Category: elections

Full Field in Oregon’s Election Race to Replace Governor

The campaign to replace Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown is on. The progressive Democrat can’t run again because of term-limits, making the 2022 election the first in more than 20 years in which no former or current governor is on the ballot. Republicans see what could be their best opportunity to win the office since Vic…


Elections Bill Passes Florida House, Heads to Governor’s Desk

The Florida House on Wednesday evening approved a voting law package that, among other measures to ensure election integrity, would create a new state office dedicated to preventing, investigating, and solving election-related crimes. The 76–41 House vote echoed the wishes of the Florida Senate, which passed the measure five days earlier. Now, that 47-page bill, which has…


Can ‘The Cavalry’ Save the Red States?

Commentary In the book I am writing—working title “The Southland Train”—I contend that the red states are under assault by the left and the democratic republic created by our Founders will rise or fall based on the way this threat is resolved.   The blue states, a least for now, are too far gone to…


Texas Primaries Largely Quiet as Voters Continue a No-show Trend

In the much anticipated first primary of the 2022 election cycle in one of the nation’s most populated states, the platforms of both parties are being decided by a small percentage of voters. Historically, primary elections in Texas have not seen a strong turnout in recent years and the March 1 primary continued that trend. Counts…


Elections Now Decide Who Can Operate Your Car

Commentary  With the approval of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, it now turns out the U.S. government is even in control of a “kill switch” that could disable your car if you are deemed “impaired.” Likely few voters realized the 2020 election was essentially a referendum on whether or not the feds allow you to…


Candidates Contest By-Elections in Australian State

Voters in the New South Wales (NSW) seats of Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby are heading to the polls to vote in new representatives in the Super Saturday by-elections in the Australian state. The opposition Labor party has urged voters to send the NSW premier a message at the ballot box, hoping anger at his…


2020 Lingers Only for Those Out of Touch With Voters’ March Forward

Commentary More than a year after the 2020 presidential election cycle, signs for former President Donald Trump still graced the front lawns of homes across the country. And it wasn’t just lawns. Front porches, sides of barns, boats, and motorcycles all proudly flew Trump flags. It was and remains a phenomenon that few outside of…


Federal Judges Reject Alabama’s Bid to Use Newly Proposed Congressional Map in Upcoming Elections

A federal court on Monday rejected Alabama’s bid to use a newly proposed Congressional district map in upcoming elections over concerns it provides fewer opportunities for racial minorities to elect representatives of their choice. In a 225-page ruling (pdf) on Monday, the three-judge panel said that the state should have two districts, instead of one, in which black voters make…


‘Broken Elections’: How Prevalent Is Election Fraud in the US, and What Can Be Done About It?

“The Pew Research Center,” says John Fund, “estimates that between 15 and 20 percent of voter registrations right now are invalid, outdated, or inactive.” In a recent episode on “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discussed America’s voter ID laws and the integrity of our elections with John Fund, co-author with Hans von Spakovsky of…


Manchin Opposes Schumer Proposal to Change Senate Rules for Voting Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says he is opposed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) proposal to change Senate rules in order to pass legislation that would federalize elections, striking another blow to Democratic aspirations to overrule tightened election measures in state houses across the nation. In a statement released to his Twitter on Monday,…