LEE COSPONSORS BALLOTS BY ELECTION DAY ACT TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Ballots by Election Day Act with Senator James Lankford (R-OK) to require that all absentee and mail-in ballots in federal elections be received by the time polls close on Election Day in order to be counted.

"Congress holds the constitutional authority to set the times, places, and manner of federal elections," said Senator Mike Lee. "States counting late ballots are inviting fraud and sowing doubt in their own election results. Our bill will clarify protocol and restore trust by counting only ballots received before the polls close on election day."

"Election Day should mean Election Day," said Senator James Lankford. "A...