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Roy Blunt's Public Statements on Issue: Elections

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06/22/2021 Tweet - "Democrats believe S.1 will give them a partisan advantage in elections. This bill is nothing more than a power grab. And they're willing to permanently change the U.S. Senate over it."
06/21/2021 Tweet - "S.1 makes election fraud easier to commit and harder to detect by: Cross markRequiring unlimited ballot harvesting Cross markUndermining overwhelmingly popular voter ID laws Cross markMaking it more difficult to maintain accurate voter lists"
06/21/2021 Tweet - "S.1 would make it easier to cheat and harder to detect. This 800+ page bill does *nothing* to keep our elections secure."
09/24/2020 Tweet - "The election system we have today is as secure as it's ever been. Congress has worked to make sure Americans have confidence in the elections - providing funding to states, ensuring state and local officials have support from federal agencies, enhancing cybersecurity & more"
10/03/2018 Tweet - "In the 2016 election cycle, our election system was tested like never before. I spoke this morning to election officials at @EACgov Election Readiness Summit on the work that's underway to secure our election systems & protect our democracy."
09/11/2018 Tweet - "Protecting our elections, the very foundation of our democracy, is a top priority. I spoke today at #NESS2018 about the steps we're taking to secure our election infrastructure and ensure confidence in our elections."
09/05/2018 Tweet - "Today I spoke with executives from Facebook & Twitter to discuss their efforts to combat foreign influence operations on their platforms. Watch the discussion here"
07/31/2018 Tweet - "The Rules Committee, which I chair, will soon consider election security legislation to help ensure cybersecurity information sharing between federal, state, and local election officials and strengthen post-election auditing. More here: http://bit.ly/2mYHvOv"
07/17/2018 Tweet - "We have to be alert and vigilant when it comes to protecting against election interference. As chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, I'll continue looking at what needs to be done to strengthen our election security: http://bit.ly/2NWn8O5"
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