Ban Paid Vote Harvesting Act

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Policy Status

  • Type: Model Policy
  • Status: Draft
  • Date Introduced: July 23, 2026

Task Forces

  • Process and Procedures

    • Tags

  • 2026 Annual Meeting

    • Summary

    This act bans paid vote harvesting due to its unsecure nature and the risks it poses to election integrity. 
    Draft

    Ban Paid Vote Harvesting Act

    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF: ________________: 

    Section 1 is enacted to read:  

    Paid Vote Harvesting Ban  

    • (a) In this section:  
      1. “Benefit” means anything reasonably regarded as a gain or advantage, including a promise or offer of employment, a political favor, or an official act of discretion, whether to a person or another party whose welfare is of interest to the person.  
      2. “Vote harvesting services” means in-person interaction with one or more voters, in the physical presence of an official ballot or a ballot voted by mail, intended to deliver votes for a specific candidate or measure.  
    • (b) A person commits an offense if the person, directly or through a third party, knowingly provides or offers to provide vote harvesting services in exchange for compensation or other benefit.  
    • (c) A person commits an offense if the person, directly or through a third party, knowingly provides or offers to provide compensation or other benefit to another person in exchange for vote harvesting services.  
    • (d) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly collects or possesses a mail ballot or official carrier envelope in connection with vote harvesting services.  
    • (e) This section does not apply to:  
      1. an activity not performed in exchange for compensation or a benefit;  
      2. interactions that do not occur in the presence of the ballot or during the voting process;  
      3. interactions that do not directly involve an official ballot or ballot by mail;  
      4. interactions that are not conducted in-person with a voter; or  
      5. activity that is not designed to deliver votes for or against a specific candidate or measure.  
    • (f) An offense under this section is a felony of the [ ] degree.  
    • (g) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.