Category: Election Integrity

Democrats Introduce Bill to ‘Massively Expand’ Mail-in Voting

Democrat lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill dubbed the “Vote at Home Act,” which seeks to “massively expand vote-at-home ballot access,” enacting automatic voter registration and providing voters with pre-paid ballot envelopes. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced the bill (pdf), saying in a press release that the legislation is meant…


Sen. Hawley Says His Goal Was Never to Overturn the Election

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday defended his decision to reject the certification of the Electoral College votes from certain states, calling it “a lie” that he was trying to overturn the election results. Hawley was one of the dozen Senate Republicans who vowed to not sign off electoral votes from states whose election integrity…


Maricopa County Votes to Perform Forensic Audit of Machines Used in November Election

Maricopa County in Arizona will carry out a comprehensive forensic audit of its voting systems to allay concerns raised by some constituents about the integrity of the November 2020 election. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at a meeting Wednesday to hire two independent companies to conduct an audit that will probe whether voting…


Maricopa County Officials Approve Forensic Audit of Election Systems

Maricopa County in Arizona will carry out a comprehensive forensic audit of its voting systems to allay concerns raised by some constituents about the integrity of the November 2020 election. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at a Jan. 27 meeting to hire two independent companies to conduct an audit that will review whether voting…


The Solution Is a Convention of the States

Commentary This is the fifth essay in a five-part series. Almost immediately upon taking office, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders wiping away the progress of the Trump era and resurrecting some of the worst abuses of the Obama era. In addition, he proposed massive new spending—and more national debt—to be added…


Pennsylvania GOP Moves to Repeal No-Excuse Mail-In Ballot Provisions

Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania have announced they will introduce legislation to repeal provisions in the law that allows for no-excuse mail-in ballots. “Shortly, we intend to introduce legislation repealing the no-excuse mail-in ballot provisions enacted in Act 77 of 2019,” state Sens. Patrick Stefano and Doug Mastriano said in a Jan. 21 memorandum. “By removing…


How State Legislatures Can Break the Power of Corrupt Big-City Machines in Presidential Elections

Commentary This is the fourth essay in a five-part series. This essay explains how lawmakers in swing states can contain local corruption in presidential elections: by changing how their states choose presidential electors. This is the fourth in a five-part series on how to cleanse our presidential contests from the kind of irregularities we saw…


Saving America and Election Integrity: Part 3

Commentary This is the third essay in a five-part series. The Article of Impeachment against President Donald Trump complains more about his asserting the 2020 election was corrupt than about other (supposedly) incendiary language. Taken in context, impeachment seems to be part of a wider campaign to divert attention away from election irregularities and to…


China ‘Sought to Influence’ 2020 US Election, Director of National Intelligence Assesses

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe assessed that China interfered in the 2020 federal elections, according to a letter transmitted to Congress. In the letter (pdf), Ratcliffe alleges that intelligence about China’s election interference was suppressed by management at the CIA, which pressured analysts to withdraw their support for the view. Citing a report…


Video: A New Leninism Is Gripping America—James Lindsay

The shocking assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been followed by widespread censorship and de-platforming of Americans, including President Trump, with the professed goal of preventing violence. James Lindsay, co-author of the bestseller “Cynical Theories,” argues the Capitol breach has been used to implement a major power grab and “apply Leninism to…