Expand national vote-by-mail.

Maxine Dexter · Oregon · Democratic

policy impact 0.75 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

expand national vote-by-mail

The campaign commits to expanding national vote-by-mail.

Voting Rights | Maxine for Oregon
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

"Expand national vote-by-mail."

Dexter's campaign issue page explicitly promised to expand national vote-by-mail.

partial same_term A for effort

Voting Rights | Maxine for Oregon
campaign · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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The bill's official title says it is "To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections." The cosponsor list includes "Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]" with a cosponsor date of 02/21/2025. The latest summary says, "This bill expands voting by mail in federal elections."

Dexter took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring a federal bill that would expand vote-by-mail in federal elections, but the bill remained introduced and unreferred beyond committee referral.

partial same_term A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.738 - Universal Right To Vote by Mail Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 99%

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"Congresswoman Dexter understands that the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy" and "she helped reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act."

Dexter's House issue page shows continued voting-rights advocacy and ballot-access positioning, but it does not show that a national vote-by-mail expansion has been enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Democracy | Representative Maxine Dexter
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 72%

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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Dexter promised to expand national vote-by-mail. In her current federal term she materially supported the promised policy by cosponsoring H.R. 738, the Universal Right To Vote by Mail Act of 2025, which would expand voting by mail in federal elections. However, the evidence does not show that this bill or another national vote-by-mail expansion was enacted. Because there was a concrete legislative attempt but the promised outcome has not been delivered, this is best scored as not fulfilled with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%