Despite Trump’s victory, there are still gaps in election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process.
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 bill would also prevent political committees from accepting contributions via prepaid gift cards and bar “individuals from knowingly aiding or abetting someone who makes a contribution in the name of another person.” The legislation seeks to cut off alleged foreign election interference carried out on ActBlue, a Democrat-aligned fundraising platform.
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.
As Mitchell previously detailed, “UOCAVA has completely morphed from its original purpose of facilitating military voting,” with more than half (63 percent) of 2020 UOCAVA ballots coming “from civilians, not members of the military.” 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.
Chip Roy, R-Texas, earlier this year, 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,” according to a press release by Lee’s office.
Among the bill’s notable proposals is a provision revoking President Joe Biden’s March 2021 executive order that instructed hundreds of federal agencies to interfere in the electoral process by using taxpayer money to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities by collaborating with so-called “nonpartisan” third-party groups.
The ACE Act includes other provisions increasing congressional oversight of Washington, D.C. elections by requiring voter ID and regular voter roll maintenance, prohibiting ballot harvesting and ranked-choice voting, and repealing a local law permitting noncitizens to vote in municipal elections.
The SAVE Act With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ open border policies allowing millions of illegal aliens to flood across America’s southern border, many Americans have become increasingly worried about the potential for foreign nationals to unlawfully cast ballots in U.S. elections.
As Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) Senior Legal Fellow Cleta Mitchell previously wrote in these pages, 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.
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