{"id":2371090,"date":"2024-11-20T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-election-measures-trump-and-congress-should-pass-on-day-1\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T07:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T12:22:35","slug":"6-election-measures-trump-and-congress-should-pass-on-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-election-measures-trump-and-congress-should-pass-on-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Election Measures Trump And Congress Should Pass On Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F6-election-measures-trump-and-congress-should-pass-on-day-1%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c passage\u2064 discusses the challenges facing the integrity of U.S. \u2064elections even after\u200d Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062decisive \u200dvictory \u200din \u2062the 2024 presidential election. It highlights existing loopholes in \u2063election\u2064 laws\u2064 that could \u200cbe exploited by malicious actors to \u2062undermine \u200bthe electoral process. With Trump\u2062 potentially returning to the White House and Republicans controlling \u200cCongress, there&#8217;s an urgent need to address these \u200dgaps to maintain public \u200cconfidence in elections.<\/p>\n<p>Several proposed\u200c legislative measures are\u2064 outlined:<\/p>\n<p>1. **The SAVE Act**: Introduced by Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chip Roy, \u2064this act aims\u200c to enhance the verification\u200d of U.S. citizenship for voter registration, requiring states to \u200beliminate non-citizen registrations and implement penalties for\u200b violations.<\/p>\n<p>2. **The ACE Act**: Championed\u2063 by \u200cRep. Bryan Steil, this bill seeks to close loopholes in election laws,\u2064 including revoking a 2021 executive order from President Biden that involved federal agencies in voter\u200d registration activities, \u200bthereby aiming to restrict private\u2064 funding of election \u2064processes.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u200c **The \u200dSHIELD Act**: Also proposed\u2062 by Steil, this legislation targets campaign finance reform, seeking to \u200beliminate\u2064 the acceptance of anonymous online\u200d donations, thereby aiming to reduce\u200b foreign interference in election \u200dfunding.<\/p>\n<p>4. **HAVA \u2063Reform**: The Help America Vote \u2062Act, established in 2002,\u200b is criticized for lacking requirements for confirming citizenship status among voters, a significant oversight given \u2064current\u200b immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>5. **UOCAVA Review**: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting \u200dAct primarily\u200d aimed to assist military voters, but its \u200bapplication\u2063 has expanded to civilians, raising concerns about the \u200bidentification and verification measures in place.<\/p>\n<p>the article argues for a proactive approach \u2064to tighten election laws and enhance the security of voting processes as the nation moves\u200b forward from the 2024 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Donald Trump may have won the 2024 presidential contest, but the road to securing America&rsquo;s elections remains a long one. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the former and future president&rsquo;s resounding victory over Kamala Harris, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/dont-let-trumps-decisive-victory-lull-you-into-a-false-sense-of-election-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still gaps<\/a> in federal election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process. With Trump set to return to the White House and Republicans poised to control both chambers of Congress, fixing these loopholes and shoring up integrity within the system is paramount to upholding Americans&rsquo; trust in free and fair elections. <\/p>\n<h2>1. The SAVE Act<\/h2>\n<p>With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/category\/national-security-2\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open border policies<\/a> allowing millions of illegal aliens to flood across America&rsquo;s southern border, many Americans have become increasingly worried about the potential for foreign nationals to unlawfully cast ballots in U.S. elections. <\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/08\/south-dakota-removes-273-noncitizens-from-its-voter-rolls-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/24\/iowa-identified-87-self-reported-noncitizens-who-have-already-cast-ballots-in-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> have collectively removed thousands of noncitizens from their voter rolls within the past few months alone. Some have even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/iowa-attorney-general-brenna-bird-charges-second-non-us-citizen-with-voter-fraud\/ar-AA1tYi8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> foreign nationals for allegedly voting in races.<\/p>\n<p>While illegal alien voting is prohibited by federal statute, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act<\/a> would close&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/without-the-save-act-the-only-thing-keeping-foreigners-from-voting-is-the-honor-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">existing loopholes<\/a>&nbsp;in the law that foreign nationals could exploit to register and cast ballots in U.S. elections. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/2024\/5\/lee-and-roy-partner-on-legislation-to-secure-federal-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduced<\/a> by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, earlier this year, the bill &ldquo;amends the National Voter Registration Act, setting requirements for states to verify U.S. citizenship&rdquo; and &ldquo;outlines acceptable documentation for proving citizenship and requires states to set up alternative verification processes for citizens without standard documents,&rdquo; according to a press release by Lee&rsquo;s office. The measure further &ldquo;compels states to purge non-citizens from voter rolls and establishes federal penalties for intentionally registering non-citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/the-save-act-could-hit-filibuster-wall-in-new-republican-led-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The SAVE Act Could Hit Filibuster Wall In New Republican-Led Senate<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2. The ACE Act<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/2023\/7\/chairman-steil-introduces-american-confidence-elections-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduced<\/a> by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., last year, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/4563?s=1&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/67fba463240fdd948eb636b35\/files\/4ae53739-96ba-8156-0c1c-a9dad2fb39cd\/ACE_Act_Bill_Text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">includes<\/a>&nbsp;numerous provisions designed to close existing loopholes in America&rsquo;s election system.<\/p>\n<p>Among the bill&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/67fba463240fdd948eb636b35\/files\/886e37c8-cef9-16d2-8054-a57164dfc516\/ACE_Act_Bill_Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notable proposals<\/a>&nbsp;is a provision revoking President Joe Biden&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/03\/07\/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 2021 executive order<\/a>&nbsp;that instructed hundreds of federal agencies to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/23\/yes-biden-is-hiding-his-plan-to-rig-the-2022-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interfere<\/a>&nbsp;in the electoral process by using taxpayer money to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities by collaborating with so-called &ldquo;nonpartisan&rdquo; third-party groups. Of course, many of the organizations identified as having worked with the administration are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/report-biden-is-coordinating-with-aclu-other-left-wing-groups-to-interfere-in-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extremely left-wing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ACE Act would bar federal agencies from engaging in voter registration and mobilization activities. Departments would further be <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/67fba463240fdd948eb636b35\/files\/886e37c8-cef9-16d2-8054-a57164dfc516\/ACE_Act_Bill_Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">required<\/a> to forfeit their &ldquo;strategic plans&rdquo; documenting how they complied with Biden&rsquo;s order to Congress. <\/p>\n<p>The legislation would also effectively ensure only U.S. governments &mdash; not private actors &mdash; are responsible for funding election administration. This provision would seemingly prevent a repeat of the 2020 election, in which left-wing nonprofits funded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dumped hundreds of millions of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zuckbucks<\/a>&rdquo; into local election offices to the benefit of Biden and Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>The ACE Act includes other <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/67fba463240fdd948eb636b35\/files\/886e37c8-cef9-16d2-8054-a57164dfc516\/ACE_Act_Bill_Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provisions<\/a> increasing congressional oversight of Washington, D.C. elections by requiring voter ID and regular voter roll maintenance, prohibiting ballot harvesting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-has-commanding-lead-in-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead In NYC Mayoral Race, Poll Shows\">ranked-choice voting<\/a>, and repealing a local law permitting noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. Proposals promoting voter ID, strengthening donor disclosure protections, and outlawing federal &ldquo;disinformation governance boards&rdquo; are also included in the bill.<\/p>\n<h2>3. The SHIELD Act<\/h2>\n<p>A separate bill introduced by Steil that Trump and an incoming GOP Congress should fast-track aims to enact safeguards within the realm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-for-our-lives-issue-biden-1-billion-list-of-gun-control-policy-demands\/\" title=\"March For Our Lives Issue Biden  Billion List Of Gun Control Policy Demands\">campaign finance laws<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/9488#:~:text=Specifically,%20the%20bill%20requires%20political,United%20States,%20with%20an%20exception.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act<\/a>, the legislation, according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/house-republicans-subpoena-actblue-records-over-alleged-foreign-election-interference-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> authored by the Wisconsin congressman, would &ldquo;prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from debit or credit cards without the disclosure of the card verification value (&lsquo;CVV&rsquo;) and billing address associated with the card.&rdquo; The bill would also prevent political committees from accepting contributions via prepaid gift cards and bar &ldquo;individuals from knowingly aiding or abetting someone who makes a contribution in the name of another person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation seeks to cut off alleged foreign election interference carried out on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/actblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ActBlue<\/a>, a Democrat-aligned fundraising platform. The Steil-led House Administration Committee has been conducting a months-long investigation into ActBlue over concerns foreign actors are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/24\/lawmakers-to-issue-subpoenas-over-alleged-actblue-foreign-election-interference-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laundering<\/a> money into U.S. elections by using the company&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">seemingly lax donor verification procedures<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>4. HAVA<\/h2>\n<p>Approved by Congress in 2002, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/107\/plaws\/publ252\/PLAW-107publ252.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help America Vote Act (HAVA)<\/a> is one area of existing federal election statute that requires serious reforms. <\/p>\n<p>As Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) Senior Legal Fellow Cleta Mitchell previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/28\/congress-must-do-more-to-prevent-noncitizens-from-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in these pages, the law &ldquo;requires states to confirm the identity and residency of any applicant seeking to register to vote in any state,&rdquo; but does not mandate them to confirm an individual&rsquo;s citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That was not included in the law passed by Congress in 2002 because no one could have imagined a day in the future when an administration would adopt a &lsquo;whole of government&rsquo; policy that ignores the nation&rsquo;s immigration laws and rewards those who come across the borders illegally,&rdquo; Mitchell wrote. &ldquo;The two methods prescribed by HAVA for verification of identity and residency are a driver&rsquo;s license or a Social Security number, both of which are issued to noncitizens and neither of which confirm citizenship status.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>5. UOCAVA<\/h2>\n<p>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. Since its passage, however, several problems have emerged that a new Congress should address.<\/p>\n<p>As Mitchell previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/28\/congress-must-do-more-to-prevent-noncitizens-from-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed<\/a>, &ldquo;UOCAVA has completely morphed from its original purpose of facilitating military voting,&rdquo; with more than half (63 percent) of 2020 UOCAVA ballots coming &ldquo;from civilians,&nbsp;<em>not members of the military.<\/em>&rdquo; The CPI senior legal fellow noted the alarming lack of safeguards instituted by states such as North Carolina and Pennsylvania to ensure only eligible U.S. citizens are casting UOCAVA ballots.<\/p>\n<h2>6. End Post-Election Day Voting<\/h2>\n<p>While Election Day is established by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/2\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal law<\/a>, many states have taken it upon themselves to allow ballots to be received and counted in the days following any given contest. <\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3204238\/5th-circuit-drops-surprise-mississippi-election-ballot-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>, &ldquo;About 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., count mail-in ballots received post-Election Day, provided they are postmarked by Election Day.&rdquo; In some cases, this has led states to take days (and sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7177408\/house-election-results-remaining-race-calls-vote-counting-senate-recount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weeks<\/a>) to finish tabulating ballots and determine the results of highly contested races, causing Americans to lose trust in the system. <\/p>\n<p>While a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3204238\/5th-circuit-drops-surprise-mississippi-election-ballot-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal case<\/a> making its way through federal court could <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/26\/this-case-could-make-elections-actually-end-on-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ultimately rectify<\/a> the matter, Trump and Republicans shouldn&rsquo;t count on the judiciary to fix a problem they have the power to address. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s 2024 win highlights ongoing election security issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2371091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Election-Day.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4402,44507,45356,4326,3634],"class_list":["post-2371090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congress","tag-day-1","tag-election-measures","tag-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Election-Day.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371094,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371090\/revisions\/2371094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}