Rep. Steil debuts MEGA election integrity bill, new measures for security

Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chairman of the House Administration Committee, has introduced the Make Elections Great Again Act, for what he says is to "establish baseline federal standards for election administration" with the goal of "boosting voter confidence."

The bill requires photo identification for voters, mandates citizenship verification during registration and stronger maintenance of voter rolls to prevent ineligible participation.

It also insists that mail-in ballots arrive by Election Day's close of polls, mandates auditable paper ballots and prohibits practices such as ballot harvesting and ranked-choice voting in federal elections.

Among those from whom Stein has drawn support for legislation are Logan Churchwell, research drector at Public Interest Legal Foundation; Ken Cucinelli, national chairman of Election Integrity Network; Maggie Herrell, Federal Affairs director at the Foundation for Government Accountability; Don Palmer, commissioner on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission; Justin Reimer, president and CEO of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections; Hans Von Spakovsky, senior legal Fellow at the Edward Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedoms; and Lucas Vebber, deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty.

Steil described the legislation as a common-sense step to ensure Americans can trust that elections are secure and fair.