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2025-03-06 Home Front: Politix
Congressman Pete Sessions introduces bill banning universal mail-in voting, electronic voting machines, shortening early vote period to 3 DAYS

BREAKING: Congressman Pete Sessions is introducing a bill banning universal mail-in voting and electronic voting machines and shortening the early vote period from months to THREE DAYS. This is a GAME CHANGER!

The legislation is called the Make Elections Secure Again Act (MESA)

"MESA mandates the exclusive use of hand-marked paper ballots for all federal elections and primaries receiving public funds. This eliminates reliance on vulnerable electronic systems, ensuring a tamper-proof, human-verifiable process that reflects voters' true intent."

"The bill requires every voter to present a government-issued photo such as a driver's license, passport, or military and sign an affidavit in the paper poll book affirming U.S. citizenship and single-voting intent under penalty of felony charges."

"Early in-person voting is limited to three days prior to Election Day- the final Tuesday of voting -streamlining administration and concentrating resources for secure, manageable hand counts, while maintaining voter access."

"Mailed ballots are restricted to active-duty military personnel stationed away from their jurisdiction and voters with physician-certified medical conditions preventing in-person voting."

"MESA mandates paper poll books as the primary voter check-in method and caps precinct sizes at 1,500 registered voters, returning elections to community-based, transparent operations that facilitate efficient hand counting and local oversight." -
@PeteSessions
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This will seriously go down as one of the greatest pieces of legislation in history. This is the only way to stop the election fraud industrial complex forever.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10328 views ]  Top

#1 I am not a big fan of bills that don’t go anywhere.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-03-06 05:55||   2025-03-06 05:55|| Front Page Top

#2 But not limit counting to 3 days afterwards?
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-06 06:47||   2025-03-06 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 although this helps a lot

it will not be secure without additional controls on absentee voting, for example, in long term care facilities, there needs to be monitors to make sure the votes are not 'coached'

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-06 09:09||   2025-03-06 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 
Other countries have no problems using this
100% trackable and auditable process.

But I just would add special, highly controlled water marked/RFID controlled ballot paper. Too the level that the US Treasury controls its paper.


Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-06 09:14||   2025-03-06 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 This bill won't go anywhere mainly because elections is a state thing, each state decide how to conduct elections.

Banning electronic voting machine might hold up at the federal level though.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-03-06 09:19||   2025-03-06 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 ^While the states are responsible for them, the feds still can set the standards.
Posted by DarthVader 2025-03-06 10:16||   2025-03-06 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 ..specifically for the selection of Congress and the President.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-06 10:36||   2025-03-06 10:36|| Front Page Top

#8 ^
Yes the States carry out the election and their rules prevail unless there is a Federal statute or a constitutional provision, e.g., poll taxes were made illegal by the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The law proposed by Sessions probably passes constitutional barriers at least for banning universal mail-in and electronic voting but I'm not sure about the other provisions.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-06 11:36||   2025-03-06 11:36|| Front Page Top

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