As West Virginia secretary of state, I am the chief election officer in charge of running safe, efficient and fair elections. Amid the pandemic in 2020, West Virginia had an extremely safe election along with a 74% participation rate among active voters. Our outstanding success caught national attention, and I have twice been asked to testify before Congress about the West Virginia election experience. The last time I testified, I strongly objected to the passage of S. 1, dubbed by the politicians as the For the People Act. This bill is anything but “for the people” as it disenfranchises and confuses voters, it stomps on states' constitutional powers, and it epitomizes the tyranny of an over-powerful government by federalizing our elections.