Tag: Election Integrity

Elon Musk: Twitter ‘Has Interfered in Elections’

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday wrote that the social media company’s previous management “interfered in elections” after the former head of its security team lobbed accusations against the Tesla CEO. In a Twitter thread on a Reuters report in which Yoel Roth—Twitter’s former head of trust and safety—said Twitter is not safer now, a user wrote…


Trump Calls for Kari Lake to Be Declared Winner, Alleges ‘Criminal Voting Operation’ in Arizona

Former President Donald Trump has rejected the result of Arizona’s gubernatorial election and has called for his endorsed candidate, Republican Kari Lake, to be declared the winner and installed as governor. “This is yet another criminal voting operation,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, adding that it was “almost as bad” as the…


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…


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,…


People Need to Defend Right to Vote or Lose Freedoms: True the Vote Co-founder

The most valuable lesson a True the Vote co-founder took from being jailed for contempt of court a week before the 2022 midterms was the realization of how important the right to vote is in protecting people’s freedoms. Catherine Engelbrecht, co-founder of the election integrity group True the Vote; and Greg Philips, True the Vote…


Kari Lake Vows Larger Legal Challenge After 1st Election Lawsuit Filed

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said that she is planning a larger legal challenge than the one that her team filed against Maricopa County earlier this week. “So we filed this lawsuit in court today asking the county to cough up some of the public documentation we need for our bigger lawsuit,” she told…


Majority of American Voters Rightly Concerned About Vote Fraud

Commentary Watching the news, you’d be led to believe that vote fraud doesn’t exist in the United States. Since the election on Nov. 8, news article after news article has simply dismissed any claims of vote fraud as “baseless” (New York Times and CNN) and “without evidence” (NPR, New York Times, and Washington Post). Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari…


Appeals Court Allows Congressional Candidates to Challenge California’s Election Laws

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an election integrity case involving complaints from congressional candidates in 13 counties across California has standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s election laws, regulations, policies, and procedures in federal court. The case has been sent back to a federal district court in Los Angeles…


Florida House Speaker Open to Changing State Law to Enable Easier DeSantis 2024 Presidential Run

Florida’s House Speaker says he’s open to the idea of changing state law to pave the way for a 2024 presidential run by Gov. Ron DeSantis. During a Nov. 22 press conference, Florida House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) was asked if he would be interested in changing an existing state law that requires someone…


Appeals Court Clears True the Vote Leaders of Contempt

A U.S. appeals court has cleared two True the Vote leaders of contempt, overturning a judge’s order. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt ordered Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips of True the Vote jailed after he found them in contempt for not fully complying with a temporary restraining order that they, in part, reveal the identities of…