Category: Election Integrity

Early 2022 Voting Outpaces Normal Midterm Election Numbers, Comparable to 2018: Data

About 2.7 million people have already voted in more than a dozen states that include early voting options, according to data released this week by a university. That figure is on par with the record turnout during the 2018 midterm elections, a professor concluded. Of that figure, 2,353,531 people voted via mail-in ballots, while 337,852 cast their ballots…


EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Is Hiding How It’s Complying with Biden’s Voter Registration Drive, Rep. Norman Says

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) is demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the agency refused to release all documents regarding how it intended to implement a 2021 executive order on expanding voter access. Republicans have opposed this order as an unlawful exercise of federal power over elections. In March last year, President Joe…


Republicans Sue Pennsylvania Officials Who Said They’ll Accept Mail-In Ballots Without Dates

Republicans have sued Pennsylvania officials after the state’s top elections official said mail-in ballots without dates will be accepted, in contravention to state law. A group of Pennsylvania voters, the Republican National Committee, and the Pennsylvania Republican Party filed the lawsuit (pdf) with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking justices to quickly declare illegal guidance from…


Arizona Democrat Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Ballot Harvesting

An Arizona Democrat has been sentenced to 30 days in jail because of her involvement in a local ballot harvesting scheme during a 2020 municipal election. Guillermina Fuentes, a 66-year-old school board member and former mayor of the border town of San Luis, was ordered Thursday to turn herself in to the Yuma County Jail,…


Conservative Group Training For Election Integrity: We Can’t Be a Society That ‘Don’t Trust the Outcome of the Election’

As midterm elections close in, grassroots organizations are ramping up election integrity efforts, with conservative advocacy group Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) training more than 7,500 people on related issues in multiple states. “What we’ve been doing for the last year at this point is training people to start local- or county-level election integrity task…


Virginia County Election Chief Resigns Over Dispute

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.—An election officer dispute between political parties and the electoral board in a large Virginia county has led to the resignation of the county’s election chief. Eric Olsen, director of elections of Prince William County, resigned on Oct. 7. He said he would stay through the current election. The issues at heart…


Virginia County Election Chief Resigns Amid Dispute

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.—The election chief of a large Virginia county resigned amid an election officer dispute between political parties and the electoral board. Eric Olsen, director of elections of Prince William County, resigned on Oct. 7. He said he would stay through the current election. The issues at heart are party designations and party…


Election Software CEO Surrenders to LA Authorities; Prosecutors Allege ‘Massive Data Breach’

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles prosecutors on Oct. 14 accused the CEO of a Michigan-based election software company of being involved in a “massive” data breach affecting several thousand victims, including minors. Eugune Yu, 64, who heads Konnech, a company that provides software to electoral districts for the management of poll workers, was charged with the felony…


Voter Fraud Comes in All Shapes and Sizes, But Can Sometimes Swing Elections

Voter fraud is surprisingly common. Prosecutions for it can range from small-scale cases, like someone with two residences voting in both states, to large-scale crimes that changed electoral outcomes, affected hundreds or thousands of votes, and ranged across multiple states. An extensive voter fraud database maintained by the Heritage Foundation has logged 1384 proven cases…


Grassroots Election Integrity Efforts Go Full Scale This Midterms

Grassroots election integrity efforts have risen to a new level for this year’s midterms. With over 4,500 poll watchers and election workers trained, the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election integrity pilot program was a success, according to the Virginia Fair Election Coalition (VFE), a consortium of over 20 mostly conservative nonprofits. Similar efforts are occurring in…