Tag: Election Integrity

GOP Says Pennsylvania Mail-In Voting Law is Invalid

Pennsylvania Republicans are arguing a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth has been made invalid by a court ruling. A group of 14 GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit against the state’s Acting Secretary Leigh Chapman in the Commonwealth Court on July 20, seeking again to throw out Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in ballot law,…


Pennsylvania State GOP Files Lawsuit to Throw Out Mail-in Voting Law

Pennsylvania Republicans are arguing a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth has been made invalid by a court ruling. A group of 14 GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit against the state’s Acting Secretary Leigh Chapman in the Commonwealth Court on July 20, seeking again to throw out Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in ballot law,…


Nine Senate Republicans Join Democrats in Unveiling, Backing Election Law Reform Bills

A bipartisan group of senators, including nine Republicans, have reached a deal to change federal election law, a substantial victory for Democrats hoping to exceed the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the upper chamber. The proposals include two bills meant to alter U.S. election laws in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts in 2020 to have…


9 Senate Republicans Join Democrats in Unveiling, Backing Election Law Reform Bills

A bipartisan group of senators, including nine Republicans, have reached a deal to change federal election law, a substantial victory for Democrats hoping to exceed the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the upper chamber. The proposals include two pieces of legislation meant to alter U.S. election laws in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts in 2020…


Pennsylvania Prohibits ‘Zuck Bucks’ Ahead of 2022 Midterms

Pennsylvania has banned public officials from receiving and using private election grants, including those from nonprofits, in a bid to boost election integrity by reducing outside influence. As of July 2022, over 20 states have passed laws banning or restricting public officials’ use of unregulated third-party monies when conducting elections. It comes after conservative analysts…


Texas GOP Training 5,000 Election Workers, Poll Watchers to Improve Election Integrity: Spokesman

The Texas GOP says it is stepping up election integrity efforts in the state by training and recruiting election personnel watching the polls, according to a party spokesperson. “Texas should be the standard bearer for all things Republican, with a Republican-dominated legislature and state office for going on 20 years now,” Wesolek said, noting that…


Pennsylvania Lawmaker Issues Report Detailing ‘Myriad of Election Issues’

More than two months after Pennsylvania’s May 17 primary election, the Department of State still has not certified the election results. It’s an administrative failure that undermines confidence in the state’s election system, according to Republican state Rep. Seth Grove, chairman of the State Government Committee. That is one of numerous examples Grove described at…


Sen. Graham ‘Has Not Agreed’ to Testify in Trump Election Case, Will Fight Subpoena

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he has not agreed to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia that’s investigating possible unlawful interference in the 2020 election, despite reports stating that he has. The lawmaker was said to have reached an agreement with Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis regarding the service of a subpoena on Tuesday afternoon, the Spartanburg…


Man Continues His Fight for Milwaukee’s 2020 Election Records

A legal battle has been quietly unfolding in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court over a citizen’s request to examine Milwaukee’s voting records from the 2020 presidential election. In the months following that poll, Peter Bernegger filed four major requests under the Wisconsin Open Records Law to obtain, examine, and copy information—such as absentee ballot applications,…


Georgia Congressman Fights Subpoena in Local Prosecutor’s Trump Election Probe

Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) has filed a motion to quash a subpoena for him to testify before a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, about whether former President Donald Trump and others attempted to illegally interfere in the state’s 2020 elections. The motion, filed on July 18, argues that discussions Hice had during his investigation…