Federal Election Commission
January 4, 2021 at 7:13 p.m.
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The Federal Election Commission, which was created in 1974 to enforce campaign finance law in federal elections by regulating campaign contributions and expenditures along with managing the campaign finance disclosure system, investigating and prosecuting violations, performing compliance audits, and supervising public funding of presidential campaigns should be given the role of investigating complaints of voter fraud for elected federal offices. This additional function should be organized as a separate bureau with the FEC and should work in conjuction with state and local officials who oversee ballot distribution and vote counting and candidate qualifications for ballot access.
These tasks should, of course, remain at the local and state level but due to current controversies, both real and imagined over the November election, and previous federal elections, it is time for some type of oversight and a few common standards across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for votes cast for the federal offices of U.S. representative and U.S. senator, along with president and vice-president of the United States. There should also be confirmation of a candidate’s eligibility to run for that office based on local, state, and federal laws along with standards laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
As part of these eligibility standards, this newly created arm of the FEC, along with the FBI, should be administrating these candidates a basic high school level reading and writing test, U.S. civics exam, and a medical and psychiatric evaluation besides a more in-depth criminal background check and proof of citizenship. In addition, there should be confirmation that all states and localities are following their prescribed election laws before the election, during and after. Finally, there should also be investigation of, and prosecution of candidates or others who knowingly or recklessly make false accusations or unprovable complaints of election fraud.
Please contact your U.S. representative and U.S. senators along with members of the media to urge adoption of these measures.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
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The Federal Election Commission, which was created in 1974 to enforce campaign finance law in federal elections by regulating campaign contributions and expenditures along with managing the campaign finance disclosure system, investigating and prosecuting violations, performing compliance audits, and supervising public funding of presidential campaigns should be given the role of investigating complaints of voter fraud for elected federal offices. This additional function should be organized as a separate bureau with the FEC and should work in conjuction with state and local officials who oversee ballot distribution and vote counting and candidate qualifications for ballot access.
These tasks should, of course, remain at the local and state level but due to current controversies, both real and imagined over the November election, and previous federal elections, it is time for some type of oversight and a few common standards across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for votes cast for the federal offices of U.S. representative and U.S. senator, along with president and vice-president of the United States. There should also be confirmation of a candidate’s eligibility to run for that office based on local, state, and federal laws along with standards laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
As part of these eligibility standards, this newly created arm of the FEC, along with the FBI, should be administrating these candidates a basic high school level reading and writing test, U.S. civics exam, and a medical and psychiatric evaluation besides a more in-depth criminal background check and proof of citizenship. In addition, there should be confirmation that all states and localities are following their prescribed election laws before the election, during and after. Finally, there should also be investigation of, and prosecution of candidates or others who knowingly or recklessly make false accusations or unprovable complaints of election fraud.
Please contact your U.S. representative and U.S. senators along with members of the media to urge adoption of these measures.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
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