US representative introduces a bill to label some AI election content and bar AI voter deception
Representative Shontel Brown's office said on 21 October 2026 that she has introduced the Securing Elections from AI Deception Act. The release says the bill would bar the use of AI to deprive or defraud a person of the right to vote, and would require a disclaimer on certain AI-generated election content. It says the bill applies to federal, state and local campaign content, would be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, and has 30 cosponsors in the House. It says she first introduced the bill in 2024.
Source: Office of Representative Shontel Brown (opens in a new tab), 21 Oct 2026
Representative Shontel Brown's office said on 21 October 2026 that she has introduced the Securing Elections from AI Deception Act. The release says the bill would bar the use of AI to deprive or defraud a person of the right to vote, and would require a disclaimer on certain AI-generated election content. It says the bill applies to federal, state and local campaign content, would be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, and has 30 cosponsors in the House. It says she first introduced the bill in 2024.
The release says a disclaimer would be required where AI-generated image, text, video, audio or other media includes a simulation, alteration or distortion of a candidate's image, video or audio, or information about the time, place, manner or requirements for voting or registering to vote. The disclaimer would be either the statement "AI Disclaimer: This output was generated by artificial intelligence" or a symbol, similar in size and design to the copyright symbol, of the letters "AI" in a circle. The FTC would regulate that requirement as an unfair or deceptive practice, educate the public on it, and report to Congress on its adoption and effectiveness.
On the voting prohibition, the release says developers or deployers must not use AI to intentionally deprive or defraud a person of the right to vote, including by deceptive information about voting times, places, methods, eligibility, ballot counting, election adjudication, endorsements or voting procedures, or by deception, threats, intimidation, fraud or coercion aimed at registering, voting, supporting a candidate, or serving as an election worker. It says the penalty is a fine or imprisonment. It does not state the length of any prison term. The release does not give a bill number. The bill is not law.
What it means for business: no duty takes effect from this introduction. Campaigns, and developers of tools that can generate election content, would face disclaimer and prohibition rules only if Congress passes the bill and it is signed.