Convert public financing of presidential election campaigns into grants to states for enhancing the security of election systems.

Addison P. McDowell · North Carolina · Republican

spending impact 0.62 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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A BILL To convert the program of public financing of presidential election campaigns to a program of providing grants to States for enhancing the security of election systems, and for other purposes.

McDowell is listed as an introducer of a bill that would redirect presidential campaign public financing into state grants for election system security.

Text - H.R.7418 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): STEADFAST Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Evidence

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The official homepage's Latest News section shows the newest lookback-window item as a May 29, 2026 press release: 'Congressman McDowell and Congresswoman Bice Introduce Pregnancy Loss Mental Health Research Act.' The other visible recent items are from March 18 and March 12, 2026. No election-financing-to-states action is visible on the homepage snapshot.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, McDowell's official site shows unrelated legislative activity, but no concrete sign that he delivered or even advanced the public-financing-to-state-grants promise.

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Congressman Addison McDowell | Representing North Carolina's 6th District
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McDowell has served in the House only since January 3, 2025. As of June 18, 2026, the available official-site evidence shows recent activity on other issues but no identified bill, sponsorship, vote, or enacted change converting presidential public-financing funds into grants for state election-system security. Because he is still in office and this would require a federal statutory change beyond a single House member's unilateral control, the current record does not support calling the promise delivered or definitively failed. There is also no clear evidence here of a serious legislative or executive attempt that would justify a failed-effort badge.

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