Requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received.
Continue to fight for legislation requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received.
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Ted will continue to fight for legislation that protects the sanctity of one person, one vote, such as: Requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received.
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Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Gibbs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration. The bill establishes certain requirements with respect to a delivered ballot in an election for Federal office.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 7265, the Vote by Mail Tracking Act, as introduced in the House on January 27, 2026 and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The official entry names Kweisi Mfume as sponsor and does not list Ted Budd among the cosponsors.
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The official enrolled House-passed text for H.R. 5658 shows the Vote by Mail Tracking Act passed the House on November 18, 2024 and was sent to the Senate. The bill would require trackable ballot envelopes using Postal Service barcodes, but it was not enacted, and the record here does not show Ted Budd as a sponsor.
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SEC. 215. BARCODE TRACKING FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
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contains a Postal Service barcode (or successive service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual ballot
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The Postal Service is amending the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections pursuant to its rulemaking authority.
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the Postal Service will not take actions to implement the rule specifically for the 2026 election unless and until the government obtains relief from those injunctions.
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Application (26A305) for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is denied.
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The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction.
Assessments
The exact promise was not delivered: no evidence shows Ted Budd enacted or even directly introduced a bill requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received. The closest documented activity is his cosponsorship of related election-ballot legislation, which was only introduced and referred, while later 2024 and 2026 close-match bills were sponsored by others and also stalled. This is best treated as a failed policy effort with some legislative work, not fulfillment.
The promise was made in the 2022 federal Senate campaign and concerned continuing to fight for legislation requiring verified reporting of certified mail-in ballot numbers sent and received. The record shows Budd engaged in related federal election-ballot legislation, including cosponsoring the 2020 Election Certainty Act, but that bill addressed ballot receipt deadlines rather than the specific certified sent-and-received reporting requirement and did not pass. Later House legislation contained closer mail-ballot reporting language, but it was introduced by another member, had no Budd cosponsorship shown, no Senate companion tied to Budd, and also remained introduced rather than enacted. Because there is evidence of serious related legislative effort but no enacted or otherwise delivered policy outcome attributable to Budd, the proper rating is never with an effort badge.