Illegal immigrants in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Minnesota will be eligible to apply for restricted driver’s licenses beginning in 2023. That expands the number of states that permit illegal immigrants to get legal driving privileges to 19, plus the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Rhode Island and Massachusetts legislators passed their bills last year,…
IN-DEPTH: With an Unexpected Boost From Republicans, More States Push for Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
May 25, 2023
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Pennsylvania State Senators Consider Leaving ERIC
May 24, 2023
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Other states have left the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) voter roll service, and now some Pennsylvania senators are thinking about leaving too. ERIC is a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 that helps states clean up voter rolls. It bills itself as nonpartisan but is connected to the left-leaning Center for Election Innovation and Research,…
Watchdog CPAs Aim to Add Systems of Control Over State Elections
A small, loose-knit group of certified public accountants (CPAs) hope to convince states to apply the same techniques accountants use to assure integrity in business to elections and restore voter confidence. “What we want to do is make sure that eligible voters can find it very easy to vote, and people who are not eligible…
Indiana Adds ID Requirements to Mail-In Voting to Make Process ‘As Secure As’ Voting in Person
An Indiana law set to take effect on July 1 will ensure that mail-in voting is “as secure as voting in person,” according to the legislation’s author. Voters in Indiana currently have to show photo identification if they vote in person but don’t need to present any such ID if they apply for an absentee…
West Virginia Election Officials Say Virginia Correct to Exit ERIC Voter Roll System
May 18, 2023
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West Virginia’s top elections official praised Virginia’s decision to exit the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) voter roll maintenance service after Democrats criticized Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin for the move, accusing Republicans of voter suppression. West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, general counsel Donald “Deak” Kersey, and Chuck Flannery, Warner’s deputy secretary and chief…
Georgia Court of Appeals Revives 2020 Fulton County Counterfeit Ballot Inspection Case
May 16, 2023
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The Georgia Court of Appeals on May 11 revived a lawsuit alleging that fraudulent or counterfeit ballots were found in Fulton County during the 2020 general election. The appeals court issued an order (pdf) remanding the ballot case back to the Superior Court. However, the order only applies to petitioners who are residents of Fulton County. Nine plaintiffs, among…
Supreme Court to Consider If GOP Lawmakers Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina District
The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican. The case will be closely watched, given the Republicans’ thin current majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mace was elected to her second term in 2022 with 56.4 percent of the…
Biden DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Major GOP Election Lawsuit
May 14, 2023
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The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. At issue is the once-obscure independent state legislature doctrine, under which Republicans argue that the…
Virginia Joins List of States to Exit Agency Maintaining Voter Registration Rolls
May 12, 2023
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Virginia is the latest state to withdraw from the Democrat-run Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) over a variety of concerns about how the agency handles voter registration rolls. Elections Commissioner Susan Beals sent a letter on May 11 to the executive director of ERIC, Shane Hamlin, to say Virginia would no longer participate in the…
Ex-CIA Chief Testified Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Was Purely Political: Jordan
May 12, 2023
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Former CIA Director John Brennan privately testified before a House Judiciary Committee panel that the letter he and 50 other current and former intelligence officials signed suggesting that Hunter Biden’s laptop could be Russian disinformation had a political motive, according to committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “He [Brennan] sat for a four-hour interview … and…
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