Continue to fight for legislation allowing state election officials to verify a voter’s citizenship.

Ted Budd · North Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 92%

Occurrences

Allowing state election officials to verify a voter’s citizenship.

The candidate commits to support citizenship verification by state election officials.

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: ... Allowing state election officials to verify a voter’s citizenship.

This is the campaign promise itself: Budd explicitly pledged to keep fighting for legislation letting state election officials verify a voter’s citizenship.

partial same_term

Safeguarding Elections | Ted Budd
campaign · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Steube, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Boebert) introduced the following bill ... To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration ... and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State.

While serving in the House, Budd joined a bill that would have let states verify citizenship status for voter registration and remove noncitizens from registration rolls, matching the pledge's substance.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.2343 - Protecting American Voters Act (text)
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Cosponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] 01/29/2026 ... A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. Latest Action: Senate - 01/29/2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

In the Senate, Budd cosponsored a later bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration, a close analogue to the campaign promise, but it was only introduced and referred.

partial later_term A for effort

S.3752 - All Information
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Congress.gov lists S.3752 (SAVE America Act) as a 119th Congress Senate bill whose latest action is 'Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration' on 2026-01-29; Ted Budd is one of the bill's cosponsors.

Budd continued pushing citizenship-verification legislation in the Senate, but the measure has only been introduced and referred.

partial later_term A for effort

S.3752 - All Information
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

Assessments

delivered same_term

Budd materially pursued the specific policy he promised to fight for. During the 2021-2022 cycle, he joined H.R. 2343 on April 1, 2021, a bill aimed at giving states federal information to verify voter citizenship for registration purposes. After winning the 2022 Senate race, he again backed the same general policy as a cosponsor of S. 3752 on January 29, 2026. As of June 20, 2026, the legislation had not become law, but the pledge was framed as continuing to fight for such legislation rather than guaranteeing enactment. His continued sponsorship/cosponsorship in office is enough to count the promise as delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 87%

delivered same_term A for effort

Budd promised to continue fighting for legislation allowing state election officials to verify voter citizenship, not necessarily to secure enactment. During the relevant federal campaign period while serving in the House, he joined H.R.2343, which would have required federal agencies to provide information enabling states to verify citizenship status of voter registration applicants and remove noncitizens from rolls. He later continued the same effort in the Senate by cosponsoring S.3752 in 2026. The promised legislative outcome was not enacted, but the wording was an effort promise, and his sponsorship/cosponsorship activity substantially satisfies it.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%