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Committee Exchange Over Federal Election Standards Centers on Cost and Control

House Administration Committee · February 10, 2026
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Summary

At a House Administration Committee exchange, an unidentified committee member argued past federal legislation amounted to a federal "takeover" of elections while Secretary Gray testified that implementing proof-of-citizenship requirements in Wyoming was "seamless" and low-cost.

An exchange at a House Administration Committee hearing focused on whether proposed federal election standards amount to a federal takeover and whether states would face significant costs to implement proof-of-citizenship requirements.

An unidentified committee member criticized earlier national legislation, saying, "it was a 600 page bill that was a total federal unconstitutional takeover of elections," and accused authors of…

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