Continue to fight for legislation requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received.

Ted Budd · North Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.87 extraction confidence 93%

Occurrences

Requiring verified reporting of certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received.

The candidate commits to support a reporting requirement for mail-in ballots.

Issues - Ted Budd for Senate
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Evidence

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.

This is the campaign promise itself. It establishes the exact policy claim but does not show that it was enacted or even formally introduced as its own bill.

unresolved same_term

Safeguarding Elections | Ted Budd
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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.

Budd was a cosponsor of legislation requiring ballots delivered by mail or otherwise to be received by election day, showing concrete election-ballot policy activity. But this is not the same as a verified reporting requirement for certified numbers of mail-in ballots sent and received, and the bill was only introduced and referred.

partial unknown A for effort

H.R. 8815 (116th Congress) Election Certainty Act
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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.

A close-match mail-ballot tracking bill was introduced in 2026, but it was only referred to committee and shows no Budd sponsorship or cosponsorship.

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H.R. 7265 (IH) - Vote by Mail Tracking Act - BILLS-119hr7265ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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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.

A related mail-ballot tracking bill advanced through the House but stopped short of enactment, with no Budd attribution in the official record.

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Vote by Mail Tracking Act
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Assessments

never later_term A for effort

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.

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never unknown A for effort

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.

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