Tag: voting

Ramaswamy’s New Idea on the Voting Age Merits Consideration

Commentary One thing we don’t often get in our campaigns—residential or otherwise—is a fresh idea worth thinking about. Mostly, campaigns consist of boilerplate laced with invective toward opponents in endless mind-numbing ads. When such ideas do turn up, they’re frequently ignored, especially by our ultra-conformist mainstream media that abhors originality as much as nature abhors…


Ohio Refers 630 People to Police for Election Fraud; New Bill to Reform Election Data Analytics | Facts Matter

It used to be that secretaries of state were very little-known positions. However, after what took place in 2020, many people across the country have woken up to the fact that secretaries of state are actually incredibly important positions. They determine how a state’s election is run—and, as we learned in recent years, they also…


Opinion Polls Should Be Banned Ahead of Elections: Ontario’s Elections Watchdog

A new report by Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer says opinion polls can influence election results and they should be banned two weeks in advance of election day. The report looks at lessons learned from Ontario’s 2022 election, which had a record low turnout of 44 percent. “Many lost interest in the election due to early…


Canada to Introduce Electronic Vote Lists, Says Elections Canada Head

Elections Canada will introduce a pilot program to use the country’s first-ever electronic voting lists, despite hesitancy to do so in previous years, says Canada’s chief electoral officer. “Elections Canada will pilot the use of an electronic list of electors to support voting at any table in the designated polling location should a byelection occur…


Oklahoma Senate Moves to Ensure Only US Citizens Are Voting in State Elections

The Oklahoma Senate on Feb. 22 approved legislation aimed at helping county election boards remove illegal aliens from voter registration rolls in a move that lawmakers say will prevent unlawful voting from taking place. The bill, known as SB 377, was authored by state Sen. Brent Howard (R-Dis. 38) at the request of Oklahoma’s Secretary of the State Election Board. Specifically, under…


These Democrats Voted to Pass Legislation That Overrules DC Voting, Crime Bills

The House of Representatives on Feb. 9 approved two measures that overturn bills passed by the Council of the District of Columbia. Specifically, the legislation would block a pair of laws recently approved by the D.C. City Council. One of these measures, the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCC), would lessen penalties for violent crimes even…


Republicans’ New Federal Bill Takes Aim At Defunding Bad Election Practices

Republicans have introduced federal legislation that would block millions of dollars in election assistance money from being sent to states that allow unvetted voters and illegal immigrants to participate in elections. The bill also targets a list of other common practices blamed for compromising the credibility of elections in America—including lax drop box standards for…


Arizona Court Strikes Down Challenge to Mail-In Voting

An Arizona Appellate Court upheld a lower court’s decision to reject a lawsuit from the Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) filed against election officials for alleging Arizona’s mail-in voting law violated the Arizona Constitution’s secrecy clause. The secrecy clause states “All elections by the people shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may…


Louisiana Voters Approve Measure Barring Voting for Non-US Citizens

Louisiana voters on Dec. 10 approved a number of state constitutional amendments, including one that bans non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections. All three amendments, which also include requiring the state Senate to approve the governor’s appointments to the Civil Service Commission and Senate confirmation of State Police Commission members, received 73 percent of voters’ support….


Majority of American Voters Rightly Concerned About Vote Fraud

Commentary Watching the news, you’d be led to believe that vote fraud doesn’t exist in the United States. Since the election on Nov. 8, news article after news article has simply dismissed any claims of vote fraud as “baseless” (New York Times and CNN) and “without evidence” (NPR, New York Times, and Washington Post). Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari…