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Election Day ‘No Longer Exists’ in America, Victor Davis Hanson Says
Mail-in voting instituted during the pandemic has changed the concept of Election Day forever, a well-known conservative writer and historian says. “We’ve lost the idea of Election Day and it no longer exists anymore as we know it,” columnist and commentator Victor Davis Hanson said Monday night during The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 President’s Club meeting. … -
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These 3 Presidential Elections Also Went Into Overtime. Here’s How They Were Resolved.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden will have to get in line for bragging rights. This fall’s presidential election, the results of which the Trump campaign continues to challenge in key battleground states, is hardly the first national election that went into overtime. As I examined in my book “Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and… -
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How to Make Sure the 2020 Election Never Happens Again
To see what’s wrong with our election system, just look at all the claims and allegations being made in the litigation filed by the Trump campaign and other organizations contesting the outcome of the presidential election. Regardless of what happens with that challenge, state legislatures should take note of the underlying problems, which have existed… -
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House Freedom Caucus Demands AG Barr Release Findings of Election Fraud Probe
The House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republican lawmakers, is demanding that Attorney General William Barr release the findings of the Justice Department’s investigation into vote fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election. “We represent millions of Americans who do not have confidence in the outcome of this election, not because of the clear… -
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4 Highlights From Georgia Senate’s Election Fraud Hearing
The Trump campaign’s legal team described suitcases full of ballots Thursday in presentations to Georgia state lawmakers that included a video and a call for the legislators to appoint electors to vote for the president. Other Georgia state and local officials, meanwhile, said the Nov. 3 election ran smoothly in the Peach State, with no widespread… -
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Why Aren’t US Attorneys Investigating Voter Fraud Allegations?
None of the U.S. government’s top 93 prosecutors appears to have looked into allegations of voter fraud in states across the nation, Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky says. In an interview with EWTN’s “News Nightly,” von Spakovsky responds to Attorney General William Barr’s assertion to The Associated Press that the Justice Department hasn’t… -
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4 Takeaways From the Michigan Senate’s Election Fraud Hearing
Election workers and observers presented alarming accounts of voter fraud to the Michigan state Senate on Tuesday, with some calling on lawmakers to act and insisting on an audit of the vote in that state. The Michigan state Senate Oversight Committee held the hearing, which included testimony from a former senator with expertise on data… -
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4 Takeaways From Arizona’s Election Fraud Hearing
On the same day that Arizona certified former Vice President Joe Biden as the winner of the state’s 11 electoral votes, state lawmakers held a fact-finding meeting Monday on allegations of voter fraud that might have tilted the closely contested state. Biden appears to have won the traditionally Republican-leaning state by just over 10,000 votes…. -
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How the Elections Signaled a Breakthrough for Multi-ethnic Conservatism
President Donald Trump’s getting a greater share of the black vote than the average Republican candidate and California voters’ rejection of affirmative action, an effort led by Asian Americans, are being seen as hopeful signs for a multi-ethnic conservatism. “So, what you’re seeing is people realizing that their lot is with an American way, a… -
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Illegal Votes From Noncitizens Likely Affected the 2020 Election, Study Says
Noncitizens likely voted at a high enough rate to alter the 2020 Electoral College tally, potentially flipping the states of Arizona and Georgia in the presidential election, according to an analysis by Just Facts, a research group. That’s significant, and while it wouldn’t be enough to hand the election to President Donald Trump, it potentially… -
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Presidential Election Isn’t Over Yet, Conservative Leaders Say
Until “every legal vote” is counted, the presidential election isn’t over, prominent conservative leaders said in a joint statement Monday. Members of the Conservative Action Project—a coalition of American political, economic, and social activists—say they are standing with those refusing to allow the election to conclude “until every legal vote has been counted.” Former Attorney… -
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7 Ways the 2005 Carter-Baker Report Could Have Averted Problems With 2020 Election
They called on states to increase voter ID requirements; to be leery of mail-in voting; to halt ballot harvesting; to maintain voter lists, in part to ensure dead people are promptly removed from them; to allow election observers to monitor ballot counting; and to make sure voting machines are working properly. They also wanted the… -
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Tucker Carlson Says Sidney Powell Needs to Provide Evidence Backing Up Voter Fraud Claims
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell refused to provide his show evidence backing up her “bombshell” claim that electronic voting machines stole millions of votes from President Donald Trump. “We took Sidney Powell seriously. We had no intention of fighting with her,” Carlson said Thursday. “We simply wanted to see… -
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A Look at the ‘Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections’
Today, we’re featuring an interview with our colleagues at The Daily Signal, Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas, who co-host “The Right Side of History” podcast. Lucas and Stepman discuss Lucas’ book “Tainted by Suspicion: The Secret Deals and Electoral Chaos of Disputed Presidential Elections.” We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump’s legal team asserts… -
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6 Big Claims by Trump’s Lawyers About Overturning Election Results
President Donald Trump’s campaign legal team on Thursday released new affidavits alleging election irregularities while also making serious accusations of nationally coordinated fraud by local election officials to obscure a Trump “landslide.” The press conference, led by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and held at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, went well over… -
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Here Are 8 Lawyers in the Thick of Trump’s Election Fight
As postelection litigation rages in multiple battleground states, lawyers representing President Donald Trump include big and small names. Several lawyers withdrew after reporting pressure from anti-Trump activists that included posting the lawyers’ names and contact information on social media. Twitter removed such information posted on its platform. Of the lawyers who remain, some are litigating… -
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Contesting Election Results in Court Isn’t the End of Democracy. Quite the Opposite.
Is a disputed presidential election the end of democracy as we know it? That’s what many pundits and members of the legacy media are claiming as President Donald Trump has challenged election results in a number of states—both legally and rhetorically. It seems that much of the media hivemind now insists that voter fraud never… -
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We Hear You: Making Sense of the Election Results
Editor's note: We're back with some of your letters, this time focused on the presidential election. Send your emails to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: After the exciting Election Day—and predicted impasse—several good friends reached out and said they're worried about America. Me too. I'm worried because the two major parties have ceased being coalitions… -
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Election Overtime: 6 States With Voting Litigation, Controversies
The presidential election has continued into overtime in the courts on multiple fronts as President Donald Trump declines to concede the contest to Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Even as states kept counting ballots, no state had certified results, and lawsuits began to work their way through the courts, major media outlets announced four days after… -
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Here Are the Lessons We’ve Learned So Far From the 2020 Election
The last thing anyone wanted in 2020 was a complicated post-presidential election debacle. Unfortunately, a combination of factors created a perfect storm for election chaos this year, and we are suffering in its aftermath. Although the litigation, audits, and recounts are far from over, several lessons have emerged that, if implemented, could help avoid similar problems…