Category: Election Integrity

How Winners Are Losing in American Elections

October 11, 2022
Election IntegrityOpinionranked-choice votingU.S. electionsViewpointsVoter Fraud
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Commentary Who exactly are the winners of this new and confusing electoral system called ranked-choice voting (RCV)? It’s not the thousands of voters that show up to the polls in RCV elections only to have their votes thrown out. The winners of RCV are partisans and special interests who use the system’s design to manipulate…

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30,000 Noncitizens in Colorado Receive Voter Registration Notices

October 11, 2022
ColoradoDemocratsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJena GriswoldNoncitizensPoliticsRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsUSUS News
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Roughly 30,000 noncitizens in Colorado received postcards prompting them to register to vote late last month. The state’s secretary of state office put it down to a database glitch, while Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, insisted the online voter registration system would block those recipients when they tried to go through. It comes…

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Supreme Court Backs Republican in Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Case

October 11, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsballotsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsPoliticsRepublicansSupreme CourtUSUS News
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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…

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New York Times Updates Article That Claimed ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Against Election Software Company After Charges Announced

October 10, 2022
Business & MarketsCompaniesElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsKonnechMedia & Big TechNew York TimesTrue the VoteUSUS News
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The New York Times has added an editor’s note to an article it published on Oct. 3 claiming that allegations against a Michigan-based election software company were a “conspiracy theory.” One day later, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon announced charges against the CEO of Konnech, the company, for allegedly stealing and storing election worker data…

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Political Consultant Convicted of Trying to Coerce Lawmaker to Drop Out of 2020 Election: DA

October 10, 2022
Crime and IncidentsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsHarris CountyLocal NewsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsTexasUS
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A political consultant was convicted for a scheme that was designed to impact the outcome of a Texas state race during the 2020 election cycle, said officials in Harris County. Damien Jones, a Democrat consultant, was convicted of coercion of a public servant for sending anonymous threatening text messages to then-State Rep. Gina Calanni, Harris County District Attorney Kim…

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Political Consultant Convicted of Coercion in 2020 Texas House Race: DA

October 10, 2022
Crime and IncidentsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsHarris CountyLocal NewsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsTexasUS
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A political consultant was convicted of coercion for a scheme that was designed to affect the outcome of a Texas state race during the 2020 election cycle, Harris County officials said. Democratic consultant Damien Jones, 38, of Houston, was convicted of coercion of a public servant for sending anonymous threatening text messages to then-State Rep. Gina Calanni, Harris County District…

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Virginia Lawmaker Questions Delay of 100,000 Voter Registrations

October 9, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsDemocratsElection IntegrityelectionsFeatured TopicsMidtermsPoliticsUSUS NewsVirginia
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A Virginia state lawmaker is questioning why the state’s Department of Elections hasn’t been more forthcoming about what’s causing delays in processing about 100,000 voter registrations ahead of the midterm elections. Sen. Lionell Spruill, a Democrat who represents District 5 and holds a key state elections oversight role, sent a letter to Elections Commissioner Susan…

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State Official Questions Delay of 100,000 Voter Registrations in Virginia

October 9, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsDemocratsElection IntegrityelectionsFeatured TopicsMidtermsPoliticsUSUS NewsVirginia
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An elected state official has questioned why Virginia’s Department of Elections hasn’t been more forthcoming about the cause of delays in processing around 100,000 voter registrations ahead of the midterms. Sen. Lionell Spruill, a Virginia Democrat representing District 5 in a key state elections oversight role, publicly wrote to elections commissioner Susan Beals on Thursday demanding…

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Delaware Republicans Celebrate Court Ruling: Vote-by-Mail Unconstitutional

October 8, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionsconstitutional rightsDelawareElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsRepublicansunconstitutionalUSvote-by-mail
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DEWEY BEACH, Del.—“There will be no vote-by-mail on November 8! There will be no same-day voter registration!” said M. Jane Brady, the chair of the Delaware Republican Party on Friday. Brady was overjoyed on sharing the news about a ruling by the Delaware Supreme Court with some 100 people who had gathered at the Rusty…

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Wisconsin Judge Orders Officials to Stop Allowing Voters to ‘Spoil’ Ballots and Cast New Ones

October 8, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsballotsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsLocal NewsPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsUSUS NewsWisconsin
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Voters in Wisconsin cannot cancel their ballot and cast a new one once a vote has been cast, a judge in the state has ruled. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel on Oct. 5 granted a request for a temporary injunction against the practice, which had been promulgated to officials across the state by the…

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