North Carolina Supreme Court Jeopardizes Constitutional Amendment to Require Voter ID
Ignoring the will of North Carolina voters—who by a large majority adopted a constitutional amendment in 2018 to require voter ID in elections—the North Carolina Supreme Court called into question the legitimacy of the constitutional amendment in a ruling last Friday. In its opinion, the liberal justices on the…
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…
Governor Walker: Claim that Voter ID hurt election turnout is a “load of crap”
In the 2016 general election, Wisconsin Republicans appeared to gain additional advantage in the Wisconsin state legislature. Executive Director Neal Albrecht of the Milwaukee Election Commission complained to the media that the Wisconsin Photo ID law impacted the city’s turnout. In response to that complaint, Governor Walker told Wisconsin radio listeners of Charlie Sykes that the claim…
Missouri Passes Constitutional Amendment to Allow Voter ID
With 63% voting in favor, voters in Missouri passed a constitutional amendment that will allow the state to enact a law requiring photo ID to vote. The amendment gives state constitutional approval to a bill passed earlier this year to require a photo ID. With the passage of the constitutional…
Florida Mail Ballots Stolen and Fraudently Voted by Impersonators
In Seminole County, Florida, five voters discovered that their mail ballots had been stolen and fraudulently voted by impersonators. At least one couple inquired to the county office on the status of their ballots and then told that their ballots had already been cast in their name. An investigation is underway, but this…
Will a President Trump make fighting voter fraud a priority in first 100 days?
Tom Spencer, a senior fellow with the Lawyer’s Democracy Fund (LDF), lays out the case in Lifezette for voter fraud being a top priority in a new Trump Administration and arguing for a task force to be immediately convened to review the irregularities of the 2016 election. Spencer lays…
Concerned Voters Ask Why No ID Required to Vote in Massachusetts
Again demonstrating the public’s strong support for voter ID protections, early voters in Massachusetts were concerned about not being asked to provide identification prior to voting and the opportunity it provided for vote fraud. State law only allows poll workers to ask for a voter’s name: 22News was working to…
Wisconsin Federal Judge approves expanded Photo ID educational program
Out of Wisconsin, NPR reports on the Wisconsin photo ID law. Yesterday, a federal judge approved an expanded photo ID educational program, but there are a few additional issues in dispute that still need to be decided. For example, the use of mobile DMV units to provide free IDs before the election…
New York Keeps Sending Ballots to Deceased Voter
The New York Post highlights a common problem that occurs when state and local election officials fail to identify and remove deceased voters from the voter rolls. Absentee or mail ballots are sent year after year, election after election and the deceased person may remain on the rolls for decades. …
Election Assistance Commission Says Voting Process is Secure, Hacking Will Not Choose Next President
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) published an op-ed piece in the Washington Post this morning, entitled “Don’t believe the hype. Foreign hackers will not choose the next president.” The key paragraph of the piece: Election officials work diligently to better secure the voting process. Because of their efforts, the process is…