voters receiving calls falsely informing them that they could vote via telephone. (13) On January 6, 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a report titled Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections , noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. Presidential election. . Moscow’s influence campaign followed a Russian messaging strategy that blends covert intelligence operation—such as cyber activity—with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, State-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or trolls. These influence operations included messaging that targeted African-American voters with misinformation. (14) On April 18, 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller released a report titled Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election , which concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion. . The report details that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election principally through two operations: first, through a Russian government sponsored social media influence campaign, and second, by Russian intelligence computer-intrusion operations against those associated with both presidential campaigns. The Mueller Report details how Russian agents intentionally targeted black social justice groups and created fake accounts purporting to represent black social justice groups in order to spread disinformation and sow division. (15) Those responsible for these and similar efforts should be held accountable, and civil and criminal penalties should be available to punish anyone who seeks to keep voters away from the polls by providing false information. (16) Moreover, the Federal Government should help correct such false information in order to assist voters in exercising their right to vote without confusion and to preserve the integrity of the electoral process. (17) The