Category: Election Integrity

No ‘Sham Audits:’ Colorado Bans Third Parties From Accessing Voting Systems

The office of Colorado’s Secretary of State announced on Thursday that it is adopting “emergency elections rules” to ban third parties from accessing voting equipment in the state. Effective immediately, the new rules prohibit any third party individual or vendor from accessing any component of a county’s voting equipment in Colorado, according to a release. “My office just…


Colorado Secretary of State Bans Third Parties From Accessing Voting Systems

The office of Colorado’s Secretary of State announced on Thursday that it is adopting “emergency elections rules” to ban third parties from accessing voting equipment in the state. Effective immediately, the new rules prohibit any third-party individual or vendor from accessing any component of a county’s voting equipment in Colorado, according to a news release. “My office just…


Private Money, With Little Disclosure, Pours Into Arizona Audit

The 2020 election audit taking place in Arizona’s Maricopa County has been receiving funding from outside groups with little oversight, stoking concerns. At least three organizations have been raising funds they say will go or have gone to auditors. But the funding is outside the purview of the public, at least for now. The total…


Arizona Audit Finishes With Hand Count, Closing In on End of Paper Evaluation

The 2020 election audit in Arizona’s largest county is projected to end by June 26, officials said in a new update. Audit teams, led by Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, finished counting virtually all of the nearly 2.1 million ballots earlier this week, except for under 100 braille ballots. Workers were shifted to performing evaluation measures on…


Facts Matter (June 16): Lawmakers From 13 States Tour Arizona’s Audit; Many Working To Launch Their Own

It was just announced that the hand recount in Arizona’s Maricopa county is complete, and the audit team has shifted their focus to completing the final phase—to go back and authenticate each ballot. However, it looks like the federal government under the Biden administration has their own idea. Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a very…


Supreme Court to Rule on Provisional Ballots and Ballot Harvesting

The Supreme Court is expected to render a decision this month on an Arizona case heard on March 3 that will determine how the nation will proceed on state laws concerning elections. At issue is how provisional ballots will be cast on Election Day nationwide and the legality of anti-ballot harvesting state laws. Arizona has…


Arizona Citizens Asked by Unknown Individuals Who They Voted For: Sheriff’s Office

Several people in an Arizona county were recently approached by unknown individuals, who asked whether they voted in the 2020 election and, if they did, who they voted for, authorities say. The people who were approached said the unknown individuals identified themselves as volunteers for the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office. The people asked the unknown…


Michigan Senate Passes Legislation to Add Voter ID Requirements: ‘Overwhelmingly Popular’

Michigan’s GOP-led Senate on Wednesday passed several bills that, if signed into law, would implement more voter identification requirements for in-person voters and absentee voters, adding Michigan to a growing list of states pursuing more stringient election measures. All Senate Republicans voted in favor of the three bills, while every Senate Democrat opposed them. Current…


California Election Watchdog Fights to Protect Ballot, Voting Procedures

Election Integrity ProjectCa (EIPCa), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has trained 13,000 citizens to become active election observers, has been fighting for 11 years to “protect the integrity of ballot and voting procedures,” Linda Paine, president and co-founder, told The Epoch Times. “The [election] system is so corrupt, so easily manipulated, that the oligarchs at…


Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Visit Arizona Election Audit, Say Similar Review Needed in Their State

Two Wisconsin GOP state lawmakers said that Wisconsin should authorize a Nov. 3 election audit similar to the one that’s being conducted in Maricopa County, Arizona, after they traveled to the county to observe. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Republican who chairs the Campaigns and Elections Committee, said that a review of the election was needed…