Elections Expert Cites Vote Harvesting as Major Threat to Election Integrity
A recent study published by Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation cites vote harvesting as one of the preeminent threats to the integrity of U.S. elections. Currently, 27 states plus the District of Columbia allow third parties, including politically motivated interest groups and consultants, to collect absentee ballots from…
Arizona’s Establishment of Electoral Integrity Unit Highlights Rare Bipartisan Consensus
In the wake of the 2018 Senate election in Arizona, politicians grew concerned of the status quo of safeguards protecting voters, protecting ballots, and protecting the overall electoral process in the state. Over the course of the election and the post-mortem analysis, a number of inconsistencies in the process startled…
Senate Rules and Administration Committee Hearing on Election Security
On June 20, 2018, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing on election security preparations that are being made at the local and state level. The committee heard witness testimony from state and local officials, along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, Matt Masterson….
US House Judiciary Committee hearing on US Census
On June 8, 2018, the United States House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “Questions regarding the US Census.” The Committee heard testimony and feedback from witnesses who had opinions on a citizenship question being asked on the 2020 US Census. Steve Marshall, the Alabama Attorney General, stressed the…
Senate Intelligence Findings on Russian Targeting of Election Infrastructure During the 2016 Election
On May 8, 2018 the Senate Intelligence Committee released a classified report about its initial findings on attempted Russian interference in the 2016 election cycle and gave its recommendations. The report found that Russian interference efforts began as early as 2014 and lasted until the 2016 election. The Committee saw…
Senate Intelligence Hearing on Election Security Shows Promise for Preventing Future Cyber Attacks on Federal/State Election Infrastructure
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence had a hearing today, questioning current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Executive Director of National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) Amy Cohen, and President-elect of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Jim Condos (among others) on…
Ongoing SBI investigation into Durham NC election office handling of provisional ballots
In North Carolina, the State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the mishandling of more than 1,000 provisional ballots during the March primary. According to an interim report ballots were being counted twice and election officials presented the vote count as true when it was wrong. The fraud investigation is in Durham the same…
Voter Fraud Not as Rare as Lightning Strike
As it turns out, despite liberals’ claims, it is not more likely that a citizen will be struck by lightning than affected by voter fraud (emphasis added): [President Obama] just doesn’t think there is such a thing as election fraud. As he informed the assembled Floridians, “You are much likelier to…
Police Raid 2 Offices of FieldWorks in Pennsylvania
Police have raided two offices of FieldWorks in Pennsylvania, searching for evidence of fraudulent voter registration forms: Days after searching the Delaware County office of a Democratic grassroots organization for evidence of voter-registration fraud, state police on Thursday raided a second office – this one in Philadelphia. Agents executed…
83 Mail Ballots Sent to One Address in California
Either through fraud or a “system error,” 83 mail ballots were sent to a two-bedroom apartment with a single inhabitant in California: Jerry Mosna was gardening outside his San Pedro, Calif., home Saturday when he noticed something odd: Two stacks of 2016 ballots on his mailbox. The 83 ballots,…