If there is anything that should be bipartisan, it is election security.

I certainly appreciate the vital role States and counties play in administering elections, but it is the duty of the Federal Government to help States respond to this national security.

This is a bill that preserves the system that we have, which is a decentralized election system, which allows for less opportunity for nefarious actors and foreign entities to be able to do nefarious things.

Not one witness claimed that voting machines were inherently unsafe or that paper ballots were foolproof.

This provision requires that paper ballots must be counted by hand or another primitive device, which effectively, again, eliminates the modern technology currently used in nearly every jurisdiction.

I know darn well that Mike Gianasi is going to run the fairest election possible. He wants every vote to be counted.

I think it is a terrible thing that the Federal Government is mandating where our localities can and cannot purchase ballots and the certain types of ballots they have.

That is why we need to be serious about this.

Voter-verified paper ballots are the solution that really address the risks and threats that our Nation faces.

Paper and risk-limiting audits really are the gold standard of election security and will address the national emergency our Nation faces.

These mandatory paper ballots--again, I alluded to--what technology may exist in the future to help us lessen the lines in polling places?

The security of our national elections is a national concern and a national emergency.