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The bill, introduced by two Florida Republicans, follows this summer’s feckless 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that kept the chaos in place.

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Florida’s former top elections official has introduced a bill that aims to make Election Day Election Day again, a proposal that would put an end to the flood of mail-in ballots arriving days after the polls close.

Rep. Laurel Lee, a Republican who represents Florida’s 15th Congressional District, asserts the Ballots by Election Day Act will bring back a “commonsense standard to federal elections” by requiring ballots be received by the close of polls on Election Day. If they’re not, they won’t be counted. 

“When the polls close, voters should have confidence that the voting is over and election officials can move forward with determining the results,” Lee said in a press release. “The Ballots by Election Day Act applies that commonsense standard to federal elections across the country and provides greater certainty for voters, election officials, and the American people.”

Uncertainty — chaos, really — has reigned in states like California, which accepts ballots a week after Election Day, if postmarked by Election Day. The Golden State’s June primary saw another long vote count, with election officials still tallying votes several days after the June 2 contests. As The Federalist’s Hayden Daniel quipped at the time, “Colombia, a mountainous country infested with drug lords and guerrillas, is counting its votes more efficiently than the state of California.” 

Mail-in ballots received after Election Day continued to pour in. Over time, the nationally-watched Los Angeles mayoral race saw radical leftist City Council member Nithya Raman grab the votes she needed to leapfrog the relative conservative in the race, reality television personality Spencer Pratt, to claim the second and final spot on November’s general election ballot. 

In 2024, California’s extended Election Day forced the country to wait more than a month to learn the majority-minority........

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