Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Florida Governor Debate on for Oct. 24 After Hurricane Delay

FORT PIERCE, Fla.—The only scheduled debate between candidates for governor in Florida is back on for Oct. 24 after a delay caused by Hurricane Ian. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist were initially supposed to debate on WPEC-TV on Wednesday. The deadly storm that came ashore Sept. 28 in Southwest Florida last…


States Have Tightened Election Integrity Laws, But Conservative Group Says More Remains to Be Done

With widespread worries about election integrity prompted by the controversy that followed the 2020 election, some states have reformed their laws and procedures, but much more remains to be done, according to an analysis by a conservative nonprofit. States across the nation made major adjustments to the voting process in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…


Supreme Court Backs Republican in Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated an appeals court decision that required Pennsylvania to count mail-in ballots even if there is no date on the envelope. “The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot,” wrote Justices Sonia…


Rubio, Demings Battle Over Budget Bill With Billions for Disaster Relief

In the two days after Hurricane Ian ripped into Florida on Sept. 28, killing at least 119 people and leaving more than $50 billion in insured losses in its wake, none of the state’s 16 Republican congressional representatives and neither of its two U.S. senators voted for a continuing resolution to fund the federal government…


US Elections Offices Start Severing Ties With Software Firm After Chief Executive’s Arrest

Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…


Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest

Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…


Trump Urges Clean Sweep of Democrats in November Elections at Arizona Rally

MESA, Ariz.—The hour is late, and the choice for America is clear, former President Donald Trump told thousands of fired-up supporters during his third Arizona visit in a year. “If you want the decline and fall of America, then you must vote radical left Democrat,” Trump told the capacity crowd at an “America First” rally…


Trump Says Republicans Should Clarify Their Support for Exceptions to Abortion Bans

Former President Donald Trump said Republicans need to do a better job of explaining their positions on abortion—with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother—and to contrast that with the pro-abortion Democrat Party platform. In an interview with talk show host Wayne Allyn Root, Trump said abortion bans must provide exemptions for…


Independent Pollster Says 2022 Republican Voters Are Being Undercounted Again

A top independent pollster suggested that Republican voters will be undercounted before the 2022 midterm elections next month. Robert Cahaly, the head of the Trafalgar Group, said that Republicans may not be inclined to reveal their political views to pollsters after President Joe Biden’s speech on Sept. 1 targeting “MAGA Republicans.” “These submerged voters aren’t answering…


GOP Voters Are Being Undercounted Again: Independent Pollster

A top independent pollster suggested that Republican voters are being undercounted in surveys ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Robert Cahaly, Trafalgar Group’s founder and its senior strategist and pollster, said Republicans might not be inclined to reveal their political views to pollsters following President Joe Biden’s speech on Sept. 1 targeting “MAGA Republicans.”…