Election News
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These 107 Corporations Signal Opposition to Election Integrity
The top executives of some of the largest corporations on the planet released a statement on Wednesday saying they support “democracy.” If that sounds bland and terribly nonspecific, you get the gist of the statement, which was the product of a summit of more than 100 CEOs and executives. The summit was convened in response…Jarrett Stepman -
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Green Bay Residents File Complaint, Saying City Allowed ‘Activist Groups to Control’ 2020 Election
MADISON, Wis.—A national election integrity watchdog announced Thursday it was filing a formal complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission on behalf of five Green Bay residents. The complainants allege city officials allowed “private activist groups to control significant aspects of the 2020 election, including ballot ‘curing’ and vote counting.” “Hundreds of millions of dollars purchased…M.D. Kittle -
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Fact-Checking 6 of Opponents’ Claims About Georgia’s Election Law
President Joe Biden and other Democrats, without offering evidence, equate Georgia’s new election law with the Jim Crow era, while many media outlets obligingly repeat Democratic talking points about it. A headline over a March 25 news report in The New York Times, not an opinion piece, referred to the legislation as a “major law to…Fred Lucas -
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Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities
MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont.—A mountainous, 2,600-square-mile region with a population of approximately 119,600 does not seem like your prototypical setting for machine politics. Yet a recent audit of mail-in ballots cast there found irregularities characteristic of larger urban centers—on a level that could have easily swung local elections in 2020 and statewide elections in cycles past….John R Lott Jr. -
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Israel’s Elections Again Yield Uncertain Political Results
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, appears to have eked out a slim electoral victory in the March 23 parliamentary elections, but he faces a difficult task in forming a coalition government for the seventh time. Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party won the largest number of seats in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. But no party…James Phillips -
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Top Democratic Election Lawyers Sanctioned for ‘Misleading’ Conduct
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an order sanctioning lawyers at Perkins Coie—the Washington law firm that represents Democratic candidates, as well as prominent Democratic political organizations—for filing a “redundant and misleading” motion in the court in an election case out of Texas. Among the specific lawyers named in the March 11…Hans von Spakovsky -
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8 Ways That HR 1, ‘For the People Act,’ Imperils Free and Fair Elections
HR 1, the deceptively titled “For the People Act,” has arrived in the U.S. Senate after a party-line vote in the House of Representatives. It is without doubt the most dangerous and irresponsible election bill I have ever seen. If it becomes law, it will interfere with the ability of states and their residents to determine the qualifications and eligibility of…Hans von Spakovsky -
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HR 1 Would Allow Federal Micromanagement of State Elections, Ohio Secretary of State Says
The bill known as HR 1, or the For the People Act, should be called “the Federal Takeover of Elections Act,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says. LaRose, who oversees Ohio’s elections, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why HR 1, a bill the political left touts as positive election reform, is an…Virginia Allen -
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‘Easy to Vote, but Hard to Cheat’: Iowa Passes Major Election Legislation
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed significant election reform legislation on Monday. The new law decreases Iowa’s early voting period and closes polls an hour earlier on Election Day. State Sen. Roby Smith, a Republican, says the new law “enhances Iowans’ confidence in the elections in this state by implementing common sense reforms like providing a…Rachel del Guidice -
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House Democrats Vote to Nullify, Nationalize State Election Laws
Voter ID laws and most other election integrity measures in the states would be nearly wiped out under a sweeping bill passed late Wednesday night by House Democrats that also makes felons eligible to vote while expanding Election Day registration and the controversial practice known as ballot harvesting. The House voted 220-210 along party lines to…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Hears First Case Regarding Voting Laws Since Election
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about Arizona’s election laws Tuesday, marking the first time the justices were presented with a case on voting laws since the 2020 election. The twin cases were brought before the court in order to resolve whether the laws violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which bans voting procedures…Andrew Trunsky -
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Election Integrity Is a National Imperative
After an election marked by significant voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of the 2020 election. That’s why when I was serving as presiding officer at the joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College results, I pledged…Mike Pence -
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New Cases in Election Fraud Database Show Vulnerabilities in System
State legislatures, take note: Americans have legitimate concerns over election integrity, as amply demonstrated by the many proven instances of voter fraud that we continue to add to The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database. These vulnerabilities within the electoral process need to be addressed as soon as possible. The right to self-government depends on free…Katie Samalis-Aldrich -
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Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Hear Elections Cases Could Have Serious Repercussions
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s “baffling” refusal on Monday to grant review of the Pennsylvania election cases that had been appealed to the justices, the majority of the court is—to quote Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent—“leav[ing] election law hidden beneath a shroud of doubt” and “invit[ing] further confusion and erosion of public confidence” in our elections….Zack Smith -
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Bill Overhauling Elections Would ‘Eviscerate’ FEC Bipartisanship, 9 Former Members Warn
In a letter to congressional leaders, nine former members of the Federal Election Commission warn that a Democrat-backed bill to overhaul elections, now before Congress, is a “threat to bipartisanship” at the agency. The former FEC members’ four-page letter cautions the Democratic and Republican leaders about provisions of HR 1, dubbed the For the People…Steven Hall -
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How to Restore Faith in Our Federal Elections
True democracy hinges on the integrity of the election process. Without the assurance that all legal votes are counted—and all illegal votes are weeded out—trust in our government dissipates. Unfortunately, Americans’ faith in the integrity of our electoral process is eroding—and with good reason. Election fraud is all too real, as proved by the more…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Don’t Enshrine Our Election Problems in Law
The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights that we as citizens can exercise. We select the individuals who will lead us and the policies we will live under in our daily lives. Yet the system is broken. Growing up as a black teen during the 1960s, I knew of the tremendous…Kay C. James -
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9 Election Reforms States Can Implement to Prevent Mistakes and Voter Fraud
Election fraud is real. The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database, which has chronicled more than 1,300 cases of election fraud, proves that election fraud does occur in American elections. Errors and omissions by election officials and careless, shoddy election practices and procedures or lack of training can also cause and have caused problems for voters…Hans von Spakovsky -
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The Left Wants to Transform and Nationalize Our Election System
Editor’s Note: Democrats in Congress have renewed efforts in the House and Senate to make sweeping changes to America’s electoral laws. As Jarrett Stepman wrote in 2019, when H.R. 1 was first proposed, these reforms would be a significant threat to the federalist system under the Constitution of the United States and would undermine election…Jarrett Stepman -
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Did Dead Voters Tip the Election? 4 Things You Need to Know
Dead voters—or at least votes recorded in the name of someone who has died—have drawn much attention in the disputed outcome of the presidential election. Ballots apparently cast by dead registered voters make up one of many fraud allegations lodged by President Donald Trump’s campaign legal team either in court or in press conferences. As…Fred Lucas