Tag: voting

House Rejects Effort to Lower Federal Voting Age to 16

The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down a proposal to lower the federal voting age. Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s (D-Mass.) amendment to H.R. 1 would have lowered the minimum voting age from 18 to 16. Before the vote, Pressley on the House floor told colleagues that her proposal “would enfranchise young Americans to help shape…


Georgia House Passes Omnibus Election Reform Bill

Georgia’s House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would reform a range of election rules, including over absentee voting, voter ID for absentee voting, time limits for voting, and more. The 66-page bill, HB 513 (pdf) passed the Republican majority chamber on a party line vote of 97-72 and is headed to the state…


Critics Warn Democrats’ HR1 Is ‘Attack on American Liberties’

News Analysis Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) President J. Christian Adams couldn’t believe what he was reading as he poured over the text of H.R. 1, the “For the People Act” that was the first piece of proposed legislation introduced by congressional Democrats in the 117th Congress. “We have been collecting over the years non-citizen…


The Nation Speaks (Jan. 2): Rep. Vernon Jones on What’s at Stake in Georgia; What Polling Can Tell Us About GA Runoff Elections; 2020 Year in Review

In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we sit down with Rep. Vernon Jones to talk about what’s at stake in Georgia. Then, we take a look at what polling can tell us about the Georgia Senate runoff elections with Craig Keshishian, senior advisor at InsiderAdvantage and Robert Cahaly, chief pollster at the Trafalgar Group….


Action and Faith

Commentary On Christmas Day in 1776, Gen. George Washington led 2,400 troops across the Delaware River. The weather was cold and miserable. The troops were exhausted; they had to contend with snow and ice. Their mission was to surprise the Hessian troops stationed in Trenton, New Jersey. They landed just before dawn on the 26th….


Dominion Voting Systems Employee Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign, Others

A Dominion Voting Systems employee who was the subject to allegations and questions about whether he was connected to the militant leftist group Antifa is suing President Donald Trump’s campaign, several other people, and news outlets. Eric Coomer, a security executive who works at the Denver-based voting machine company, filed a lawsuit alleging that he…