Ted Budd: “Americans should be able to trust our electoral process. But the Biden-Harris administration is undermining the system.…”

“Americans should be able to trust our electoral process. But the Biden-Harris administration is undermining the system. And this is rightly causing millions of Americans to doubt the integrity of their vote. That is why my colleague from Utah Senator Lee has worked so hard to pass the SAVE Act. It is a commonsense bill to make sure that only American citizens vote in American elections. Now, this would address one of the most pressing threats to the electoral system. But there is also another serious threat to the integrity of our elections: the use of taxpayer dollars for partisan political activity. During the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration, President Biden signed an Executive order directing the head of every Federal Agency--every Federal Agency--to submit a plan for their Agency to ``promote voter registration and voter participation.'' Now, on the surface, this seems like a harmless order simply designed to increase the number of Americans who vote. And I believe--we probably all believe--that is a laudable goal. The problem is that the order also mandates that all Federal Agencies partner with approved third-party organizations to provide these services on Federal Agency property and using your taxpayer dollars. So big questions remain, less than 2 months before a general election: Which third-party organizations are approved; who approves them; and what criteria are required?…”