Congressman Jason Smith called upon the United States Department of Justice to open investigations into incidences of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. In a separate letter to state election officials, Smith also outlined his concerns with their actions and issued a reminder that the election is not over.
Smith said, “President Trump is right to demand transparency and accuracy in the ballot counting process . . . It is the Department of Justice’s responsibility to ensure the integrity of our elections if state election officials will not.”
Earlier this year, Smith introduced the Integrity of Our Elections Act to require the chief state election official of each state to certify that recipients of mail-in or absentee ballots are living, U.S. citizens, and eligible to vote prior to mailing a ballot for a federal election. According to Smith, Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to give this legislation a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives.