Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Pennsylvania County That Ran Out of Paper Ballots Fails to Certify Election Results

A county in Pennsylvania that didn’t have enough paper ballots on Election Day failed to certify the results of the Nov. 8 midterms by the Nov. 28 deadline. The Luzerne County Board of Elections split 2–2 to certify the results, while one member abstained from voting. It’s unclear what the next steps are. Republican board members…


Here’s Where the Warnock–Walker Race Stands After Early Voting Starts in Georgia Runoff

More than 180,000 voters cast their ballots during early voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, according to state election data. About 69,297 Georgians turned out to vote on Saturday, the first day of early voting in the state after several courts ruled against a…


Top GOPs Back McCarthy as Next House Speaker

Two top Republican lawmakers expressed confidence in House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to become the House speaker, as the party is taking the lower chamber early next year after four years in the minority. Both Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Michael Turner (R-Ohio), the potential next chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and…


Top Republicans Back McCarthy as Next House Speaker

Two top Republican lawmakers expressed confidence in House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to become the House speaker, as the party is taking the lower chamber early next year after four years in the minority. Both Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Michael Turner (R-Ohio), the potential next chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and…


2 Top Republicans Back McCarthy as Next House Speaker

Two top Republican lawmakers expressed confidence in House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to become House speaker, now that the party has captured a majority in the lower chamber after four years in the minority. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Michael Turner (R-Ohio), likely the next chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and…


Maricopa County Responds to Arizona Attorney General Inquiry, Defends Way It Handled Election

Arizona’s Maricopa County on Sunday responded to a request from the office of Arizona’s Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich, which had asked for details from the county on how it had handled the election after a “plethora of reports from election workers, poll watchers, and voters, including the county’s admission of widespread printer problems,” as well as…


People Need to Defend Right to Vote or Lose Freedoms: True the Vote Co-founder

The most valuable lesson a True the Vote co-founder took from being jailed for contempt of court a week before the 2022 midterms was the realization of how important the right to vote is in protecting people’s freedoms. Catherine Engelbrecht, co-founder of the election integrity group True the Vote; and Greg Philips, True the Vote…


Maricopa County Should ‘Delay Certification’ of 2022 Election: GOP

Officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County demanded county elections officials delay certification and answer questions about how the Nov. 8 midterm elections were conducted. The Maricopa County GOP said in a news release on Nov. 25 that the Maricopa Board of Supervisors should “delay certification” of its election results until those officials have “fully responded” to…


Voting Starts in Georgia’s Senate Runoff Election After Court Battle

Early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff election started Saturday following a court ruling issued by the state’s highest court to determine whether Democrats can expand their majority in the upper chamber. A top Georgia election official, Gabriel Sterling, wrote that 69,297 people voted on Saturday, the first day of early voting for the Dec. 6…


42 Biden Admin Officials Put on Notice by House Republicans

At least 42 Biden administration officials were sent letters by Republicans on House Judiciary Committee this month as they request testimony from a variety of different White House officials. Those letters primarily dealt with the suspected politicization of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), investigations into U.S. border security, and Hunter Biden. A recent…