The bill creates the "Freedom From Intimidation In Elections Act", which prohibits any individual from intimidating, threatening, or coercing or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any individual for:
Voting or attempting to vote;
Urging or aiding any individual to vote or attempt to vote;
Exercising any powers or duties to administer elections, including vote counting, canvassing, and election certification; or
The individual's status as a past or present participant in the administration of elections.
The bill specifies that an individual who carries a visible firearm, imitation firearm, or toy firearm while interacting with or observing any of the specified election-related activities is presumed, in the absence of any affirmative showing to the contrary, to have engaged in intimidation prohibited by the bill.
An aggrieved individual, an election official, a designated election official, the secretary of state, or the attorney general may enforce the provisions of the bill. A suit brought by an election official, a designated election official, the secretary of state, or the attorney general does not preclude a contemporaneous private suit by an aggrieved individual to enforce the provisions of the bill.
In a suit to enforce the provisions of the bill, a court may grant relief enjoining the use or carrying of firearms by a defendant beyond the areas defined in current law. To prevail in a suit to enforce the provisions of the bill, a plaintiff is not required to prove that a defendant intended to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any individual, except to prove an attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)