters from Overly Broad Voter Registration Purges

June 15, 2018 Press Release
Today, Democratic Members of the House Committee on Administration introduced the SAVE VOTERS Act (H.R. 6122) – a bill to protect voters in their exercise of constitutional rights and end the harmful practice of states conducting overly broad voter roll purges.

House Republicans Fail to Appropriate a Single Dollar for States’ Election Security

June 14, 2018 Press Release

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Democratic Members of the Committee on House Administration released the following statement regarding the Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that passed the House Committee on Appropriations today.

From Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.):

In Case You Missed It: Raskin, Hoyer Discuss the Importance of Protecting Election Infrastructure

May 24, 2018 Press Release

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier this week, at an election security forum hosted by Committee on House Administration member Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and special guest Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), members of the public heard from election security experts and public officials about the safety of our election infrastructure headed into the 2018 midterm elections.