Tag: Election Integrity

Top Georgia Official Calls on McCarthy to Oppose ‘Federal Takeover of Elections’

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to oppose a federal takeover of elections and support election law reforms. In a letter on Monday, Raffensperger called on the GOP’s congressional leadership to “remain steadfast” in opposing the Democrats’ 700-page voting reform bill, known as the “For the People Act,”…


Election Reformers Get New Tool to Pressure States to Clean Up Voter Rolls

A new interactive website database is now available free to individual citizens and election reform groups across the country to help in the fight to get all states to obey a federal election law mandating regular voter roll maintenance. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a national, non-profit, law firm dedicated to election integrity, announced…


Oklahoma Senate Moves to Ensure Only US Citizens Are Voting in State Elections

The Oklahoma Senate on Feb. 22 approved legislation aimed at helping county election boards remove illegal aliens from voter registration rolls in a move that lawmakers say will prevent unlawful voting from taking place. The bill, known as SB 377, was authored by state Sen. Brent Howard (R-Dis. 38) at the request of Oklahoma’s Secretary of the State Election Board. Specifically, under…


Minnesota Senate Passes Bills Granting Felons Voting Rights, Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

Two bills that would grant felons voting rights and illegal immigrants the ability to obtain driver’s licenses were passed by the Minnesota Senate on Feb. 22. Passed in a 35-30 vote, the “Restore the Vote” bill (pdf) would restore the voting rights of convicted felons immediately after they are released from jail. The bill’s passage…


Abortion Laws, Ideological Makeup of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to Be Decided in Upcoming Race

A race in Wisconsin for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court will decide the court’s ideological balance and the fate of abortion access in the state. The technically non-partisan primary on Feb. 21 winnowed down a field of four contenders to two, a conservative-leaning and a liberal-leaning judge, who will meet at the general…


400,000 Questionable Addresses Remain on Florida Voter Rolls, Watchdog Group Says

A private, not-for-profit, conservative organization of political and social reformers has obtained evidence they say shows that Florida’s voter rolls are a mess. And group members want something done about it. The Florida Republican Assembly (FRA) “cyber team” analyzed the nearly 15 million names and addresses on the state voter roll, the group’s vice president…


Supreme Court Rejects Maryland Election Ruling Challenge by GOP’s 2022 Candidate for Governor

The Supreme Court rejected on Feb. 21 Republican Dan Cox’s challenge to a state court order he argued unconstitutionally allowed the early counting of mail ballots in the gubernatorial election he lost in the fall. Cox, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, lost the Nov. 8, 2022, general election by a 2-to-1 margin…


Trump Says He’s Changing His Tune on Mail-In Balloting

Former President Donald Trump on Monday said he is warming to the idea of his campaign pushing for mail-in balloting and early voting because Republicans “have to play the game.” During an interview with Just the News’ John Solomon that was published this week, Trump said that he is now embracing vote-by-mail and more early…


Sen. Graham Has No Perjury Concerns Over Georgia Grand Jury Testimony

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is not worried about his testimony to a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, after the jury suggested last week that at least one witness in the state’s 2020 election investigation may have committed perjury. Speaking Sunday, Feb. 19, on ABC News’ “This Week,” Graham said he had “no concerns”…


Arizona Court Rejects Kari Lake’s Appeal of 2022 Gubernatorial Election Results

An Arizona appeals court has struck down a challenge filed by Republican Kari Lake regarding the results of the Arizona gubernatorial election, denying her request to have the current results thrown out. Lake has claimed that a range of issues in Maricopa, Arizona, on Election Day—including problems with printers and vote tabulation machines—effectively disenfranchised Arizonans who were trying to vote….