M.D. Kittle of the Federalist urges Congress to end one of the worst relics of the Biden administration.

In his first two months in office, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14019, transforming the federal government into a get-out-the-vote machine for Democrats. On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump rescinded the order, putting an end to the constitutionally suspect directive that election integrity watchdogs referred to as “Bidenbucks.”

But without congressional action, the next leftist leading the executive branch could easily bring back Bidenbucks and eviscerate the foundation of election integrity. 

“I think the way that this gets solved going forward is Congress has to enact a law to ensure it doesn’t happen again,” David Craig, legal director for the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), told The Federalist in an interview. “That is the final development that will forever fence off an administration from trying this in the future.” 

FGA has been on the front lines in the battle against Biden’s so-called “Promoting Access to Voting” order for the better part of the past four years. The foundation sued the Biden Department of Justice in April 2022 in federal court after multiple federal agencies shrugged off Freedom of Information Act requests for documents and communications tied to the executive order. 

Craig said the DOJ has stonewalled the lawsuit for years, but the foundation expects to receive the requested documents “in the short term.” 

“With this administration taking a different approach from the previous administration, I would say we’re optimistic,” the attorney said. 

As The Federalist has reported, Biden’s fiat instructed federal agencies to assist in a nationwide voter registration promotion campaign. While it was sold as a democracy-strengthening initiative, the politically tainted campaign was created by far-left activists and carried out with the support of leftist nonprofits. The documents that the Biden administration begrudgingly turned over to the FGA and other election integrity groups exposed a concerted effort to use  taxpayer money to turn out traditionally left-leaning voters.