1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

Congress must immediately restore the federal election security programs that have been dismantled since January and block further politicization of election administration before the 2026 midterms. A ProPublica investigation documented that at least 75 career officials who safeguarded the 2020 election have been fired or reassigned and replaced by roughly two dozen political appointees, many of whom are election deniers. Ten actively worked to reverse Trump's 2020 loss. Eight critical programs have been gutted, including CISA's election security team, the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force, and federal grants that help states secure voting systems. False claims about elections are now being used at the highest levels of government to justify seizing ballots and targeting voter rolls. White House election lawyer Kurt Olsen, who was sanctioned by judges for false 2020 claims, pressured the FBI to raid Fulton County using discredited evidence that Georgia Republican officials had already dismissed. The FBI chief who examined the evidence and found it didn't hold up was forced out. The raid happened anyway. This isn't partisan. These efforts can target elections anywhere in the country. Pass legislation now to restore career professionals to election security roles, reinstate eliminated programs, and prevent federal interference in state election administration.