Shawn Fleetwood of the Federalist offers elected leaders in Washington, D.C., ideas for securing American elections.

Donald Trump may have won the 2024 presidential contest, but the road to securing America’s elections remains a long one.

Despite the former and future president’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris, there are still gaps in federal election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process. With Trump set to return to the White House and Republicans poised to control both chambers of Congress, fixing these loopholes and shoring up integrity within the system is paramount to upholding Americans’ trust in free and fair elections.

With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ open border policies allowing millions of illegal aliens to flood across America’s southern border, many Americans have become increasingly worried about the potential for foreign nationals to unlawfully cast ballots in U.S. elections. …

… While illegal alien voting is prohibited by federal statute, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would close existing loopholes in the law that foreign nationals could exploit to register and cast ballots in U.S. elections. …

… Introduced by by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., last year, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act includes numerous provisions designed to close existing loopholes in America’s election system.

Among the bill’s notable proposals is a provision revoking President Joe Biden’s March 2021 executive order that instructed hundreds of federal agencies to interfere in the electoral process by using taxpayer money to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities by collaborating with so-called “nonpartisan” third-party groups. Of course, many of the organizations identified as having worked with the administration are extremely left-wing. …

… A separate bill introduced by Steil that Trump and an incoming GOP Congress should fast-track aims to enact safeguards within the realm of campaign finance laws.

Known as the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act, the legislation, according to a recent letter authored by the Wisconsin congressman, would “prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from debit or credit cards without the disclosure of the card verification value (‘CVV’) and billing address associated with the card.”