Category: Election Integrity

Online Influencer Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Political Campaign Worker Indicted for Allegedly Offering Voters Bribes

Three political campaign workers from New Jersey have been indicted on charges related to a scheme regarding mail-in ballots. The Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced Thursday that the charges stem from a scheme where one of the campaign workers for a Perth Amboy City Council candidate offered $20 supermarket gift cards to voters in…


House Committee Probes ‘Voter Suppression’ in Pennsylvania County

After a three-hour congressional hearing and the testimony of two panels of witnesses, nobody seems to know for sure who failed to order enough ballots for the 2022 midterm election in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. One thing is certain. Republicans are still hopping mad about it. Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) opened the hearing by stating…


James O’Keefe Releases First Investigation After Project Veritas Ouster

The first investigation by James O’Keefe’s new organization uncovered apparent political donation fraud, and Maryland’s top election official announced her resignation after the results were released this week. The O’Keefe Media Group, launched by O’Keefe after he exited Project Veritas, released a video on March 28 showing multiple voters in Maryland and elsewhere saying they had…


James O’Keefe Releases First Investigation After Project Veritas Ouster; Official Announces Resignation

The first investigation by James O’Keefe’s new organization uncovered apparent political donation fraud, and Maryland’s top election official announced her resignation after the results were released this week. The O’Keefe Media Group, launched by O’Keefe after he exited Project Veritas, released a video on March 28 showing multiple voters in Maryland and elsewhere saying they had…


With Untested Cases Challenging Trump, Legal Experts Weigh in on His Greatest Vulnerabilities

Former President Donald Trump currently faces four lawsuits and investigations with potential criminal liabilities. As the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024, Trump has characterized these legal challenges as part of a political “witch hunt” and attempts to hurt his candidacy. Across the aisle, Trump’s critics describe the investigations as the proper application of the…


With Untested Cases Challenging Trump, Legal Experts Weigh In

Former President Donald Trump currently faces four lawsuits and investigations with potential criminal liabilities. As the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024, Trump has characterized these legal challenges as part of a political “witch hunt” and attempts to hurt his candidacy. Across the aisle, Trump’s critics describe the investigations as the proper application of the…


Poll Challengers Defended by Witnesses in House Election Hearing

Election integrity activist Lynn Taylor came before Congress on March 23 “to set the record straight.” Taylor, the president of the Virginia Institute of Public Policy, ripped into the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), nonprofit organizations, and the media for “misleading the American people for the past two years” by portraying election poll watchers as a “problem.”…


Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Case Filed by Republicans Dismissed by Democrat Judge

Pennsylvania Judge Ellen Ceisler, a Democrat, has dismissed a case about how counties should handle illegally marked mail-in ballots, saying the Commonwealth Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over mail-in ballot claims against 67 individual county boards of elections. Republican plaintiffs seeking to stop counties from curing mail-in ballots would have to litigate in…


Arizona Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into Key Part of Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit

The Arizona Supreme Court has sent a key part of Kari Lake’s election lawsuit back to trial court for review, breathing new life into the former gubernatorial candidate’s legal challenge to the outcome that she says was unfair. In an order issued on March 22 (pdf), the Arizona Supreme Court directed the trial court to…