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Noncitizen Voting Called ‘Next Battle Space’ in Fight for Election Integrity
Americans willing to volunteer their time to ensure that only lawful votes are cast and counted in upcoming elections got a critical piece of advice during the Conservative Political Action Conference. “A lot of you know about voter ID,” former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams said Friday at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservative…Kevin Mooney -
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The Left Wants to Transform Our Election System. It’s a Recipe for 1-Party Rule.
Democrats intend to save “democracy” by putting themselves in charge of elections. As absurd as that sounds, it really is a part of the inappropriately named “For the People Act of 2019,” or H.R. 1, moving through the House of Representatives. The Heritage Foundation created a list of the law’s provisions, which you can read…Jarrett Stepman -
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Stacey Abrams’ False Claims About Election Integrity
In her response on behalf of Democrats to the State of the Union address, Stacey Abrams employed more of the over-the-top rhetoric that has come to characterize political opposition in the age of Trump. After laying out her grievances against the president and offering few concrete policies, Abrams’s speech pivoted to a harangue intended to…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Ruling Party Sweeps Bangladesh Elections, Faces Fraud Allegations
Bangladesh just held a national election that produced an overwhelming victory for the incumbent Awami League—but also allegations of rampant voter fraud, intimidation, and corruption. A large, Muslim-majority democracy situated between India and Myanmar, Bangladesh is the world’s eighth-largest country by population with 170 million people, and it has an outsized impact on South Asian…Jeff Smith -
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These Swing Elections May Not Really Be Wave Elections
BEAVER FALLS, Pa.—Mike Mikus speculates there are a fairly decent number of voters around here who have voted over the past 20 years in turn for Ron Klink, Melissa Hart, Jason Altmire, Mark Critz, Keith Rothfus, and Conor Lamb. That is, they’ve swung their congressional vote from Democratic to Republican to Democratic, and then Democratic…Salena Zito -
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The Left’s Election Day Analysis: If We Lost, They Must’ve Cheated
A disturbing trend is emerging from the political left: When their candidates lose elections, rather than accept lawful defeat, they denounce the election itself. In 2016, they explained away President Donald Trump’s victory as the product of Russian meddling. Now, they are blaming election losses in Florida and Georgia on “voter suppression” and other sinister…Jason Snead -
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6 Big Election Hits by Marc Elias, Democrats’ Recount King
Marc Elias has a history of turning Democrats who lost on election night into winners after recounts. The lawyer representing Sen. Bill Nelson in the recount of Florida’s contest for Senate has been at the center of nearly every major election controversy for the past decade. BREAKING: In Florida we have sued in federal court…Fred Lucas -
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Election Results Point to a Political Change Occurring Among Black Young Adults
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting take on blacks. Nationwide data on black voting in this election cycle do not point to much change. Various polls over recent months seemed to indicate that blacks were starting to warm up to Republicans and President Donald…Star Parker -
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2 Problems Democrats Face After Election Wins
We are about to find out whether Democrats meant it when they lamented the loss of civility in Washington. Having won the majority in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election, will they cooperate with Republicans and “reach across the aisle,” or will they pander to their base, which wants President Donald Trump’s blood? Guess…Cal Thomas -
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Postelection, Rebuilding the US Military Just Became That Much Harder
With Democrats regaining control of the House of Representatives, the path to rebuilding America’s military just became more challenging. For the past two years, Pentagon officials have laid out in stark detail how the military had deteriorated over the past decade, owing to underfunding and overuse in two protracted conflicts. Shortly after he arrived at…Thomas Spoehr -
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3 Tight Elections Could Face a Recount. Here’s Where Things Stand.
The 2018 midterm elections are going into overtime in some hot statewide races. For those readers who were either too young to remember the Florida recount in 2000—or suppressed that memory—it’s all playing out again. Here’s where the most tightly contested races stand. Florida As of this writing, Florida’s governor and U.S. Senate races are…Noel Johnson -
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No ‘Green Wave’ as Voters Reject Ballot Measures on Climate Change in 3 States
Not only did a Democratic “blue wave” fail to materialize on Tuesday night, the “green wave” of major global warming and energy-related ballot measures largely failed to get voter approval, as well. Voters in Arizona, Colorado, and Washington rejected measures aimed at fighting global warming, despite two of those states being in Democratic hands. The…Michael Bastasch -
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Routine Election Monitoring Spurs ‘Suppression’ Claims From Left
In a routine pre-election action, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will monitor polling sites in a total of 35 jurisdictions in 19 states. Some left-leaning websites cast the move as a voter-suppression effort because the attorney general’s announcement talked about voter fraud. In a press release Monday, Sessions…Fred Lucas -
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San Francisco Registers 49 Noncitizen Voters—at a Cost of More Than $6,300 Each
The city of San Francisco spent $310,000 on a new registration system to enable noncitizens to vote in local school board elections, but as of Oct. 28, the effort had produced only 49 new registered voters for the Nov. 6 election. That means the city spent more than $6,326 for every noncitizen it registered, the…Troy Worden -
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No, This Is Not the Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes
If you believe that a midterm election in a time of relative peace and economic prosperity is the most important in history or even the most important in your fortunate lifetime, you either are oblivious to history or don’t have a single nonpartisan synapse firing in your skull. Yet it’s now become standard for partisans…David Harsanyi -
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Critics of Pompeo’s Values Voters’ Speech Forget These Hillary Speeches to Leftists
Democrats, including at least one former aide to Hillary Clinton, express outrage that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak Friday at the Values Voter Summit, a 12-year-old annual event focused on traditional family values. But Politico, in a story about the flap published Tuesday, ignores speeches Clinton gave to politically charged groups while she was…Fred Lucas -
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Swedish Election Result Was Fueled by Popular Discontent
Swedish voters went to the polls Sunday amid a backdrop of concerns over immigration and rising crime. The center-left bloc, led by Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s Social Democrats, won 40.6 percent of the vote. The center-right alliance led by the Moderate Party came in narrowly second, with 40.3 percent, while the populist Sweden Democrats won 17.6…Daniel Kochis -
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6 Times Foreign Powers Meddled in Our Elections
A foreign government sought to influence the U.S. presidential race to benefit a favored candidate by pushing stories into the American media, working through an ambassador, and instigating what could be called collusion with the candidate. “Liberals never gave a damn about Russian meddling in American elections until 2016,” @DrPaulKengor says. This was 1796 and…Fred Lucas -
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Cartoon: Gov. Cuomo Says America Isn’t So Great. Will Voters Agree?
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Election in Zimbabwe Followed by Street Violence and Bloodshed
A tense calm has come over the streets of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, following a spasm of violence. On Wednesday, Zimbabwean security forces clashed with supporters of the main political opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, leading to turmoil, deaths, and now a citywide security lockdown. The unrest follows Zimbabwe’s pivotal…Joshua Meservey