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Election Integrity Experts Hopeful about the 2022 Midterms

A common refrain in politics has always been, “If you don’t like how the country is being run, make your voice heard in the next election” (or some variation thereof). But after serious voting irregularities surfaced during the 2020 presidential election, causing widespread concern over the validity of the results, many Americans are approaching the 2022 midterm elections with a nagging pit in their stomachs: What if mine and the voices of millions of my fellow citizens are rendered silent by voter fraud?

By ACRU Staff|2022-09-02T18:09:29-04:00August 24, 2022|Elections, News, Vote Fraud|

Von Spakovsky: Ahead of Midterms, 14 States Improve Election Integrity Laws

With primaries underway and with midterms and other fall ballot contests looming, multiple states are demonstrating a commitment to ensuring that their elections remain worthy of public confidence.

By Hans von Spakovsky|2022-08-20T11:25:28-04:00August 20, 2022|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Vote Fraud|

von Spakovsky: Non-citizens voting in California: Judge says no, even in left-wing state

Sometimes, common sense can prevail – even in far-out California. Last week, California Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. ruled that only U.S. citizens have the right to vote. In this, he echoed an earlier ruling by the New York Supreme Court.

By Hans von Spakovsky|2022-08-10T18:43:03-04:00August 10, 2022|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Vote Fraud, Voting Fraud News|

The Latest Federal Takeover of Elections Violates Federal Law

Democrats haven’t stopped trying to take over elections, they just have new tactics to do so under voters’ noses.Employees throughout the federal government who are carrying out President Joe Biden’s executive order directing them to get involved in state elections are likely all violating the Anti-Deficiency Act, besides interfering in the election process and using federal resources in what seems to be a get-out-the-vote operation for the party in power in the White House.

By Hans von Spakovsky|2022-08-04T13:24:57-04:00August 4, 2022|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Vote Fraud, Voting Fraud News|

Moore v. Harper and Marc Elias’s Curious Idea of ‘Democracy’

Marc Elias, the leading Democratic election lawyer, complains that “a dangerous theory will have its day in court” this fall. That’s rich—he was instrumental in bringing it there by litigating the case that raises it. But his dire warnings have attracted plenty of support. The headline of a Washington Post op-ed by a trio of legal scholars blares the threat of a “body blow to our democracy.”

By ACRU Staff|2022-08-02T14:41:29-04:00August 2, 2022|Elections, News, Voting Fraud News|

Ed Meese and Ken Blackwell: The Most Despicable Form of Vote Fraud

We celebrate patriotic senior citizens and the invaluable contributions they have made to the financial strength and fundamental freedoms we enjoy as Americans. In turn, we must take every action to ensure the integrity and intent of our seniors’ political choices at a time when they are at risk to be targets of vote fraud. We are calling on fellow Americans to demonstrate their gratitude and respect for seniors by helping to protect the sanctity of their votes.

By J. Kenneth Blackwell|2022-10-18T19:30:33-04:00August 2, 2022|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Voter ID, Voting Fraud News|

It’s Not Too Late to Protect Our Elections

We're hearing many states are still struggling to staff poll workers for the upcoming elections. One of the most important things we can do to defend free and fair voting is to get involved and be present when and where votes are cast.

By Lori Roman|2022-07-27T16:05:18-04:00July 27, 2022|Early Voting, Elections, Presidents Corner, Vote Fraud|

Hans von Spakovsky: Ensuring That Only US Citizens Vote

The latest politically motivated lawsuit—filed against Arizona by the Biden Justice Department over the state’s new law attempting to verify the citizenship of registered voters—demonstrates the importance of a bill just introduced by Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., HR 8223, that would stop that lawsuit in its tracks.

By Hans von Spakovsky|2022-07-19T09:12:34-04:00July 19, 2022|ACRU Commentary, Elections, OPED, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

FOIAs Reveal Progressive Money Fueling FBI, DOJ, Leftist Activist and Election Official Coordination – PJ Media

A strange constellation has emerged through public records requests of coordination between progressive funders, federal authorities, corporations, state election officials, and leftist organizations.

By ACRU Staff|2022-07-08T12:58:59-04:00July 8, 2022|Elections, News|

Good Government Groups Ask States To Stop Biden’s Elections Takeover

Governors and other state officials don’t have to stand idly by as the Biden administration plots a federal takeover of elections. That’s the message being sent by the heads of two good government groups in a new memo to state officials.

By ACRU Staff|2022-07-08T12:49:09-04:00July 8, 2022|Elections, Federalism, News|