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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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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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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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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… -
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‘Ballot Makers’: Dinesh D’Souza’s Film Exposes New Potential Election Fraud
Paper ballots can be manufactured and purchased by those intent on election fraud, according to experts interviewed by commentator Dinesh D’Souza in his new documentary film “Vindicating Trump.” D’Souza, an author and filmmaker, said this form of election fraud surprised even former President Donald Trump, the subject of the film. “A lot of times people,… -
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MSNBC’s ‘Interview’ of Harris Shows How Left-Wing Media Are Treating Election as Coronation
Vice President Kamala Harris completed her second whole interview of her mostly cloistered presidential campaign Wednesday night. Frankly, it was an embarrassment for American corporate media and gives the lie to the idea that the Harris campaign is all about defending “democracy.” The interview was exactly what one would expect if you’d followed the Harris… -
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Get Ready for Another Mail-In Ballot Fiasco
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Many states are sending out mail-in ballots now for the Nov. 5 presidential election. Yet at the same time that so many more voters are depending on the mail to cast their ballots, the two leading national organizations of election officials wrote the U.S. Postal Service to demand immediate action to avoid confusion and… -
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WATCH: The Double Standards on Election Interference
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we bring the metaphorical first-aid kit to the knife fight that has become this presidential election. With six weeks until that sacred American voting day, the swing states have reached a fever pitch. With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touring the commonwealth of Pennsylvania alongside its Democratic… -
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Criticism of Project 2025’s Reforms of Federal Election Commission Is Ill-Informed, Dangerous
Those attacking me for my participation in Project 2025, for which I wrote the chapter on how the Federal Election Commission should be run, reveal their dangerous views approving of government overreach and abusive conduct by government law enforcement agencies. There’s no other way to interpret their criticism of me other than their disagreeing with… -
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Why Election Integrity Is a Dead Letter With Mail-In Ballots
Wisconsin election officials have until Sept. 19 to distribute requested absentee ballots. That’s when the bad news begins. North Carolina authorities planned to ship ballots on Sept. 6. That's been postponed indefinitely, to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as an option. Absent that wrinkle, North Carolinians would have started to vote four days before Sept. 10’s Kamala Harris-versus-Donald Trump… -
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Why Won’t This Swing State Clear 4 Million Ineligible Names From Voter Rolls?
One of the most fiercely contested battlegrounds in this fall’s presidential race won’t remove more than 4 million ineligible names from its voter rolls. “Wisconsin’s population is a little less than 6 million, with 3.5 million active voters,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told The Daily Signal in a written statement. “So why do election officials… -
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When These Battleground States Are Mailing Out Ballots and How That Could Affect Election Results
Just one battleground state was set to mail out absentee ballots before the presidential debate on Tuesday—but that timeline has been pushed back because of litigation surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ballot status. In North Carolina, ballots can be mailed up to 60 days before the election. It was the lone state where voting was… -
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The Easy, Cheap, Quick Solution to the RFK Jr. Ballot Issue
Early voting is starting in many states, both in-person and through the absentee balloting process, which makes resolving the issue of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remaining on state ballots an immediate problem. Wherever practical, election officials have a solemn obligation to their voters to remove a candidate from the ballot when that candidate has dropped… -
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How Swing State Supreme Courts Could Swing the Presidential Election
Several battleground states passed election reforms after the 2020 election, but those laws might be only as good as state supreme courts allow them to be. The states of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and North Carolina all enacted election reforms that include enhanced voter ID laws and bans on private money funding administration of elections. … -
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Voters Unconvinced by Kamala Harris’ Flip-Flops, New Poll Reveals
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Voters aren’t buying Vice President Kamala Harris’ flip-flops on several key policy issues, according to a new Scott Rasmussen national survey. The RMG Research poll, released Friday by the Napolitan News Service, asked 1,000 registered voters this week about the policy views of Harris on illegal immigration, fracking, government-run health care,… -
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Scott Rasmussen’s 2024 Election Breakdown: Polling Surprises and Swing State Showdowns
Pollster Scott Rasmussen shares his insights on the latest polling data and discusses the political landscape as the presidential race reaches the critical month of September. Watch or listen to our full interview on the latest episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast.” With only small margins separating Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump in… -
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RNC Scores Election Law Victories in These Swing States. Here’s What That Could Mean in November.
The Republican National Committee this week filed election-related lawsuits in Michigan and North Carolina, coming off a Supreme Court victory last week over election procedures in Arizona. An RNC initiative called Protect the Vote has filed more than 100 lawsuits across 25 states and recruited more than 150,000 lawyers and volunteer poll watchers across the… -
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A Harris Campaign Stop That Shrugs Off Voters
PITTSBURGH—Billed as a kickoff bus tour on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, instead spent Aug. 18 in Beaver County in tightly controlled stops before heading to Chicago. Harris held a short rally at a private airport hangar surrounded by supporters—mostly members… -
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‘Large Number’ of Illegal Aliens Will Vote in 2024 Elections, Most Americans Say
Many on the Left suggest that concerns about illegal aliens casting votes in a presidential election are unfounded. After all, illegal aliens can’t legally vote. Yet a new poll suggests that most Americans expect that illegal aliens will be allowed to vote in the Nov. 5 election. When asked, “How likely is it that a…