After the Virginia GOP and others claimed that voters in Virginia were told they would be prohibited from entering polling locations if they don’t wear a mask, Virginia Department of Elections Commissioner Chris Piper wrote on Tuesday that election workers cannot mandate masks as a requirement to vote. “We have gotten several reports of voters either…
Virginia Elections Official Responds to Reports of Maskless Voters Being Turned Away From Polls
Judge Dismisses Virginia Mail-In Ballot Lawsuit Ahead of Tuesday’s Election
A Virginia judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Fairfax County improperly accepted applications on absentee ballots, responding to a complaint that was filed late last month, coming as Virginia’s gubernatorial election is scheduled for Nov. 2. The Virginia Institute for Public Policy filed a lawsuit (pdf) arguing that the Fairfax County Office of Elections accepted applications for…
Whitmer Vetoes Voter ID, Election Reform Bills, Says They Would Hurt Minority Voters
October 31, 2021
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed several bills aimed at tightening election security in the state, telling lawmakers the Republican-backed legislation would disenfranchise voters and disproportionally impact minority voters. The bills—Senate Bills 303 and 304, and House Bill 5007—would have prohibited election officials from accepting donations, toughened in-person voter identification rules, required people to…
Republicans Filibuster Democrat’s Election Bill
Republicans successfully filibustered the Democrat’s Freedom to Vote election bill Wednesday, denying the legislation the 60 votes needed to move on to floor debate. The bill would have created new requirements for groups to disclose information about their donors, named Election Day a national holiday, and created federal standards for voting by mail, early voting,…
Georgia Judge Dismisses Fulton County 2020 Ballot Review Case
A judge in Georgia on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit from an election integrity group after state investigators said there was no evidence backing allegations of falsified ballots being included in the 2020 election count in Fulton County. Henry County Chief Judge Brian Amero said petitioners, including election watchdog Garland Favorito, did not have proper…
Even in Red Tennessee Election Integrity an Uphill Battle
Commentary You would think Tennessee, one of the reddest of Red States (Trump won in 2020 by roughly two-thirds), would have a government among those most concerned with achieving election integrity into the future. But, I’m sad to say, you would be wrong. How do I know this? On Monday Oct.11, I attended an extended…
Oregon Republicans Sue Democrats Over Redistricting Proposal
October 12, 2021
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A group of Oregon Republicans filed a suit on Monday with the state court in an attempt to block the Democrats’ new redistricting maps, which the GOP alleges violate the state’s constitution. The four Republicans that filed the suit are all former elected officials in the state, including a secretary of state, two legislators, and…
US Lobbyists Compete to Influence Voter Legislation
On Oct. 5, the premier watchdog group OpenSecrets reported that lobbying groups spent over $151.2 million on voting legislation in the first half of this year to ensure U.S. voting laws are conducive to the needs of Democratic lawmakers. After Democrats assumed control of the government in 2021, the principal focus of their lobbying has…
EpochTV Review: A Lesson on States’ Rights
Commentary An alarming number of Americans, including many politicians with a “D” next to their names, don’t appear to understand the way our system of government works. They think the United States is a Democracy, not that it employs a democratic system of voting. They think the rights enshrined to us in the Constitution are…
Georgia Official Urges DOJ to Investigate Fulton Voter After Two Fired for Allegedly Shredding Voting Applications
October 11, 2021
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Fulton County after the county fired two workers for allegedly shredding municipal election-related voter applications. “After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will…
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