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While Congress is permitted to enact laws to protect the right to vote, the executive branch should not be permitted to engage in mission creep by developing a comprehensive federal voter database without clear and specific legislative authorization.
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Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
While Congress is permitted to enact laws to protect the right to vote, the executive branch should not be permitted to engage in mission creep by developing a comprehensive federal voter database without clear and specific legislative authorization.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
But there were already signs of mission creep.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Once these systems exist, mission creep, also known as function creep, becomes the rule rather than the exception.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2025
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Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
While Congress is permitted to enact laws to protect the right to vote, the executive branch should not be permitted to engage in mission creep by developing a comprehensive federal voter database without clear and specific legislative authorization.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
But there were already signs of mission creep.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Once these systems exist, mission creep, also known as function creep, becomes the rule rather than the exception.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Mission creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20creep. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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