The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee</a> filed another election-related lawsuit against Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over her enforcement of signature verification law.
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/Summonses_Verified_Complaint_and_Exhibits_1711648258.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed on Thursday, says that Benson directed local election officials before the February 2024 presidential primary election to presume that an absentee voter’s signature was legitimate. The RNC <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-sues-michigan-secretary-of-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> this directive as “secret instructions” that were given “outside the public eye.”
“Michigan’s State Constitution is very clear: election officials have to verify the identity of voters casting absentee ballots,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said in a statement. “Jocelyn Benson is yet again working to undermine election integrity by secretly instructing officials to disregard and circumvent these clear requirements. The RNC is suing Benson because Michiganders deserve election integrity, not underhanded Democrat schemes.”
The lawsuit said that the presumption of validity undercut state law requiring verification of absentee ballot signatures.
“While the Michigan Constitution expressly mandates that election officials ‘verify the identity’ of any voter who applies for an absent voter ballot or who votes an absent voter ballot other than in person by completing the signature comparison scheme outlined above, see Const 1963, art 2, § 4(1)(h), the Secretary has instructed local election officials to apply a ‘presumption of validity’ to those signatures,” the lawsuit says.
The suit was filed in Michigan state court by the RNC, the Michigan Republican Party, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and several Michigan voters. The plaintiffs want Benson’s actions to be declared unlawful and they want a judge to make her retract her Signature Verification Instructions.
Similar instructions from Benson before the November 2020 election <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/15/judge-rules-secretary-state-bensons-ballot-signature-verification-guidance-invalid/4699927001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were ruled</a> &#8220;invalid&#8221; in March 2021 with a state judge saying that Benson had acted outside of the law. Michigan is again expected to be a hotly contested state with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump gearing up for a rematch.
Earlier this month, the RNC filed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rnc-sues-michigan-secretary-of-state-over-inflated-voter-rolls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another lawsuit</a> against Benson, accusing her office of maintaining inaccurate voter rolls.
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According to the <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_Complaint_1710344302.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, at least 53 counties in Michigan have more active registered voters than adult citizens over the age of 18. According to the RNC, the number of counties with registration rates above 100% ballooned after 2020, when only one county had that rate.
The suit also said that 23 counties have voter-registration rates of over 90% of eligible adults registered, which is far above the average national and statewide rate.
Under Whatley’s leadership, the RNC hired two new election-focused lawyers, Charlie Spies, who will serve as the RNC’s chief counsel, and Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign lawyer who has challenged the outcome of the 2020 election.

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In a decision that may affect the swing state of Pennsylvania and possibly other swing states, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on Wednesday the order of a federal district court and handed the Republican National Committee (RNC) a victory regarding signature verification for mail voting in Pennsylvania.
The case centered around whether mail-in ballots that were mailed in time but either possessed an incorrect date or no date at all under the voter&#8217;s signature should be counted, NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1233743082/pennsylvania-undated-ballots-ruling#:~:text=%22Pennsylvanians%20deserve%20to%20feel%20confident,mail%20ballots%2C%22%20Whatley%20said.">noted</a>.
Democrats argued that the Materiality Provision established in Section 10101(a)(2)(B) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applies in this case and that the ballots could therefore be counted. The Materiality Provision prohibits denial of the right to vote because of an “error or omission” on paperwork “related to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting,” if the mistake is “not material in determining whether [an] individual is qualified” to vote.
The RNC countered that enforcement of the date requirement for a ballot “does not impinge on the right to vote” because the Materiality Provision “only prohibits immaterial requirements affecting the qualification and registration of a voter,” not additional requirements for casting a ballot.
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The 3rd Circuit decision, in which two of the three judges concurred (all three appointed by Democrats), <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/PA_NAACP_v._Secy_CA3_Opinion_1711580579.pdf">explained</a>:
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States have separate bodies of rules for separate stages of the voting process. One stage, voter qualification, deals with who votes. To register and thus be authorized to vote, applicants must follow prescribed steps and meet certain requirements. It’s like obtaining a license to drive. Another stage deals with how ballots are cast by those previously authorized to vote, which is governed by a different set of rules. To cast a ballot that is valid and will be counted, all qualified voters must abide by certain requirements, just like those authorized to drive must obey the State’s traffic laws like everyone else.
The Materiality Provision is an important federal overlay on state election requirements during the “who” stage: voter qualification. It prohibits States from denying an applicant the right to vote based on an error or omission in paperwork involving his application if that mistake is immaterial in determining whether he is qualified to vote. That is, it is triggered when conduct or laws restrict who may vote. But it leaves it to the States to decide how qualified voters must cast a valid ballot. Pennsylvania has made one such rule—the date requirement—mandatory. The federal Materiality Provision, in our view, does not interfere.
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In the wake of the decision, RNC Chairman Michael Whatley <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-statement-on-pennsylvania-lawsuit-victory/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20a%20crucial%20victory,or%20incorrectly%20dated%20mail%20ballots.">stated</a>:
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This is a crucial victory for election integrity and voter confidence in the Keystone State and nationwide. Pennsylvanians deserve to feel confident in the security of their mail ballots, and this 3rd Circuit ruling roundly rejects unlawful left-wing attempts to count undated or incorrectly dated mail ballots. Republicans will continue to fight and win for election integrity in courts across the country ahead of the 2024 election.
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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> election official was found guilty of voter fraud charges on Wednesday after she generated ballots for fictional members of the military during the 2022 election. 
Former Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Commissioner Kimberly Zapata was <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/20/former-milwaukee-election-deputy-convicted-in-fake-military-ballots/72950576007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> guilty of felony misconduct in public office and three misdemeanor counts of making a false statement to obtain an absentee ballot. Zapata’s lawyers claimed that she was a whistleblower trying to expose loopholes in the Wisconsin election system while the jury determined that she had committed election fraud. 
During the 2022 election cycle, Zapata used My Vote Wisconsin to obtain three absentee ballots using the names of fictional military members. The ballots were sent to the home of state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Republican who voiced questions about the integrity of the 2020 election. Military members do not need to show an ID to obtain an absentee ballot in Wisconsin.
Brandtjen reported the ballots addressed to fictitious military members, and shortly after, Zapata was fired and accused of voter fraud. 
“We rely on our election workers to maintain the integrity of our election system,” Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Matthew Westphal said during the trial, <a href="https://www.wpr.org/news/jury-former-milwaukee-election-official-guilty-election-fraud-zapata" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to WPR. “Ms. Zapata took a tiny hammer and started chiseling away at that foundation. Instead of helping secure the absentee ballot system, she introduced fraud into that system.”
Lawyer Daniel Adams, who defended Zapata, claimed she was trying to expose vulnerabilities in the election system. 
“She was a whistleblower, she was showing the truth, with an action — an imperfect action, but a truthful action — what was going on,” he said. “There’s a huge flaw here, and if people don’t take it seriously, some nefarious person will do something bad with this flaw in the system.”
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Brandtjen said she was unaware of why the ballots were sent to her and had never spoken with Zapata.
“If Ms. Zapata had wished to raise concerns about the election process, she could have done so anonymously by contacting appropriate authorities rather than jeopardizing her job and reputation,” she said. “I cannot speak to Kim Zapata’s intent as I have never spoken with her.”
Zapata, who will be sentenced in May, could face more than four years in prison and over $10,000 in fines for all four counts. 
Headed into 2024, election measures are expected to be scrutinized as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump appear set for a rematch. The Wisconsin Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-bans-uses-of-drop-boxes-in-elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously ruled</a> that the widespread use of ballot drop boxes in the 2020 election violated state election law.

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Speaking on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland decried efforts by states to implement voter ID requirements as “discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary.”
Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-deliver-remarks-bloody-sunday-tabernacle-baptist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> at an event at the Tabernacle Baptist Church to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Selma police officers attacking demonstrators in the civil rights movement.
“There are many things that are open to debate in America,” Garland declared. “One thing that must not be open for debate is the right of all eligible citizens to vote and to have their vote counted.”
Garland did not define what he meant by “eligible.”
After citing the history of black people being denied voting rights, he claimed, “Court decisions in recent years have drastically weakened the protections of the Voting Rights Act that marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge bled for 59 years ago. And since those decisions, there has been a dramatic increase in legislative measures that make it harder for millions of eligible voters to vote and to elect the representatives of their choice.”
“The right to vote is still under attack,” he declared. “And that is why the Justice Department is fighting back. That is why, one of the first things I did as Attorney General was to double the number of lawyers in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division.”
“That is why we are challenging efforts by states and jurisdictions to implement discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary restrictions on access to the ballot, including those related to mail-in voting, the use of drop boxes, and voter ID requirements,” he stated.
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Biden AG Merrick Garland, speaking at an Alabama church, says election integrity efforts — such as voter ID requirements and restrictions on ballot &quot;drop boxes&quot; — are &quot;discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/UExpO3nGbD">pic.twitter.com/UExpO3nGbD</a>
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“Thirty-six state laws request or require voters to show some form of identification at the polls,” the National Conference of State Legislatures <a href="https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>. “Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., do not require any documentation to vote at the polls.”
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“Voters across all demographics support voter ID laws in virtually every poll by almost 80%. This typically includes more than 60% of Democrats,” the Heritage Foundation <a href="https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/voter-id-laws-are-popular-good-reasons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">points out</a>, adding, “64% of black voters, 77% of Hispanics, and 76% of low-income voters support voter ID laws, according to a poll conducted by the <a href="https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/media-center/news/2023/2023-01-06/memo-on-voters-and-elections-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-external="yes">Honest Elections Project</a>.”

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a> Secretary of State’s Office launched an investigation after some residents were told that their votes had been counted in the recent primary election despite the fact that they had not voted.
After local outlets <a href="https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/glitch-causing-unmailed-nevada-ballots-to-show-up-as-counted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> the news on Sunday, state officials looked into the issue and said that it had been caused by a “technical” problem and that the irregularities had to do with how county data was uploaded to a state database. 
“The issue was as follows: on a nightly basis, each county uploads their voter registration data to the Secretary of State’s database, which executes code to create the single statewide voter registration file that users see when they log into vote.nv.gov. The legacy systems used by a number of the counties require additional steps be taken to ensure that voters who did not return their ballot do not have vote history; some of those steps were not taken, which resulted in inaccurate data,” a statement from the office of Democrat Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said on Monday. 
Aguilar’s office said that all the data in the system should be correct within two days. The statement said that the errors did not affect the counting in the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/none-of-these-candidates-more-than-doubles-nikki-haleys-vote-tally-in-trump-less-nevada-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> primary</a>, which President Joe Biden won on the Democrat side. “None of these candidates” took the top spot for the Republican primary as former President Donald Trump opted to compete in the Republican caucus instead. 
Registered Republican Daphne Lee <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-identifies-voter-history-errors-on-website-fixes-underway-3003358/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she and her family were all listed as having voted by mail even though they hadn’t. She added that she was told she was no longer registered to vote after attempting to opt out of getting mail ballots. 
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“It’s just so frustrating,” she said. “This makes everyone uncomfortable.”
Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald said that the party was speaking with Aguilar&#8217;s office about the investigation. 
“We take these reports very seriously,” said Chairman Michael McDonald. “The cornerstone of our Republic is the trust and confidence of the American people in the electoral process. Any indication of irregularities must be thoroughly investigated to ensure the integrity of our elections.”
Nevada has universal mail voting, meaning that every registered voter in the state is mailed a ballot.

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The Major League Baseball (MLB) All Star Game will return to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta</a> even though a Georgia voting law is still in effect that caused an uproar and resulted in the game being moved in 2021.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the All Star Game will be played at the Atlanta Braves’ ballpark, Truist Field in 2025 during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
&#8220;As a model of success on and off the field, the Braves deserve to host the All-Star Game,&#8221; Manfred <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/braves-to-host-2025-mlb-all-star-game-in-atlanta-after-losing-2021-festivities-over-georgia-voting-laws/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding that he looks forward to working with the Braves to deliver an All Star Game that &#8220;brings people together and benefits the community in many ways.&#8221;
In 2021, the Braves were set to host the All Star Game, but Manfred decided to move the game to the Rockies&#8217; ballpark in Denver after an uproar over the state&#8217;s new voting law.
The Braves went on to win the World Series that year.
The Georgia voting law in question, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, restricted voting by mail and ballot drop boxes and implemented voter ID requirements. The law also requires two Saturdays of early voting ahead of general election, up from just one Saturday.
The law also banned outside groups from handing out food or water to people waiting in line to vote, but that ban was partially struck down by a federal judge in August.
Voting rights groups associated with Lebron James, Stacey Abrams, and Al Sharpton were <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stacey-abrams-urged-mlb-commissioner-move-all-star-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> pushing for the MLB to move the All Star Game, and the groups held discussions with Manfred.
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Manfred ended up concluding that the All Star Game would turn into a political event and players might even boycott the game, so the easiest solution was to move the game, sources <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stacey-abrams-urged-mlb-commissioner-move-all-star-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News at the time.
Several months after the decision to move the game, Manfred said he was “not going to get into what I would need to see changed” for Atlanta to host the All Star Game in the future.
“Atlanta is an important market to us, and it will certainly be an option at some point in the future,” Manfred <a href="https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/rob-manfred-atlanta-an-option-at-some-point-for-future-all-star-game/IQYQ6OLGAZGGFIZR5JESFHOB7Q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in July 2021.
The MLB commissioner addressed his previous decision during Thursday&#8217;s press conference.
&#8220;I made the decision in 2021 to move the event, and I understand that — believe me — people had then and probably still have different views as to the merits of that decision,&#8221; Manfred <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1725220763584565602" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina</a> Republicans voted on Tuesday to override Democrat Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roy-cooper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roy Cooper</a>’s vetoes of two election bills that Republicans say will increase election integrity and Cooper claims are a “threat” to democracy.
The <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-legislature-adds-to-growing-list-of-overridden-cooper-vetoes-elections-energy-and-regulatory-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measures</a> in question, Senate Bills 747 and 749, ban <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-republicans-override-governors-vetoes-sweeping-election-rcna119766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drop boxes</a> for ballots, end the acceptance of absentee ballots after election day, limit the use of private money for elections, and shift authority away from the governor over the state’s board of elections.
“North Carolina voters deserve to know their elections are safe and secure. Thankfully they can have that confidence now that we have overridden the Governor’s veto of this commonsense elections bill,” North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore <a href="http://speakermoore.com/north-carolina-house-overrides-governor-coopers-veto-sb-747-elections-law-changes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the vote to bypass Cooper’s veto of SB 747.
The House <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-legislature-adds-to-growing-list-of-overridden-cooper-vetoes-elections-energy-and-regulatory-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 72-44 to override the veto and the Senate voted 30-19 to override the veto.
According to a press release from Moore, the bill will “Strengthens the rights of poll observers,” “Improves voter registration rolls by establishing a process for periodic removal of ineligible voters, including the deceased, convicted felons, and those who have moved,” and “closes same-day registration loophole.”
It also will ban election officials from using private money to administer elections. The use of private money to fund elections became <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widely debated</a> after the 2020 election when groups-backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg poured millions of dollars into state elections. Some argued that the money was not distributed fairly, but mainly benefited areas that leaned Democrat.
After the original passage of SB 747, Cooper claimed that Republicans were being racist. “If you are black or brown, Republicans really don’t want you to vote,” Cooper said.
“This legislation has nothing to do with election security and everything to do with Republicans keeping and gaining power,” Cooper <a href="https://dashboard.ncleg.gov/api/Services/BillDocument/2023/7138/0/S747-BILL-NBC-11326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in his veto message. “It encourages voter intimidation at the polls by election deniers and conspiracy believers.”
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The other bill Republicans voted to enact, SB 749, will allow the North Carolina legislature the authority to appoint the State Election Board instead of the governor. Majority and minority leaders in the legislature would each select four members to serve on the elections board.
“The legislative takeover of state and local elections boards could doom our state’s elections to gridlock and severely limit early voting,” <a href="https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/09/28/governor-cooper-signs-three-bills-vetoes-one-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cooper said</a> in his veto message. “It also creates a grave risk that Republican legislators or courts would be empowered to change the results of an election if they don’t like the winner. That’s a serious threat to our democracy.”
The House voted 72-44 to override and the Senate voted 30-19 for the override. Republicans said that the measure will help the public trust elections in North Carolina.
“Single-party control has led to distrust and skepticism among voters. Voters should be asking themselves why Gov. Cooper is so desperate to maintain his partisan grip on the State Board of Elections,&#8221; Republican State Sen. Warren Daniel said, <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article280300589.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Charlotte News &amp; Observer.
Democrats have already moved to challenge the laws in court.

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Police in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> are investigating the discovery of roughly 300 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/voting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">absentee ballots</a> from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2020-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 election</a> that were found in a storage locker. 

The ballots <a href="https://www.michigannewssource.com/2023/06/absentee-ballots-discovered-in-genesee-county-storage-unit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were discovered</a> in a storage locker in Thetford Township in August 2022 but just disclosed after the town’s supervisor, Rachel Stanke, filed a freedom of information request and discussed the findings at a municipal meeting this week. The ballots, which <a href="https://www.abc12.com/news/local/police-investigating-absentee-ballots-found-in-thetford-township/article_6805ec3c-053d-11ee-bf4e-2fae3a13a100.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were found</a> in a locker owned by the deputy town clerk, appear to mostly be spoiled ballots, Michigan State Police said. 
Stanke, who was tipped off in 2021 that some absentee ballots might be missing, said that it was important to bring the discovery to light so citizens could trust future elections.
“That’s why I want to bring this to their attention,” she said, according to Michigan News Source. “And I want them to be able to make sure that their elections are run fairly and smoothly.”
With spoiled absentee ballots, voters could be sent a new one or go pick one up. “Say they didn&#8217;t receive their ballot or they lost it or their dog ate it. They would have to come into the township and write a letter I believe show their ID and be issued a new ballot,” Stanke said. 
The Michigan attorney general’s office will decide if any criminal charges need to be filed or if any laws were broken, according to ABC 12 News. The investigation by Michigan State Police is still ongoing. 
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Stanke said that the ballots had been accidentally stored at the facility by a former city employee. 
“She was not aware when she was asked to store them in there. She thought they were old township documents,&#8221; she <a href="https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/hundreds-of-ballots-found-in-a-storage-unit-in-genesee-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Members of the community want assurances that there will be more oversight about how and where ballots are stored. 
“Now this is all coming out and … I’m kind of happy that it’s coming out because the election is right around the corner again,” said Katie Hicks, a candidate for township clerk in 2020 who lost by just 19 votes. “And it concerns me that this will take place again for 2024.”
Thetford Township, a town of about 7,000 people, is located just north of Flint, Michigan.

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Police Investigating Discovery Of 2020 Absentee Ballots In Michigan Storage Locker

Republican and independent voters in Nassau County, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a>, this week were shocked to find out that they had changed parties after all the voter information cards mailed out before an upcoming primary mistakenly identified every voter as a Democrat.
The mistake, which drew condemnation from local Republican leaders, was made by “human error,” <a href="https://abc7ny.com/nassau-county-voters-mailer-board-of-election/13255440/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Phoenix Graphics, the company responsible for sending out the voting cards.
&#8220;Phoenix Graphics Inc. made a human error on Voter Information Cards for Nassau County. The voters party affiliation may have been incorrect on the first mailing however polling site information is correct. We take responsibility for that. As soon as it was discovered we moved immediately to remedy the situation. This is an isolated event, but we apologize for our mistake, especially to Nassau County officials, who bear no responsibility for this problem. We have fixed the error and at no cost to taxpayers will deliver corrected Voter Information Cards as soon as possible,” the company said in a statement.
According to local outlets, there are over 500,000 non-Democrats in the county and the mistake will cost about $300,000.
&#8220;We’re already starting to get phone calls from people, saying &#8216;I’m a registered Republican, I’m a registered conservative – how come I’m being identified as a Democrat? Who changed my registration?&#8217; And they’re quite upset about it,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/printing-error-makes-every-registered-voter-a-democrat-in-gop-leaning-nassau-county/4341046/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
&#8220;There’s a lot of confusion, there’s a lot of people emotionally upset about this,&#8221; he added.
The executive said that he did not believe that anything nefarious was going on.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party is engaged in a conspiracy to create havoc in their own primaries,” he <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/deja-blue-printers-flub-makes-every-nassau-county-voter-a-dem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “I don’t think the Democratic Party wants a bunch of Republicans showing up to vote in their primaries.”
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Blakeman <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BruceBlakemanNCExec/posts/pfbid02mKCEq6nnWDi5KSfXrS7sovR4iTPKsG1GuiAdFDcBzXPbr3qVVJAFFFMPaYV3zVRrl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did say</a> that the Board of Elections needed to review their processes, so that the “disturbing error” would not happen again.
Phoenix Graphics, a printing company based in Rochester, has over 40 years of experience in election-related printing, <a href="https://www.phoenix-graphics.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to its website.
Nassau County’s primary elections are scheduled for June 27.

Every Registered Voter In Republican-Leaning New York County Turned Democrat After ‘Human Error’

Every Registered Voter In Republican-Leaning New York County Turned Democrat After 'Human Error'

New York

Georgia residents might have to wait at least one day to know the winner of Tuesday&#8217;s Senate runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
Citing record-breaking early voting turnout, one state election official predicted that the results might not be apparent on election night as he expects a close contest.
&#8220;We&#8217;re preparing for, you know, it being a very tight race,&#8221; Georgia secretary of state’s chief operating officer <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/georgia-senate-race-12-04-22/index.html">Gabriel Sterling told CNN&#8217;s Pamela Brown</a> in an <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnr/date/2022-12-03/segment/11">interview Saturday</a>. &#8220;I anticipate we may not know on Tuesday night. It just, it really depends because it&#8217;s up to the voters and they&#8217;re, and they&#8217;re showing up in droves.&#8221;
Officials have estimated more than 1.85 million Georgians have already voted, and two single-day records have been broken in about a week, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/georgia-senate-runoff-smashes-early-voting-records-attracts-new-voters-rcna59981">according to NBC News.</a> Sterling <a href="https://twitter.com/GabrielSterling/status/1598883931532587009">previously said</a> he expects the final tally in early voting, which ended Friday, to reach over 1.9 million as absentee ballots are counted.
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&#8220;There&#8217;s obviously a lot of enthusiasm. &#8230; Both Democrats and Republicans can point to the turnout models and say, &#8216;that&#8217;s good for us&#8217; so nobody knows what&#8217;s going to happen,&#8221; Sterling told CNN.
Warnock is facing his second runoff in two years after neither he nor Walker reached the 50% support needed to win the general election in November. Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party candidate, received a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/elections/georgia-runoff-chase-oliver.html">little more than 2% support</a>, which would have been sufficient to put either Warnock or Walker over the threshold set by state law.
While Warnock has the backing of top Democrats, including President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama, Walker, a former football star, is supported by former President Donald Trump.
Unlike the 2021 runoff election, in which Democrats swept both Senate seats in Georgia and took control of the chamber, the balance of power in the Senate will not be decided in the Peach State. Democrats already retained a razor-thin command with a win in Nevada, but having another seat could help party leadership bypass more centrist members who sometimes break ranks.
A recent CNN poll shows Warnock <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/cnn-poll-georgia-senate-runoff-election/index.html">holding a narrow lead</a> over Walker. Data indicates Democrats are outpacing Republicans in terms of in-person and mail-in early voting as well as ad spending, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/georgia-senate-runoff-smashes-early-voting-records-attracts-new-voters-rcna59981">NBC News reported</a>.

Raphael Warnock/Herschel Walker

Georgia Official Doubts Senate Runoff Winner Will Be Known On Election Night

2022 Election

2022 Midterms

Herschel Walker

Raphael Warnock

Senate

While Arizona’s handling of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">midterm election</a> has been the focus of media outlets and pundits for some time, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> still has <a href="https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/statewide-elections/2022-general/unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf">more than 250,000 uncounted ballots</a> across the state.
It’s been more than two weeks since America voted in the 2022 midterms, yet the largest state in the country is still counting ballots. The vast majority of the uncounted ballots are from people who voted by mail, with Sacramento County failing to count a whopping 84,000 mail-in ballots.
“Thanksgiving is upon us, and California will still have at least 250,000 leftover uncounted ballots after the holiday,” Rob Pyers, research director for the non-partisan California Target Book, wrote on Twitter.
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Sacramento had the most outstanding ballots with 89,000 (including the mail-in ballots and 5,000 provisional ballots), followed by nearby Placer County with just under 39,000 left to count. Los Angeles County had the third-most uncounted ballots, with 15,105.
The remaining ballots represent a tiny fraction of the total votes cast in the Golden State in 2022, but it’s prompted some to ask what is taking so long.
The answer is simple: In 2020, during the pandemic, California, along with other states, began mailing ballots to all registered voters. The practice became permanent in 2021, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/california-midterm-election-counting-house-control">reported</a>, and ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be accepted for up to seven days after the polls close.
California, being the most populous state in the country with more than <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/number-of-registered-voters-by-state">22 million registered voters</a>, means that millions of ballots come in by mail. In 2020, 15 million people in the state voted by mail – 87% of the total votes. This year should see a smaller percentage, but the number will still be staggering.
CNN reported that the state would continue to process votes until December 8, meaning the election results will not be certified by California’s secretary of state until December 16.
“It’s just a huge electorate and in some of the counties – LA County, Orange County, even Kern County where the [GOP Rep. David] Valadao race is – there are a lot of people living there and a lot of ballots that have to be counted,” Christian Grose, academic director at the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, told CNN. “With that ‘week after’ deadline, really the counting starts in earnest now. They really will be finishing the counting in the next week or two instead of the immediate day after Election Day.”
And while 250,000 seems like a big number, it does appear as though California is working quickly to count the ballots. On November 16, the state still had 2.8 million uncounted ballots, so it’s processed more than 2.5 million in the past eight days.

Voting Solutions for All People (VSAP) Tally System which scans ballots and tabulates the votes.

California Still Has More Than 250,000 Uncounted Ballots

California

Mail-in voting, which has substantially changed results around the country since it was widely implemented in 2020 during the COVID crisis, has been pushed by the Democratic Party for over a decade.
COVID gave several key states the chance to implement mail-in voting, something Democrats at the federal level had been seeking since 2009, when California Democrat Rep. Susan Davis introduced H.R. 1604, the “Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009. In 1978, California became the <a href="https://time.com/4539862/early-voting-history-first-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first state</a> to permit voters to obtain an absentee ballot without citing a reason.
“No evidence exists suggesting the potential for fraud in absentee balloting is greater than the potential for fraud by any other method of voting,” the bill <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1604/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>.
The leftist ACLU chimed in with its support, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-letter-house-administration-committee-supporting-hr-1604-universal-right-vote-mail-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a>, “This bill would give all voters the choice of voting by mail by eliminating the unnecessary, burdensome, and often intrusive requirements that some states impose on voters requesting absentee ballots.”
At about the same time, a bill titled the “Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2009” was sponsored by noteworthy leftist House Democrats, including John Conyers of Michigan and Jerrold Nadler of New York.
The bill <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/105/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> “a national Federal write-in absentee ballot,” adding, “An otherwise eligible national Federal write-in absentee ballot shall be counted if postmarked or signed before the close of the polls on election day and received by the appropriate State election official on or before the date which is 10 days after the date of the election or the date provided for receipt of absentee ballots under State law, whichever is later.”
That bill contended that “each State shall notify in writing any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the law of that State that such individual has the right to vote in an election for Federal office &#8230; the notification required &#8230; shall be given on the date on which the individual  is sentenced to serve only a term of probation; or is released from the custody of that State &#8230;”
The first time mail-large-scale voting occurred in the United States came during the Civil War, when soldiers away from home were permitted to vote by mail. That effort helped secure Republican President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election victory against Democrat General George McLellan.
In the decades that followed, a specific reason for requesting a mail-in ballot was needed in order to obtain one, rather than them being widely available on demand,
Prior to the 2020 COVID pandemic, five states had entirely mail-in elections, according to <a href="https://time.com/5892357/voting-by-mail-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TIME</a>: Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah.
“Most states still require voters to make a formal request for an absentee ballot,” the leftist Brennan Center <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/mail-voting-what-has-changed-2020">reported</a> in September 2020, adding, “This year, however, many of those states took significant steps to make it easier for voters to obtain absentee ballots.”
In late July 2021, former President Trump <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-greatest-election-disaster-2020-389712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that mail-in voting would lead to “the greatest election disaster in history &#8230; This will be catastrophic for our nation. &#8230; Everyone knows mail-in ballots are a disaster.”
“It is essential from a health reason because we want to keep people at home to vote without having them all collect on Election Day, but if they do want to vote in person, that we have sufficient spacing and all the rest so it’s not a risk to their health,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/02/pelosi-mail-in-voting-health-coronavirus-390588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">countered</a>.

Man putting voting ballot to mailbox.

COVID Gave Dems Chance To Force Mail-In Voting. They’ve Been Trying Since 2009.

COVID Gave Dems Chance To Force Mail-In Voting. They've Been Trying Since 2009.

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