Continue to fight for legislation requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls.

Ted Budd · North Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.50 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 91%

Occurrences

Requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls.

The candidate commits to support removing deceased people from voter rolls.

Issues - Ted Budd for Senate
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

Ted will continue to fight for legislation that protects the sanctity of one person, one vote, such as: ... Requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls.

Budd's campaign issue page explicitly made the promise to keep fighting for legislation requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls.

partial unknown

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

Ted Budd is listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 860, the You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021, which was introduced on February 5, 2021 and required states to obtain information from the Social Security Administration on deaths for purposes of voter registration list maintenance.

Budd took concrete legislative action aligned with the promise by cosponsoring a bill focused on deaths and voter-registration list maintenance, but the bill was only introduced and referred, not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 860 - You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021 | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

Budd's campaign issue page says he will continue to fight for legislation protecting one person, one vote, including "Requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls."

The campaign expressly made the commitment, but this source does not show enactment or implementation.

partial unknown

Safeguarding Elections | Ted Budd
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

H.R. 860, the You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021, was introduced in the 117th Congress and official bill materials identify Budd as a cosponsor of legislation tied to state use of death information for voter-list maintenance.

Budd took concrete legislative action aligned with the pledge by cosponsoring H.R. 860, so the effort badge is warranted, but this source alone does not show enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 860 - You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021 | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov lists H.R. 860 as introduced, with latest action on 02/08/2021 referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Its summary says the bill would require each state to annually certify an agreement with SSA to share death information for removing ineligible voters.

The official status remained only introduced/referred, not passed by both chambers or enacted. This supports a never outcome despite serious legislative effort.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.860 - You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021 | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Budd made a concrete legislative effort aligned with the pledge by cosponsoring H.R. 860, the You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021, which would have required state use of death information for voter-roll maintenance. But the bill was only introduced and referred, and the evidence does not show passage or enactment of legislation requiring states to purge deceased individuals from voter rolls. Under the scoring rule, this is a failed serious legislative attempt, not delivered policy.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

never same_term A for effort

Budd took a concrete federal legislative step aligned with the promise by cosponsoring H.R. 860, the You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021, which would have required state use of death information for voter-roll maintenance. However, the provided evidence shows the bill was introduced and referred, not enacted, and does not show that the promised legal requirement was implemented. Because this was a serious legislative attempt but the promised outcome was not delivered, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%