Safeguarding Elections
One of the most important things the Trump administration, along with Congress, can do is safeguard America's election process. The following article identifies six items:
Six Action Items Trump And GOP Congress Should Pass To Secure Elections, by Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist, 20 November 2024:
... there are still gaps in federal election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process...
1. The SAVE Act
While illegal alien voting is prohibited by federal statute, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would close existing loopholes in the law that foreign nationals could exploit to register and cast ballots in U.S. elections...
... the bill “amends the National Voter Registration Act, setting requirements for states to verify U.S. citizenship” and “outlines acceptable documentation for proving citizenship and requires states to set up alternative verification processes for citizens without standard documents,”...
2. The ACE Act
Introduced by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., last year, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act includes numerous provisions designed to close existing loopholes in America’s election system...
The ACE Act would bar federal agencies from engaging in voter registration and mobilization activities...
The legislation would also effectively ensure only U.S. governments — not private actors — are responsible for funding election administration...
3. The SHIELD Act
Known as the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act, the legislation, according to a recent letter authored by the Wisconsin congressman, would “prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from debit or credit cards without the disclosure of the card verification value (‘CVV’) and billing address associated with the card.”...
The legislation seeks to cut off alleged foreign election interference carried out on ActBlue, a Democrat-aligned fundraising platform...
4. HAVA
Approved by Congress in 2002, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) is one area of existing federal election statute that requires serious reforms...
.. the law “requires states to confirm the identity and residency of any applicant seeking to register to vote in any state,” but does not mandate them to confirm an individual’s citizenship status...
5. UOCAVA
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) was originally intended to assist military service members and their families in voting in U.S. elections while stationed overseas...
... more than half (63 percent) of 2020 UOCAVA ballots coming “from civilians, not members of the military.”...
6. End Post-Election Day Voting
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