Tag: election

Arizona City Council Member Indicted for 2020 Ballot Harvesting Scheme: AG

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Wednesday that two people were indicted for their alleged involvement in a 2020 ballot harvesting scheme in Yuma County. Gloria Lopez Torres and Nadia Guadalupe Lizarraga-Mayorquin, both of San Luis, face charges of conspiracy and ballot abuse, said the attorney general in a news release. Ballot harvesting is considered a…


How to Get Disinvited by Fox Business—in 3 Easy Steps

Commentary The call came in from a producer, asking if I would be available for the 5 p.m. show on Fox Business. I’ve often done interviews with the channel in the past, so I immediately accepted. With that, he sent me over a series of articles and asked, as producers always do, for me to…


Highest Number of Military Veterans Running for Congress Since 2012: Report

An increasing number of individuals with military experience are running in the 2022 elections this year, new research has found. According to research by Veterans Campaign and Military Times, 184 House candidates with some degree of military experience won major party primaries earlier this year and are set to appear on state ballots in the upcoming…


Arizona Democrat Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Ballot Harvesting

An Arizona Democrat has been sentenced to 30 days in jail because of her involvement in a local ballot harvesting scheme during a 2020 municipal election. Guillermina Fuentes, a 66-year-old school board member and former mayor of the border town of San Luis, was ordered Thursday to turn herself in to the Yuma County Jail,…


Election Software CEO Surrenders to LA Authorities; Prosecutors Allege ‘Massive Data Breach’

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles prosecutors on Oct. 14 accused the CEO of a Michigan-based election software company of being involved in a “massive” data breach affecting several thousand victims, including minors. Eugune Yu, 64, who heads Konnech, a company that provides software to electoral districts for the management of poll workers, was charged with the felony…


Veterans, Legion Butt Heads Over Use of Poppy on Election Signs

Two veterans running for municipal council north of Toronto have run afoul of the Royal Canadian Legion for using the image of the poppy on their election campaign signs. Nickolas Harper and Chris Dupee, both veterans of the war in Afghanistan, say they decided to use the iconic symbol of remembrance so voters in their…


Democrats Run Network of Fake Local News Sites in Battleground States: Report

Democrats are running a network of quasi-local news websites to spread pro-Democrat messages in swing states ahead of the midterm elections, according to reports. The network, according to Axios, encompasses at least 51 local news outlets across 10 swing states, with each of them having a non-partisan sounding name such as the Milwaukee Metro Times,…


EXCLUSIVE: Virginia County Stops Using Konnech Election Software Following CEO’s Arrest

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—A county in northern Virginia has ceased the use of election software by Konnech Corp. after the arrest of the company’s executive earlier this week. Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested in Michigan on Oct. 4 as part of an investigation into the suspected “theft of personal identifying information” of Los Angeles…


FBI Sued for Withholding Records of Facebook Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story

Amid mounting questions over an FBI warning that prompted Facebook to suppress a story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, the federal agency now faces a lawsuit seeking to compel it to publicize conversations it had with the social media giant. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by America First Legal (AFL) at a Washington D.C. District Court….


Election Software CEO Arrested Over Data Theft, Storing Data on Servers in China

The head of Konnech Corporation, a Michigan-based software company, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing and storing personal data of Los Angeles County election workers on servers in China. Konnech’s CEO Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested on charges of stealing “the personal identifying information” of LA County election workers, according to the LA County District…