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‘Election Fraud … Does Happen,’ Florida Official Says as His Office Charges More Than 20 People With Election Crimes
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd said the Sunshine State’s new efforts to prosecute voter fraud are key to election security. “Last year the governor championed the Office of Election Crimes and Security,” Byrd told The Daily Signal. “So, we are telling everybody we take our election law seriously.” Byrd was in Washington this… -
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GOP Primary Voters Want Candidates to Embrace Cultural Issues, Poll Finds
A new poll reveals that the overwhelming majority of Republican primary voters want future GOP presidential contenders to embrace hot-button issues like gender-transition procedures for minors and implementing restrictions on pornography. The survey, conducted by OnMessage Inc., found that 93% of respondents want candidates to confront parental rights issues, including increased transparency with school curriculums and… -
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The Results Are in For Georgia’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Election Integrity Bill: Raffensperger Breaks Them Down
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger argues that the strong midterm election turnout in 2022 vindicates his state’s 2021 election law from the smears that it represented “Jim Crow 2.0.” “We proved that Georgia does not have voter suppression. It’s easy to vote. It’s secure to vote,” Raffensperger, the state’s top election official, told… -
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Another Study Refutes Left’s False Claims Against Voter ID and Secure Elections
Trust the science, we’ve all been told. Well, the science has spoken again: Voter ID laws aren’t discriminatory and don’t suppress anyone’s vote. For years, liberals have peddled fabricated claims about voter ID requirements, asserting that they give an advantage to the Republican Party by “discriminating against African Americans” and suppressing their vote. They pooh-pooh… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Conservatives Call on States to Close Loopholes Allowing Big Money to Bankroll Election Operations
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Conservative organizations are calling for state legislatures to close loopholes regarding private funding of elections, after the same organization that distributed the Mark Zuckerberg election grants in 2020 issued a $2 million grant to a county in Georgia, one of two dozen states to ban private funding of election offices. “States… -
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Alliance of Big Tech, Dark Money Groups Partners With Counties in State That Bans ‘Zuckerbucks’ for Elections
The group that distributed most of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial election grants in 2020 has designated at least two Utah counties as part of a new effort, despite a state ban on private money funding election operations. The two local juridictions are Cache County, with a population of 137,00, and Weber County, population 267,000…. -
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Big Tech-Aligned Group Wants to Go ‘Nationwide’ in Shaping Election Operations
A Big Tech-aligned group funded through liberal dark money is moving to expand “nationwide,” even though about half the states have banned using private money to run elections. The Center for Tech and Civic Life launched the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence in partnership with organizations funded by the liberal Arabella Advisors and Democracy Fund,… -
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Left-Leaning Group Funnels Millions Into Yet Another Election Office Ahead of 2024
The left-leaning organization known for distributing Mark Zuckerberg-funded election grants in the 2020 election will be giving $3 million to Clark County, Nevada, for the 2024 election. The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a project of the Center for Tech and Civic Life, is directing the money to Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, in… -
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Election Fraud Database Tops 1,400 Cases
The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database now includes 1,412 proven instances of election fraud, and our legal center is monitoring many other ongoing prosecutions. The database, which provides a sampling of recent election fraud cases, demonstrates the vulnerabilities within the electoral process and the need for reforms to secure free and fair elections for the… -
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House GOP Eyes Investigation of Big Tech-Aligned Election Grants
A new round of private grants to local election offices not only should be investigated but be grounds for legislation, congressional Republicans say. As reported previously by The Daily Signal, the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence provided grants to 10 jurisdictions ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million. A total of 24 states banned or restricted… -
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House Republicans Call for Ban on Big Tech Private Funding of Election Administration
Some House Republicans are urging federal action to bar private money from bankrolling election administration after a Big Tech-aligned group that made controversial grants in 2020 is issuing another round of grants aimed at the 2024 elections. “Private money has no place in public election infrastructure,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told The Daily Signal in… -
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Why Local Election Results in Taiwan Have Implications for America
Taiwan has been one of America’s key allies in deterring Communist China’s power expansion since the end of World War II. But the failure of the ruling pro-independence party in recent local elections showed that even with U.S. political and military backing, the Taiwanese people’s concerns over a potential Chinese military invasion may have swayed… -
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After Telling 31,000 Noncitizens How to Register to Vote, Colorado Kept Information From Local Election Officials
Less than a month before the November election, the office of Colorado’s secretary of state declined to provide the names of noncitizens who received voter registration notifications by mail, according to records obtained by a watchdog group. The Public Interest Legal Foundation released a report Thursday about how Colorado handled sending out 31,093 notifications on how… -
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Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage
As state legislatures begin their 2023 sessions, Americans should know what their states did in 2022 to improve or damage the integrity of the election process. They can now easily do that because 2022 marks the second year that The Heritage Foundation has tracked and scored the laws and regulations of every state and the… -
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Repeat of 2020? Left-Wing Tech Group Doles Out Millions in Grants in Eerily Familiar Election Scheme
Although about half the states ban private dollars from funding local governing of elections as a response to Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial grants in 2020, a tech-aligned group will dole out individual $500,000 grants to jurisdictions for future elections. The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, established in April, will award individual grants of $500,000 to at… -
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Ron DeSantis, Sworn In as Florida Governor, Promises to Uphold ‘The Sacred Fire of Liberty’
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the oath of office on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his wife and children, beginning his second term as governor of Florida. “Freedom lives here in our great Sunshine State of Florida,” DeSantis said Tuesday in front of Florida’s historic state Capitol, aware that the eyes of not only the… -
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Conservative Legal Group: Government Employees in 4 States Assisting Left By Providing Voter Information
Government employees in four states are violating federal laws and assisting the Left by providing voter information, a conservative legal group argues in suing those states. The Thomas More Society alleges in its lawsuits against Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that the Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, shares voter information with at… -
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Texas Governor, Attorney General to Investigate Private Organizations Facilitating Border Crisis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is asking his state’s attorney general to investigate how a network of private organizations is colluding with the Biden administration to facilitate the worst border crisis in American history. Abbott’s request comes just days after The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project documented the outsized role of non-governmental organizations. Those groups, operating more… -
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Key Provision of Constitution in Play as Supreme Court Hears Election Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Moore v. Harper, a case that turns on the meaning of a key provision in the Constitution outlining the Framers’ structure for congressional elections. It is a complex case and although it’s difficult to predict how the high court will rule, the justices sharply questioned lawyer David… -
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Democrats More Likely to Trust Delayed Election Results, but Most Americans Don’t, Poll Finds
Republicans have often expressed frustration and mistrust at election results that come in days or weeks after Election Day, particularly in 2020 and 2022. Delays in both cases have enflamed accusations of fraud and suspicion that the increase in voting by mail undermines the integrity of the election system. Republicans are not alone in distrusting…