Tag: 2022 Midterm Elections

Record Numbers Turn Out For Early Voting in Georgia Senate Runoff

Early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker is setting records, as it did before the November general election. More than half a million of the state’s 7 million active voters had already voted as the polls opened on Nov. 29. “Just … Wow!” Georgia’s Deputy Secretary of…


Arizona’s Maricopa County Certifies Election Amid Opposition

PHOENIX, Ariz.—The consensus among the nearly 200 voters waiting in the cold outside the Maricopa Board of Supervisors conference center in Phoenix on Nov. 28 was that the midterm general election was, at best, a “mess.” “I’m here because the Constitution is not being upheld,” said Leslie Shepherd of Arizona. As a poll worker and…


Majority of Americans Don’t Completely Trust Integrity of America’s Elections: Poll Shows

A new survey reveals that the majority of Americans do not trust the integrity of America’s elections. According to a poll conducted among likely General Election voters between Nov. 16–20 by the Trafalgar Group for Convention of States, 56.8 percent of the respondents indicated they only somewhat trust (17 percent), somewhat distrust (17.9 percent), or strongly distrust…


Kari Lake Doesn’t Concede After Maricopa County Certifies Results

Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake did not concede on Monday after Maricopa County certified its election results in favor of Democrat Katie Hobbs and said she is “firmly in this fight.” “I want you to know that I am firmly in this fight with you,” Lake said in a video released on Twitter shortly…


Herschel Walker Warns Democrats Will Get ‘Total Control’ of Senate With Win

Republican candidate Heschel Walker on Tuesday explained why he believes the Senate runoff race is significant even though Democrats have already obtained a majority in the upper chamber. Earlier this month, after contested races were called in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, Democrats were able to secure 50 seats to maintain their majority in the Senate…


Arizona County Board Supervisor Says He Voted to Certify Election ‘Under Duress’

The head of an Arizona county’s board of supervisors on Monday said that he voted to certify the Nov. 8 midterm election results because he would be arrested. “I vote ‘aye’ under duress. I found out today that I have no choice but to vote ‘aye’ or I will be arrested and charged with a…


Arizona’s Cochise County Sued Twice After Voting to Delay Election Certification

Two lawsuits have been filed against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors in Arizona after it voted to delay the certification of its election canvass past the statutory deadline of Nov. 28. A first lawsuit (pdf) was filed on Monday in Cochise County Superior Court on behalf of the Arizona Alliance of Retired Americans and Cochise County resident Stephani…


Maricopa County Votes to Certify Election Results

PHOENIX, Ariz.—The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted to certify the November midterm general election results despite angry voters claiming the county mishandled the election—if not rigged it. “It is what it is,” said District 5 board member Steve Gallardo, a Democrat, at the Nov. 28 public meeting in Phoenix. “This election was safe, secure,…


Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Continue to Gain Traction

Ranked-choice voting (RCV) continues to gain momentum nationwide with voters in several cities approving referendums during the midterm elections to implement the non-partisan multiple-choice ballot system in future elections. In addition to voters in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Fort Collins, Colorado, endorsing RCV electoral systems, Nevadans also adopted by 52.9-to-47.1 percent margin a proposed Top-Five…


Pennsylvania County Does Not Certify Nov. 8 Election After Running Out of Paper Ballots

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 Monday, the 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 Alyssa…