America is torn between two visions of the biggest problem to its election system: the potential for voter fraud or the potential that eligible voters will not be able to cast their ballot.Source: Are Americans more worried about voter fraud or denying eligible voters their ballot?...
Sherikia Hawkins was charged Monday with six felony counts for allegedly altering absentee ballots during the November 2018 election in her capacity as city clerk for the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich. Hawkins, a 38-year-old registered Democrat, stands accused of altering 193 absentee ballots.Source: Michigan City Clerk Charged with Altering Ballots in 2018 Midterms...
DAYTONA BEACH — An effort to clamp down on potential voter fraud in Florida has been bogged down by an unlikely source: the state’s Republican-controlled administration.Source: Election fraud? Florida won’t pledge to look for voters registered in multiple states...
The House on Friday approved a sweeping measure that would, among many others things, expand voters' access to the polls. But Senate Republican leaders say that chamber will not take up the bill, calling it a power grab. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.Source: Exaggerating Voting Issues May Juice A Base — But It Also 'Undermines Our Democracy'...
Three years ago, former California governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed a bill allowing anyone to pick up a voter’s absentee mail ballot. Neal Kelley, who's with Orange County’s registrar of voters, said the law dramatically changed the November 2018 election.Source: Mitch McConnell On NC Ballot Harvesting: Why Is It Legal In California?...
Contradicting his father’s previous denials, the son of Republican Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he told the candidate multiple times that he had concerns about the political operative hired to run an absentee ballot campaign in Bladen County.Source: John Harris warned his father about legal red flags involving Bladen operative...
Elections officials also said the election was marred by falsified signatures, blank ballots that consultants could complete and disappearing documents. RALEIGH, N.C.Source: North Carolina poll workers tallied results early...
More than a month into the new Congress, there is still no United States Representative from North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. A state hearing on Monday should finally bring some clarity to one of the most bizarre election scandals in recent memory.Source: North Carolina’s election fraud scandal is heading toward a dramatic resolution...
RALEIGH, N.C. — At about 4 a.m. on Aug. 23, federal agents rousted Jose Solano-Rodriguez from his bed in the suburbs of Raleigh. A couple of hours later, three agents knocked on Hyo Suk George's door as she fed her rabbits and chickens in rural Columbus County.Source: Federal prosecutor's voter-fraud probe in North Carolina focused on immigrants...
President Donald Trump on Sunday gave credence to incomplete and possibly inaccurate information about the extent of voter fraud in Texas, marking the latest in a series of misleading and false statements he has made on the topic of voting irregularities.Source: Trump Amplifies Misleading Allegations Of Voter Fraud In Texas...
