; or (B) a statewide legislative or executive entity with the authority to suspend, remove, or relieve a local election administrator. (e) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any additional authority to remove a local elections administrator beyond any authority provided under the law of the State. B Increased Protections for Election Workers 3101. Harassment of election workers prohibited (a) In general Section 594 of title 18, United 6 States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever intimidates and inserting the following: (a) In general Whoever intimidates ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Intimidation of election workers (1) In general Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, coerce, any election worker with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such election worker while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such election worker on account of the performance of official duties shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both (2) Election worker For purposes of paragraph (1), the term election worker means any individual who is an election official, poll worker, or an election volunteer in connection with an election for a Federal office. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) The heading of section 594 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting and election workers after voters . (2) The item relating to section 594 in the table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting and election workers after voters . 3102. Protection of election workers (a) In general Section 594(b) of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 3101, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3)