By Melanie Sun Former President Donald Trump warned at his third “Save America” rally on Saturday night that Americans no longer have free speech, describing a powerful system “for media and online censorship” that only presents the Democratic Party’s view of politics, including that Trump is attacking democracy by discussing potential election fraud. “We have a truly […]
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Trump Says He’s Made Up His Mind About 2024 Presidency
By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump said that he has made up his mind on whether he will run for president again in 2024, but didn’t say if he would nor not. Trump was asked about the prospect of running for president by Fox News’s Sean Hannity during an event on Wednesday night. “You’re not going to […]
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Arizona’s Maricopa County Will Replace All Voting Machines After Audit
By Jack Phillips Authorities in Maricopa County, Arizona, announced they will replace all voting machines following a Senate-ordered audit of the county’s 2020 election results. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, which oversees elections in the county, issued a response to a letter sent by Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, saying the county “shares [her] concerns” that the […]
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Arizona House Passes Bill Requiring Schools Share Stories From People Who Fled Communism
By Isabel Van Brugen The Republican-majority Arizona House on Friday approved a bill that could mandate that school teachers share stories from people who fled communism as part of the curriculum. The requirement is part of House Bill 2898 (pdf), which includes changes in laws governing K-12 education in the state. The language was inserted by Republican state Rep. Judy Burges […]
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Department of Justice Sues Georgia Over Election Integrity Act
By Jack Phillips The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a lawsuit against Georgia over the state’s recently passed Election Integrity Act, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland, who alleged the law is a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority voters. “Where we see violations of federal law, we will act,” Garland […]
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Former White House Chief of Staff: DeSantis Won’t Run Against Trump in 2024
By Zachary Stieber Former President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff is alleging that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will not run for president in 2024 if Trump ends up running. Mark Meadows, who was a congressman before joining the Trump administration, told the Washington Examiner that he knows DeSantis does not want to challenge Trump head on because […]
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Maricopa County Audit Report Expected in August
By Zachary Stieber The final report for the 2020 election audit taking place in Arizona’s largest county is not expected to be out until August, an official involved with the work says. Led by Cyber Ninjas, which was hired by the Arizona Senate, auditors are working on evaluating ballots after finishing their ballot recount, save less than 100 braille ballots. […]
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Arizona Audit Finishes With Hand Count, Closing In on End of Paper Evaluation
By Zachary Stieber The 2020 election audit in Arizona’s largest county is projected to end by June 26, officials said in a new update. Audit teams led by Florida-based Cyber Ninjas finished counting virtually all of the nearly 2.1 million ballots earlier this week, with fewer than 100 braille ballots remaining to be counted. Workers were shifted to […]
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Michigan Senate Passes Legislation to Add Voter ID Requirements: ‘Overwhelmingly Popular’
By Jack Phillips Michigan’s GOP-led Senate on Wednesday passed several bills that, if signed into law, would implement more voter identification requirements for in-person voters and absentee voters, adding Michigan to a growing list of states pursuing more stringient election measures. All Senate Republicans voted in favor of the three bills, while every Senate Democrat […]
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Newsom Insists California’s Pending COVID-19 Verification System Not a ‘Vaccine Passport’
By Zachary Stieber California is developing a COVID-19 vaccine verification system that will enable people who have gotten a jab to show proof of the shot to businesses, Gov. Gavin Newsom says. “We’ll be doing something that provides you the opportunity, and we’ll announce this later this week, to have an electronic version of your paper version of […]
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Election Assessment in Pennsylvania County Uncovers Five ‘Issues of Note’
By Zachary Stieber An election assessment conducted in a Pennsylvania county months ago and quietly released to the public in recent weeks uncovered five errors, including three linked to Dominion Voting Systems, whose election management system is used in the county, the assessing firm said. Wake Technology Services Inc. (Wake TSI), a Pennsylvania-based firm, conducted the assessment in Fulton […]
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Lawmakers From Other States Descend on Arizona to See Election Audit
By Zachary Stieber Lawmakers from multiple states have visited the 2020 election audit in Arizona’s largest county in recent days, with more visits planned. Delegations from Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Alaska were given tours of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where the audit is taking place in Phoenix. Michael McDonald, the Nevada Republican Party chairman, went to the venue […]
