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The bill protects state and local control over elections and shields USPS/mail‑ballot practices—preserving voter autonomy and reducing federal intervention—but does so by curtailing federal enforcement, coordination, and operational flexibility, which may hamper national responses to cross‑jurisdictional election problems and create legal uncertainty.
State and local election officials (and the voters they serve) retain primary control over voter registration lists and election procedures, preventing federal takeover of routine election administration.
USPS independence is affirmed and the bill protects mail‑ballot delivery practices, supporting continued ability to deliver large volumes of ballots and preserving postal operations tied to elections.
Federal agencies are barred from spending taxpayer funds to implement Executive Order 14399 and the repeal removes an associated presidential policy tool, freeing federal dollars for other priorities and reducing regulatory ambiguity about the EO's status.
Federal ability to detect and address cross‑state voter fraud, registration anomalies, and to enforce certain voting‑rights remedies is constrained, potentially weakening national responses to multi‑jurisdiction problems.
Prohibitions on federal actions (including barring DOJ from suing states for voter lists) may impede enforcement of federal voting‑rights laws and investigations into illegal registration activity.
The bill may provoke litigation and legal uncertainty—both from declaring an Executive Order unlawful and from creating declaratory findings—delaying implementation of election or integrity measures and prolonging uncertainty for states and agencies.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Repeals an executive order and bans federal agencies and the USPS from compiling, sharing, or using national voter/citizenship lists or regulating mail-ballot eligibility using federal funds.
Introduced April 22, 2026 by Alejandro Padilla · Last progress April 22, 2026
Repeals a recently issued executive order and bars federal agencies and the Postal Service from using federal funds to create, compile, share, or use national voter registration or citizenship lists for federal election purposes. It also forbids federal agencies from regulating mail-in or absentee ballot eligibility or compelling states to turn over statewide voter registration lists, and explicitly prevents the USPS from using funds to withhold or determine mail ballot delivery or eligibility.