Tag: Election Integrity

Wisconsin Republicans Throw Election Integrity Firebrand Out of Party Caucus

With just three short sentences, the Republican majority caucus of the Wisconsin State Assembly banned the election integrity advocate, Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls), from taking part in their party meetings. In a Nov. 11 letter to Brandtjen signed by Majority Caucus Chairman Rep. Rob Summerfield (R-Bloomer), the GOP leader wrote in part, “the members…


Voter ID Ballot Measure Passes in Nebraska, Unlikely to Do so in Arizona

Nebraska voters have overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment to require voters to provide photo identification at polling places to legally cast ballots. A similar measure in Arizona appears to have failed. Nebraskans on Nov. 8 made their state the 22nd in the nation to require a valid photo ID to vote by adopting Initiative…


Legislation in Texas Could Make Voter Fraud a Felony

Several Republican lawmakers have filed bills in the Texas House of Representatives that would increase the penalty for election fraud from a Class A misdemeanor to a felony. One such bill authored by State Rep. Craig Goldman (R-Fort Worth) would make illegal voting a “felony of the second-degree unless the person is convicted of an…


Election Watchdog Groups Force Minnesota County to Remove Duplicate Names From Voter Roll

It took a lawsuit to do it but election officials in Todd County, Minnesota, have reached a settlement with the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) for officials to implement a new system to ensure that duplicate voters are identified and removed from current and future voter rolls. Todd County agreed to remove 22 duplicate voter registrations…


Media Defend Nevada’s Slow Election Vote Count After Condemning Delayed Tally in 2020 Iowa Caucuses

Many of the mainstream media outlets that are currently defending the slow counting of votes in Nevada and Arizona following November’s midterm elections, had criticized the very same thing in coverage of the 2020 Democratic Iowa caucuses, according to media watchdog NewsBusters. NewsBusters, a project of the Media Research Center, works to expose and combat liberal media bias,…


620,000 Ballots Still Uncounted; Machine Troubles in 20% of Sites Due to ‘Printer’ Issues: AZ Update | Facts Matter

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office just released a statement saying that across the state, there remain almost 620,000 ballots left to be counted, with 407,000 of those ballots being in Maricopa County alone. This comes as officials in Maricopa County announced that the tabulators in about 20 percent of the polling sites were malfunctioning…


620,000 Ballots Still Uncounted; Machine Troubles in 20 Percent of Sites Due to ‘Printer’ Issues: AZ Update | Facts Matter

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office just released a statement saying that across the state, there remain almost 620,000 ballots left to be counted, with 407,000 of those ballots being in Maricopa County alone. This comes as officials in Maricopa County announced that the tabulators in about 20 percent of the polling sites were malfunctioning…


The Shocking Reason There Are Still 620,000 Uncounted Ballots in Arizona | Facts Matter

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office just released a statement saying that across the state, there remain almost 620,000 ballots left to be counted, with 407,000 of those ballots being in Maricopa County alone. This comes as officials in Maricopa County announced that the tabulators in about 20 percent of the polling sites were malfunctioning…


New Jersey Mayor Says Ballots Went Missing: ‘We Will Not Rest Until We Get to the Bottom of This’

Robbinsville, New Jersey, Mayor Dave Fried said in a Nov. 9 statement that officials were notified at approximately 5 p.m. that “the ballots of one of our districts had gone missing.” “The fundamentals of Democracy is that every vote would be counted. Clearly, this has yet to happen in Robbinsville, as approximately 11 percent of…


Capitol Report (Nov. 10): Election Results Drag On in Battleground States; Election Integrity Concerns in PA

A tight race is unfolding in the battleground state of Nevada as ballot counting continues. What is the balance of power looking like as of now in Congress? The elections are over, but there are still no answers as to who won in many key races throughout the country. Pennsylvania’s race for senator has been…