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Voting-I-AS

07 Nov

The ACE Act (American Confidence in Elections Act) being pushed to States nationally, has three main pillars: equipping states with election integrity tools, implementing election integrity reforms in Washington, D.C., and protecting political speech and donor privacy. The primary section of the bill is focused on providing states with tools to improve voter confidence. Voter names left on the register after they die or move out of State leave States open to fraud since someone can go through the rolls pulling out names of those who haven’t voted in several years and fill out ballots in their name. It will remove outdated policies that stand in their way and provide access to information held only by federal agencies. For example, state and county election officials should have access to the Social Security death list so they can keep their voter rolls maintained. The best time to remove someone from the active voter list is when they die. Another safeguard states can implement to improve voter confidence is requiring photo ID to ensure the person casting a ballot is who they claim to be. Thirty-five states already require some form of identification at the polls, and we should encourage more to follow.

 

 
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