{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/video-senator-moody-slams-rampant-fraud-across-the-united-states-unveils-ballots-by-election-day-act/", "VIDEO: Senator Moody Slams Rampant Fraud Across The United States, Unveils Ballots by Election Day Act", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Ashley Moody", "M001244", "www.moody.senate.gov", "moody", "https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON D.C. \u2014 Today, Senator Ashley Moody shined a light on the Fraud Economy that exists in America and called out Democrats who dismiss the issue and don\u2019t even attend hearings exposing pervasive fraud. Senator Moody\u2019s comments came during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where she also unveiled the Ballots by Election Day Act, aimed at restoring trust in elections and implementing the same type of reforms that have made Florida\u2019s elections a blueprint for the entire nation.\n\n\u201cDismantling the Fraud Economy and going after those who defraud the American taxpayer should be a 100-0 issue. Regardless of place or party, elected representatives should be asking \u2018What are we going to do about it?\u2019 Washington needs to work every single day at investigating fraud and passing new laws to prevent it. That\u2019s why I am proud of the bills I have introduced to do just that and am introducing yet another bill, the Ballots by Election Day Act. This bill requires all ballots across the country to be received by the time polls close on Election Day. This simple, commonsense idea is one easy way we can restore faith in elections and implement a basic electoral safeguard to mirror Florida\u2019s successful reforms\u2014that took us from hanging chads and national embarrassment, to now results before bed and a national blueprint,\u201d said Senator Ashley Moody.\n\nSenator Moody announced her new bill, the Ballots by Election Day Act, aimed to implement a requirement that all ballots, including mail-in ballots, are to be received by election officials by the time polls close on Election Day. This mirrors Florida\u2019s requirements to keep elections fair and free from fraud. The requirement does not apply to ballots subject to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).\n\nAmericans lose faith in our electoral process when Democrat-run jurisdictions take days to count ballots and even permit ballots to be accepted weeks after the election ended. This bill creates a uniform requirement across the country that no matter how you vote, everyone\u2019s deadline is at the end of Election Day.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nTo view Senator Moody\u2019s remarks before the committee, click here.\n\nSenator Moody has been the at the forefront of the Senate\u2019s fight to combat fraud in tandem with the President, havingintroduced a handful of bills aimed at curbing the epidemic across the country.\n\nHer most recent effort, the Ballots by Election Day Act, aims to restore trust in the American election system by ensuing our elections are run in a secure manner and ballots are counted efficiently \u2013 much like how Florida runs elections.\n\nThis bill comes following a recent Supreme Court decision in Watson, and the Florida blueprint is what every state should replicate.\n\nSenator Moody has always been committed to combating fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars. Recently, Senator Moody:\n\no Introduced the Stop Child Care Scams Act to fight fraud in federal child care programs;\n\no Introduced the STOP Scams Against Seniors Act to protect seniors from scams and financial fraud;\n\no Introduced the No Aid for Ghost Students Act to stop fraudsters, often called \u201cghost students,\u201d from using stolen or fake identities to submit FAFSA applications and take federal student aid money.\n\no Joined the Senate Anti-Fraud Task Force, an oversight effort focused on identifying fraud against the federal government, exposing systemic vulnerabilities, recovering taxpayer dollars, and advancing reforms that strengthen accountability;\n\no Introduced STOP Fraud in Medicaid Act to give state Medicaid Fraud Control Units new authority to investigate and prosecute those fraudulently bilking the system to obtain funds through benefitting claims in addition to fraudulent providers;\n\no Introduced the Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, which increases financial and criminal penalties for health care fraud across the board; and\n\no Cosponsored the SCAM Act, which would increase safety and protect the integrity of American citizenship by ensuring individuals who join terrorist organizations or are naturalized through fraud or deception can have their citizenship revoked.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/video-senator-moody-slams-rampant-fraud-across-the-united-states-unveils-ballots-by-election-day-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8814679458737373, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}