News Analysis COSTA MESA, Calif.—“I can’t begin to understand what ballot harvesting is,” Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the former Republican House Speaker, said in an interview in the wake of a 2018 political upset in Orange County, California. Democrats had swept the congressional seats in one of California’s few Republican strongholds, largely due to a well-executed…

Over half of Canadians are against allowing voters to cast their ballots over the internet in federal elections, according to Elections Canada research. After each federal election, Elections Canada conducts the National Electors Study, which produces two reports, one on voter experience and the other on the effectiveness of the agency’s Voter Information Campaign. In…

Stanford University has published an index of “harmful language” that it wants to eliminate from its websites and computer code, because the terms are ‘ableist, ageist or racist’. For example, the word “American” should be replaced with “U.S. citizen”, as American “often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US…

Stanford University has published an index of “harmful language” that it wants to eliminate from its websites and computer code, because the terms are ‘ableist, ageist or racist’. For example, the word “American” should be replaced with “U.S. citizen”, as American “often refers to people from the United States only, thereby insinuating that the US…

Experts from the right and left predicted overwhelming Republican victories at the polls. Instead, the GOP lost the Senate and looks to hold a slim majority in the House. Is it all because of mail-in voting and other procedures implemented with the pandemic two years ago? Is it an indication that America is truly split,…

In the middle of the election cycle, the Pennsylvania Department of State has suddenly changed its voter registration application form to include a mail-in ballot application. The applications used to be on separate forms, but this seemingly small clerical change is creating logistical headaches for county election directors and causing voter confusion. Registering to vote…

The mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has begun, as volunteers started the process of checking voter identification on May 12 with the final results of the vote to be published on May 18. Party spokesman Dave Prisco said the entire process will be monitored closely to ensure the integrity of the result….

When the Arizona House on Feb. 28 passed a resolution to place a proposed statute expanding voter identification requirements on November’s ballot, it became the first election integrity measure to qualify for public referendum in 2022. Sponsors of similar citizen-initiated proposed voter ID statutes and constitutional amendments are collecting signatures in four states—Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska,…

A new California bill will permit registered voters to indefinitely vote by mail in statewide and local elections beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The law will require the state to send ballots to nearly 22 million registered voters in June and November during the election year.   As the COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary authorization of mail-in ballots sent to every registered voter, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 37—drafted by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park)—into law Sept. 27, which permanently codified the interim ruling. …

A new California bill will permit registered voters to indefinitely vote by mail in statewide and local elections beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The law will require the state to send ballots to nearly 22 million registered voters in June and November during the election year.   As the COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary authorization of mail-in ballots sent to every registered voter, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 37—drafted by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park)—into law Sept. 27, which permanently codified the interim ruling. …