President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Monday night that freshman Ohio Senator JD Vance will be his running mate in the 2024 election. At 39 years old, Vance would be the youngest vice president in American history if Trump is elected.
Trump’s last election in 2020 exposed the vulnerabilities in the election process on a national scale. Since then, thousands of Americans have joined the fight to secure our elections. For many, election integrity is a top priority.
So, it is important to know where the possible future Vice President, JD Vance, stands on the issue of defending our elections and securing integrity in the voting process.
The Ohio senator believes that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud, particularly in regards to the sudden, and often arbitrary, rule changes surrounding mail-in voting that took effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vance has encouraged skepticism of elections as being part of a free and democratic society. “I think that challenging elections and questioning the legitimacy of elections is actually part of the democratic process.” Additionally, he has sounded the alarm on the mass influx of non-citizens at the currently wide open southern border, addressing the likelihood of foreign nationals interfering with American elections.
He expresses extreme sympathy for the cause, and vehemently opposes policies that make our elections less secure, such as universal mail-in voting and advocates for transparency in the election process.
Senator Vance co-sponsored the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act shortly after it was filed by Sen. Mike Lee in the Senate. The SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship before registering to vote and requiring federal agencies to share data with the states to ensure non-citizens are removed from voter rolls.
Ultimately, election integrity should be a bipartisan issue. All Americans should agree that we should have accurate and secure elections. We must hold all elected officials accountable and choose candidates who support election integrity.