He will support election security at the national level, advocate for reforms to stop unreasonable gerrymandering and ensure minority representation, make Election Day a national holiday, universalize vote by mail, and standardize the process by which elections are certified.
Jared Moskowitz will support election security at the national level, stop unreasonable gerrymandering, make Election Day a national holiday, universalize vote by mail, and standardize election certification processes.
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Under Defending Democracy, the campaign site said Moskowitz "will support election security at the national level, advocate for reforms to stop unreasonable gerrymandering and ensure minority representation, make Election Day a national holiday, universalize vote by mail, and standardize the process by which elections are certified."
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 5658 required mail-in ballots to use USPS barcode tracking, passed the House on November 18, 2024, and was then received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 19, 2024.
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Roll Call 467 shows Moskowitz voted yea on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5658, the Vote by Mail Tracking Act; the vote passed 396 to 6.
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Moskowitz said he intended to vote to certify President-elect Donald Trump's victory and urged every Member of Congress to do the same, describing certification as a constitutional duty.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.11, the Freedom to Vote Act, with latest action on December 17, 2024, as referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security and status only as Introduced. The same record lists Rep. Jared Moskowitz as an original cosponsor on July 18, 2023.
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The U.S. Code listing for 5 U.S.C. 6103, text in effect on July 17, 2026, enumerates legal public holidays including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; Election Day is not listed.
Assessments
The promised national election reforms were not enacted: Election Day was still not a federal holiday as of July 17, 2026, and there is no evidence that national vote-by-mail universalization, anti-gerrymandering reform, election-security reform, or standardized certification reforms became law. Moskowitz did make serious same-term efforts, including original cosponsorship of H.R.11, the Freedom to Vote Act, and support for H.R.5658, the Vote by Mail Tracking Act, but those efforts did not become enacted federal law. His certification statement supports democratic process norms but does not itself deliver the promised certification standardization.
The promised national election reforms were not enacted: Election Day has not been made a national holiday, vote by mail has not been universalized, unreasonable gerrymandering has not been stopped by federal reform, and election certification standards have not been comprehensively standardized. Moskowitz did take aligned actions during his congressional term, including voting for H.R. 5658, the Vote by Mail Tracking Act, and publicly supporting certification of the 2024 presidential result, but those actions fall well short of delivering the broad promised outcome. Because there was a concrete legislative attempt related to vote-by-mail administration that passed the House but failed to become law, this is best scored as a failed promise with an effort badge rather than partial delivery.
The promise covered broad national election reforms: election security, anti-gerrymandering reforms, Election Day as a national holiday, universal vote by mail, and standardized certification. The evidence shows Moskowitz supported certification norms and voted for H.R. 5658, a narrower vote-by-mail tracking bill that passed the House but was not enacted. There is no evidence that the promised national reforms were enacted or otherwise delivered. Because he made a concrete legislative effort aligned with part of the promise but the promised outcome was not achieved, this is best coded as never with an effort badge.