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Counts, Recounts and ‘Bucket Draws’: 29 Tied Elections in 2024 So Far
At a time when numerous battleground states have been tied in the presidential race, an election watchdog group notes that already this year, 29 elections have ended in a tie–including one for Congress. The Public Interest Legal Foundation updated its Tied Elections Database in part to demonstrate the potential effect of even one illegal vote. … -
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RNC Scores Win Over Benson in Michigan Ballot Case
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson took a recent loss in a mail-in ballots case. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are fiercely competing for Michigan’s 15 electoral votes, separated by no more than 1% or 2% in most polls, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. The Republican National Committee and the… -
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Battleground Countdown: 7 Charged With Voter Fraud in Michigan Weeks Before Election
With just a month before Election Day, one of the most contested battleground states in the country—Michigan—has a major alleged voter fraud case involving three election officials and four voters. State Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, announced Friday that her office had secured felony charges against the seven individuals in St. Clair Shores, part… -
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‘Zuckerbucks’ Hit Small Towns as Tech Group Finances More Election Offices
The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant. The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5 presidential election, has a population of about 9,000 and is part of what the… -
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Pennsylvania High Court Blocks RNC Challenge on Mail Ballots
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to take a case over a mail-in ballot lawsuit from the Republican National Committee, asserting it would be too close to the November election. As previously reported in The Daily Signal, the RNC sued the office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt for what it says are inconsistent standards… -
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Will Battleground North Carolina Voters Overcome Hurricane Helene Challenges?
The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously passed measures attempting to address concerns about hurricane-ravaged western counties leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election. With the notable exception of the more metropolitan Asheville, county seat of Buncombe County, most of the hardest-hit North Carolina counties in the path of Hurricane Helene are rural… -
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Bogus Ballots Targeted by This New Organization
Donald J. Trump is on a roll, but his campaign could get run over. The GOP nominee is on message. He pledges to restore prosperity, retame inflation, reseal the border, refight crime, and resurrect global tranquility. America was better off when Trump’s "Peace Through Strength” policy bolstered European harmony and catalyzed the Abraham Accords. Under… -
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Pennsylvania Closes Down Voter Registration on Night of Trump’s Return to Butler
The swing state of Pennsylvania’s voter registration system will be closed on the night of former President Donald Trump’s return rally in Butler, the site of the July 13 assassination attempt against him. The Republican nominee announced Sept. 25 that he is holding another rally in Butler on Oct. 5, just three months after a… -
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Swing State Sued for Withholding Names of Over 200,000 Registered Voters Who Did Not Provide Proof of Citizenship
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—America First Legal on Thursday announced a lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes for refusing to hand over the names of over 200,000 registered voters who have allegedly not provided proof of citizenship. Fontes is breaking the law by refusing to comply with a records request that demands the names… -
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How Arizona’s 218,000 Voters Who Can’t Prove Citizenship Could Affect Election
Arizona admitted a massive error in its voter rolls, but the state’s top election official still hasn’t shared with localities the list of 218,000 registered voters who lack proof of U.S. citizenship. The number of voters who can’t prove citizenship amounts to 5% of Arizona’s registered voters, but will affect who may vote in state… -
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Veep Debate Was Media Narrative-Buster: Showing Substance, Vance Won
This time the oddsmakers got it wrong. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was their betting favorite going into Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, but Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio did the better job of talking to the American people on immigration, housing, and the economy. For months now, Big Media have put all their… -
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Nevada Election Chief Blocks Inspection of Suspect Voter Names in Swing State
Nevada’s top election official told local election directors not to investigate the names of thousands of people who left the state but remain on its voter rolls. The watchdog group Citizens Outreach Foundation recently sued four jurisdictions in Nevada to force a review of the voter registration lists. The plaintiff, responding to an August memo… -
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Fact-Checking Claims Made in Vance-Walz Debate
With only 34 days until the 2024 presidential election, vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrat, and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican, squared off Tuesday night on the debate stage. CBS News hosted the vice presidential debate in New York City, with “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the… -
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WATCH: The Daily Signal’s Ultimate VP Debate Coverage
Join us for a special four+ hour LIVE broadcast of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” covering the day’s top news and pre-debate antics, a simulcast of the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, and follow-up postdebate analysis from Tony Kinnett, Bradley Devlin, and other special guests. In the run-up to Election Day, this final scheduled… -
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Vance, Walz Prepared for All-Out Attacks in VP Debate
It’ll be a showdown between two Midwest men when Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, face off in the vice presidential debate Tuesday evening in New York City. The stakes are high in what likely will be the only debate between the vice presidential candidates as both Vance… -
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Dockworkers Strike at 14 Ports Just 5 Weeks Before Election Day
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Thousands of unionized dockworkers went on strike just after midnight Tuesday at 14 major ports along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, setting the stage for possible supply chain disruptions with about a month to go until Election Day. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) announced in an early-morning Tuesday Facebook post that the… -
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Since Liberal Media Won’t, Vance Should Ask Walz These 15 Questions in Veep Debate
The bias of the moderators of ABC’s presidential debate three weeks ago against Donald Trump was so blatant that even the opening skit of this past weekend’s season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” skewered it. “I had hoped the takeaway of the debate I moderated would be my striking good looks,” quipped neatly coiffed “SNL”… -
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WATCH: Harris Chose Campaign Fundraisers Over Hurricane Survivors
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we explain how the Biden-Harris administration was faced with a dilemma—whether they should put time into hurricane relief or Harris-Walz campaign rallies over the weekend, and then we watch in disappointment as Vice President Kamala Harris chose fundraisers over survivors of Hurricane Helene. In what could only be… -
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Michigan’s Election Chief Faces Lawsuit for Refusing to Remove Dead People From Voter Rolls. She’s About to Get More Power.
Michigan lawmakers are poised to empower Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson—a Democrat who has faced six separate court orders to enforce election laws—to have more control over elections. A package of four bills dubbed the Michigan Voting Rights Act cleared the Democrat-controlled state Senate and awaits action by the Democrat-controlled state House of Representatives. Critics… -
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Kamala Harris Is Keeping Voters in the Dark
“We are not going back,” Vice President Kamala Harris has promised. But where are we heading? And who is being left behind? Concerned Americans asking these questions can find answers at this year’s Climate Week NYC, a gathering of liberal activists and elites who claim that we are heading away from a “fossil-fuel society” and toward a…