The House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Sept. 25 requiring states to permit congressional observers to oversee elections for federal office.
The Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2024, or COCOA Act, passed 413–1. It now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. The Senate passed the bill on Sept. 24 by unanimous consent, where there is no roll call, as no senators had objections to the measure.
While it is the responsibility of states to administer elections, Congress has the authority “to send congressional election observers to observe polling locations, any location where processing, scanning, tabulating, canvassing, recounting, auditing, or certifying voting results is occurring, or any other part of the process” related to a congressional election, according to the bill….