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.

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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'

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Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-kemp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kemp</a> (R-GA) has signed a bill into law that prohibits <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> counties from taking private money to fund elections after millions of dollars in private money were used in the Peach State during the 2020 presidential election.
The law, SB 222, strengthens a previous law that banned officials but not counties from accepting money. The law was in part <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-money-ban-b5c60e678cd1b4b8ffb8dd76bf8cd88b">precipitated</a> by DeKalb County, an Atlanta area county that voted 83% for Joe Biden, taking $2 million from the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence this year, seemingly skirting the first iteration of the law. 
Honest Elections Project Action, an election watchdog group, praised the decision, saying that it would help restore trust in Georgia’s elections. 
&#8220;Honest Elections Project Action applauds Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia state legislature for further tightening the state’s prohibition on outside funding for election administration, prompted by the left-wing dark money funded Center for Tech and Civic Life attempting to evade state law to pump $2 million into DeKalb County,&#8221; <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_0cd105de-eaaa-11ed-8d21-6f15eba51bdb.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Jason Snead, the group’s executive director.
&#8220;The private funding of election administration ultimately sows distrust in election outcomes,&#8221; he added. &#8220;States across the country should follow in Georgia’s footsteps by passing robust bans on private election administration funding.&#8221;
Following the 2020 election, critics argued that the massive amount of election funding by several groups, including the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), unfairly benefited Democrat-dominated counties. 
Both groups were backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who gave about $419 million to the groups to give to counties for the 2020 election. In Georgia in 2020, the CTLC <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/zuckerbergs-45m-boosted-dem-turnout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave $30 million</a> to counties during the presidential election and another $14 million during the Senate runoff. This money became known as &#8220;Zuckerbucks,&#8221; because the tech billionaire had poured so much money into the races. 
According to an analysis by the Government Accountability Foundation, the spending overwhelmingly favored counties that Biden won. In blue counties, $7.13 was spent per registered voter, while only $1.91 was spent per registered voter in red counties, according to the report. 
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&#8220;The Zuckerberg funding is an unprecedented example of using government employees and government resources to put your finger on the scale, to affect the election outcome,&#8221; Tarren Bragdon, CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability, told Fox News. 
Bragdon said that the key was to “follow the money” when looking at the donations in Georgia. 
&#8220;They will talk about most of the counties that got money had fewer than 25,000 people or that X percent of counties were Republican counties,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But the key here is to follow the money. And the money went disproportionately to Democratic counties. In Georgia, more than 90 percent of the money went to those Democrat counties. And you could see from the spending per registered voter that it was not proportionate at all.&#8221;
Other reporting cited similar impacts of the spending in other tight states, including <a href="https://thefga.org/research/the-wisconsin-zuckerbucks-problem/">Wisconsin</a> and <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/13/mark-zuckerberg-spent-419m-on-nonprofits-ahead-of-2020-election-and-got-out-the-dem-vote/">Arizona</a>. 
Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas all banned private election funding in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.

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Georgia Bans Counties From Using Private Money For Elections After 2020 ‘Zuckerbucks’ Controversy

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A local official in Flint, Michigan, was sentenced to six months of house arrest Monday for misconduct in office after sabotaging a ballot box in her own election in 2020. 
Kathy Funk, a Democrat and former Flint Township Clerk, was accused of breaking a seal on a ballot box to ensure that the votes couldn’t be recounted. Funk must wear an ankle monitor and write a public apology for her actions during the election, the Associated Press <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2023/04/24/michigan-official-gets-house-arrest-for-2020-ballot-sabotage/70146413007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“I’m sure there’s a segment of the population that thinks you should be locked up for calling into question the integrity of an election,” Judge Mark Latchana told her at her sentencing on Monday. “And if we had unlimited jail space, perhaps that’s true. But we don’t.”
After votes were cast in the 2020 primary election for her seat as township clerk, Funk sabotaged the ballot box, making the ballots ineligible for a recount, according to investigators. There was no recount, even though the township clerk won her primary election by just 79 votes. She went on to win the general election later that fall. 
Funk told police that someone broke into the township hall where the ballots were kept and broke the seal on the ballot box. At her sentencing, the judge admonished her for her break-in theory, the AP reported. 
The 59-year-old quit her position as township clerk in 2021 to become the elections supervisor in Genesee County. Funk was dismissed as elections supervisor last year as her criminal case was pending.  
Funk entered a “no contest” plea in January, and prosecutors agreed to spare her from jail time. Misconduct in office is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, Michigan Radio <a href="https://www.michiganradio.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2023-04-24/judge-sentences-former-genesee-county-elections-official-to-probation-and-to-write-an-apology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
Latchana also sentenced Funk to 24 months of probation along with fines.  
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“I’m not sure how I feel about the sentence,” Flint Township Supervisor Karyn Miller said. “But I am pleased that the judge made it crystal clear that this was her responsibility and she has to be accountable for it.”

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Michigan Dem Sentenced To House Arrest For Sabotaging Ballot Box In 2020 Election

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> officials announced this week that they found nearly 20,000 dead people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/voting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">registered to vote</a> as they look for ways to clean up the voter rolls. 
The discovery was announced on Monday by the Virginia Department of Elections, <a href="https://www.elections.virginia.gov/news-releases/department-of-elections-updates-list-maintenance-practices-for-deceased-voters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which said</a> that election officials found 18,990 dead people on the voter rolls, a mistake that was described as a “computer coding error.”
“It was a computer coding error that missed between the date of the death being reported and the date of the death certificate,” Virginia elections commissioner Susan Beals <a href="https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/04/virginia-discovers-nearly-19000-dead-people-on-voter-rolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We are in the process of building a new statewide voter registration system, and I want to make sure that the data we put into that system is as up-to-date as it can possibly be.”
Beals said that the names would be removed from the rolls and that she did not realize the magnitude of the problem. “I knew that there was something there, but I didn’t know that it was this big,” Beals said, according to local outlet WTOP. 
The elections department said that it had obtained death records from the Virginia Department of Health, dating back to 1960, to check the system. “As a result of these findings and process improvements, citizens can expect to see a significant number of names removed from Virginia’s voter rolls,” a press release from the department said. 
The dead voters were discovered as the state works to update its system, including giving local registrars more jurisdiction to take dead people off. The streamlined process will allow an obituary or family member’s notification to be used to take a voter out of the system, a process that required an official death certificate in the past. 
“We have made it easier to identify and remove deceased voters more quickly,” Beals said. “This is actually something that registrars have requested.”
The state elections department also said that it would be working to clean up the process for residents who live in areas of Virginia that border other states like West Virginia and Tennessee or Washington, D.C.
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“Through a national database, general registrars may now verify if the death of a registered voter occurred outside of the Commonwealth. In the past, general registrars experienced difficulties confirming the death of Virginia voters who died in out-of-state hospitals or facilities,” the department explained. 
Beals was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) in March 2022 to head up the department. She had previously worked for several Virginia Republicans and served on the Chesterfield Electoral Board. 
“I am committed to promoting and supporting secure, accurate, open, and fair elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Beals <a href="https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/youngkin-appoints-susan-beals-as-virginias-new-elections-commissioner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement at the time. “I will strive to meet the goals of the department’s strategic plan which seeks to increase voter confidence in the election process and strengthen the security of the Commonwealth’s elections.”

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Nearly 20,000 Dead People Registered As Voters In Virginia, Election Officials Say

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Fox News Settles With Dominion
Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-settles-landmark-defamation-suit-spares-murdoch-from-witness-stand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement just moments before opening arguments were set to begin. The deal ends a months-long legal battle in which Dominion accused Fox of spreading false information about the 2020 election, specifically relating to Dominion voting machines. Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million.
Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained In Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/evan-gershkovich?mod=article_inline">Evan Gershkovich</a>, the American journalist arrested in Russia in March, was denied bail Tuesday and ordered to be held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison as he awaits his trial. Russian authorities have accused Gershkovich of spying — a claim that both his employer and the U.S. State Department have strongly denied. The Biden administration has said that his release is a top concern and priority. Here’s U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Roger D. Carstens recently addressing the international fiasco:
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“We’ve had kind of a full court press within the State Department and the U.S. government writ large”: The U.S. has determined Russia has wrongfully detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.<a href="https://twitter.com/StateSPEHA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StateSPEHA</a> says officials are working on bringing both Evan and Paul Whelan home. <a href="https://t.co/aW3PhXKSfW">pic.twitter.com/aW3PhXKSfW</a>
&mdash; CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1646140113775210496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Taiwan Buying Anti-Ship Missiles
Taiwan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taiwan-prepares-for-potential-china-invasion-set-to-purchase-400-u-s-land-launched-missiles-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will purchase roughly 400 Harpoon land-launched anti-ship missiles</a> — crafted by Boeing — as a measure of protecting its coastal zones against a potential invasion from China. Daily Wire reporter Brandon Drey has more:
<blockquote>The pending agreement comes after Congress approved a deal in 2020. Pentagon officials announced a $1.7 billion contract with Boeing earlier this month. However, the contract did not mention Taiwan as the buyer. This comes as U.S.-China tensions are high, specifically over Taiwan, the self-governed island that China claims as part of its territory. Beijing criticized the deal on Tuesday, saying that it would “undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests.”</blockquote>
Elon Warns About AI
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk revealed he will create a third option to challenge Microsoft and Google’s artificial intelligence platforms, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-warns-of-grave-danger-that-ai-could-pose-to-humanity">warned that the technology could cause “civilizational destruction</a>” without proper guardrails.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>: &quot;[AI] has the potential of civilizational destruction&#8230;It wouldn&#39;t quite happen like Terminator&#8230;
If we put in regulations after something terrible has happened, it may be too late to&#8230;put the regulations in place. The AI may be in control at that point.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/CZVDZDPHtk">pic.twitter.com/CZVDZDPHtk</a>
&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1648286249453752320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Last month, Musk — who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and then stepped down from the company’s board in 2018 — registered a firm named X.AI Corp. The move came after he and other experts called for a six-month pause on advanced AI development.
SCOTUS Hears Religious Freedom Case
A <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/supreme-court-and-doj-find-points-of-agreement-in-religious-freedom-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dispute over package delivery</a> on Sundays between a Pennsylvania postal worker and the postal service has reached the nation’s highest court and is being considered today.
Gerald Groff is a Christian and told his employer that he could not deliver packages on the Lord’s Day. Lower courts have sided with the Postal Service, saying that a demand for Sundays off meant extra work for other employees and caused tension. Groff argues employers can too easily turn down employees’ requests for religious accommodations, and if he wins, that could change.
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The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to block Washington, D.C., from allowing non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to vote in local elections.
<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023118" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forty-two Democrats joined</a> the Republicans in the majority to disapprove the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act, which the D.C. Council <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-council-passes-non-citizens-voting-bill-washington/65-ec15212a-2d97-4f42-ad18-15202fca197e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed in 2022</a>.
Another resolution focused on the nation&#8217;s capital, which aims to block D.C. from overhauling its criminal code, <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also passed the House</a> on Thursday.
“Today the House took the first step to prevent two of the D.C. Council’s irresponsible and dangerous laws from going into effect,&#8221; said House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who introduced the D.C. voting resolution. &#8220;These misguided efforts would allow crime to run rampant and disenfranchise American citizens in our nation’s capital.&#8221;
Under the Home Rule, Congress has the authority to review any legislation passed by the D.C. Council before it becomes law.
The D.C. bill allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections, but not federal elections, would go into effect in 2024, <a href="https://dcist.com/story/23/02/06/dc-bowser-revised-criminal-code/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to local news outlet DCist</a>. Upon its passing last year, the bill&#8217;s lead sponsor, Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianneKNadeau/status/1582455467623661569" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged of how she</a> &#8220;championed expanding voting rights so that those who have made the District their home have the right for their voices to be heard in our local issues, no matter their immigration status.&#8221;
The other bill, the one overhauling D.C.&#8217;s century-old criminal code, would not take effect until October 2025. While proponents argue the overhaul updates and improves an outdated system, critics warn it would embolden wrongdoers by reducing the penalties for certain crimes.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) vetoed the criminal code changes, but the D.C. Council voted to override the veto. Bowser then proposed targeted alterations to the revised code, including restoring maximum penalties for gun crimes and carjackings, as well as delaying its implementation to 2027, <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-mayor-proposes-changes-to-criminal-code-bill-ahead-of-congressional-vote/3272811/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per NBC Washington</a>.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) assailed Republicans in Congress for introducing &#8220;undemocratic&#8221; and &#8220;paternalistic&#8221; resolutions to overrule the D.C. Council.
“Instead of abusing its power over D.C. by nullifying legislation enacted by the D.C. Council, the House should adhere to democratic principles and pass my D.C. statehood bill, which would give D.C. residents voting representation in Congress and full control over their local affairs,” <a href="https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-speak-house-floor-opposing-undemocratic-paternalistic-disapproval" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Norton said in prepared remarks</a>.
During a speech, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) accused her GOP colleagues of &#8220;expanding&#8221; their support of disenfranchisement in the &#8220;overwhelmingly black city,&#8221; pointing out how Republicans already oppose D.C. statehood.
&#8220;The D.C. City Council has the right to determine its policies for D.C. residents,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And if any member of this body does not like that, they can feel free to change their registration, resign their post and run for D.C. City Council.&#8221;
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“The D.C. City Council has the right to determine its policies for D.C. residents. And if any member of this body does not like that, they can feel free to change their registration, resign their post and run for D.C. City Council.” <a href="https://t.co/NQMf6QEJFd">pic.twitter.com/NQMf6QEJFd</a>
&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/1623748820692500481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Both resolutions passed by the House on Thursday need to also be approved by the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats. It was not immediately clear whether the upper chamber will consider them but the White House has already signaled its opposition.
&#8220;While we work towards making Washington, D.C. the 51st state of our Union, Congress should respect the District of Columbia’s autonomy to govern its own local affairs,&#8221; Biden&#8217;s administration <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-statehood-revised-criminal-code-house-rules-committee-meeting-james-comer-andrew-clyde-mayor-muriel-bowser-council-chariman-phil-mendelson-president-joe-biden-crime-voting-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told local ABC affiliate WJLA</a>.

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Republican-Led House Moves To Stop D.C.’s Illegal Immigrant Voting Plan

Republican-Led House Moves To Stop D.C.'s Illegal Immigrant Voting Plan

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A local <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school board</a> race in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a> has appeared to flip after electronic voting machine errors were discovered during an investigation into election irregularities.
The tabulation errors occurred in Monmouth County where Steve Clayton initially prevailed over Jeffrey Weinstein by 20 votes in the initial count in the race for a school board seat in Ocean Township. According to the new tally, Weinstein actually won by one vote.
The errors, which involved double counting of votes across four municipalities, were discovered while the Board of Elections investigated another alleged issue during the election, <a href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/vote-machine-tabulation-error-shifts-one-local-race-in-monmouth-after-irregularities-discovered/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New Jersey Globe.
Clayton, who began his term on the board this month, said he will let the process play out. “I will let the process play itself out,” he said. “I’m laser-focused on what the voters sent me to do.”
In the initial count, Clayton had 3,523 votes in comparison to Weinstein’s 3,503. Monmouth County’s voting machine vendor, Election Systems and Software (ES&amp;S) has reportedly “acknowledged” that mistake in their system, according to the Globe.
ES&amp;S scans and counts election ballots in over 30% of New Jersey counties. The errors could change vote totals in Belmar, Fair Haven, and Tinton Falls, but are not expected to flip any races.
Sussex County Clerk Jeff Parrott said he was “disappointed” that the state’s attorney general’s office has not notified him or any other clerks of the errors discovered in Monmouth County.
“Nobody has brought it to my attention. I’m disappointed and dismayed,” Parrott said. “It’s unacceptable to me.”
The race between Weinstein, who had served as school board president, and Clayton was tight on Election Day, as the two were only separated by 25 votes with mail-in-ballots left to be counted.
“I will wait for all remaining ballots to be counted,” Clayton said at the time. “I am very grateful for all the support I received, and if my lead holds, I look forward to working with my fellow board members on behalf of our students.”

2004 Spanish General Election Republica de Colombia public scholl in Madrid used as polling station during the day of the spanish General Election.

Local New Jersey Race Flips After Voting Machine Irregularities Detected

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New Jersey

Georgia broke another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-georgias-record-voter-turnout-is-actually-voter-suppression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting record</a> Monday, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots 2022 senate runoff election between incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/raphael-warnock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Raphael Warnock</a> (D-GA) and GOP challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/herschel-walker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herschel Walker</a>.
Interim Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling announced that more than 239,160 Georgians voted on Monday, smashing the previous early voting record of more than 233,252 votes in 2018, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2022-georgia-senate-runoff-georgia-sets-one-day-early-voting-record/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News.
Georgia voters have been particularly animated in this election, despite Democratic warnings that a 2021 voter integrity law signed by incumbent Governor Brian Kemp would disenfranchise millions of voters. Democrats warned the legislation would usher in a new era of “Jim Crow 2.0.” President Joe Biden said it would make that previous era of American history look like “Jim Eagle.”
However, despite those predictions <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/early-voting-breaks-records-georgia-bitter-senate-race-tests-red-blue-rcna55810">more than two million people voted</a> via early voting and absentee ballots, smashing previous records in the process for the general election.
When asked about that fact and Biden&#8217;s previous comments prior to the general election, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied that the state&#8217;s voting law hampered the ability to vote.
“As you know, I have to be careful. I cannot get into politics from here,” Jean-Pierre said, “The president has been very clear that based on the ‘Big Lie’ there have been a host of anti-voter policies forced on states that challenge America’s fundamental right to vote, the access to voting. So this is against our most basic values, including respect for the law and the constitution.”
Jean-Pierre also claimed that record turnout doesn&#8217;t disprove voter suppression.
“Speaking generally of course, but more broadly, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,” she added. “One doesn’t have to happen on its own. They can be happening at the same time, but I will leave it there without being able to really dig into the politics of this.”
Warnock, the  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-raphael-warnock-file">53-year-old reverend</a> from Atlanta, Georgia, was first elected to the Senate on January 5, 2021, after defeating GOP candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kelly-loeffler">Kelly Loeffler</a> in a run-off election. Loeffler had been appointed to serve until an election, having replaced the late Johnny Isakson.
As a newcomer into politics, Walker spent much of his campaign tying Warnock to unpopular President Joe Biden and painted the Democrat as a divisive, out-of-touch progressive.
“Senator Warnock believes America is a bad country full of racist people,” Walker said in one ad. “I believe we’re a great country full of generous people. Warnock wants to divide us. I want to bring us together.”
After neither candidate secured more than 50% of the vote on November 8, the race officially moved to a runoff election.
Democrats currently have a 50-49 seat advantage. Polls show that Warnock and Walker are in a <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2022/georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">virtual dead heat</a>.

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Georgia Sets New Single Day Early Voting Record In Senate Runoff

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Herschel Walker

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While criticism has mounted against various states for their lassitude in reporting election results, the state of Florida has been lauded for its speed and efficiency in delivering the news of the results.
Some of the reasons Florida has promptly and swiftly calibrated the results of elections include election officials processing mail ballots three weeks before the election; as opposed to a state such as Pennsylvania which only <a href="https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permits</a> counting those ballots on Election Day; the state having counted mail ballots for years, so the process is familiar; and domestic mail ballots in Florida having a deadline of 7 p.m. on Election Day with their disqualification if they arrive after that, as opposed to states where mail ballots can be considered legitimate if they are received up to a week after the election.
“The county canvassing board may begin the canvassing of vote-by-mail ballots at 7 a.m. on the 22nd day before the election, but not later than noon on the day following the election,” Florida law <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2020/101.68" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>. “In addition, for any county using electronic tabulating equipment, the processing of vote-by-mail ballots through such tabulating equipment may begin at 7 a.m. on the 22nd day before the election.”
“I think it’s a testament to the state’s performance that you see chaos unfolding in some of these other battleground states, where the votes may not be counted for days, where one state isn’t counting anything today, there just going to go back tomorrow; that people are actually looking at Florida and asking the question: ‘Why can’t these states be more like Florida?’” Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis stated after the November 2020 election.
“Florida was able to handle 11 million ballots, a combination of in-person early voting, vote-by mail, Election day, process then in a timely way, tabulate them and report them. And these other states had the opportunity to do that; they haven’t done it.”
“The way Florida did it, I think, inspires confidence; I think that’s how elections should be run; and I think that if it’s something that you want to do it that way, it requires you to take action; it requires you to put effort into it, but I think it’s worth it,” he stated.
“I would note that we’re one of the few states in the country where you can follow the number of people that are voting in real time. The mail votes that are received, the early votes, the Election Day vote; the rest of these states it’s kind of like a black hole,” he concluded.
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A Pennsylvania judge has extended voting hours in Luzerne County after the discovery of a paper shortage at polling sites.
The deadline was extended from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time under the emergency order from Judge Lesa Gelb of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.
&#8220;Voters in Luzerne County, through no fault of their own, were disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote,&#8221; Gleb wrote in her order, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/midterm-elections-2022-live-results-and-updates/#24577273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the New York Post. &#8220;The constitutional right to vote requires an extension of the voting hours.&#8221;
Voters in the country were &#8220;disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote&#8221; by the shortage, according to the judge.
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Voters at some precincts indicate that voting machines are running out of paper and election officials are scrambling to address the situation. <a href="https://t.co/CxMJ8PctCQ">https://t.co/CxMJ8PctCQ</a>
&mdash; WNEP (@WNEP) <a href="https://twitter.com/WNEP/status/1590028705836855296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="p-rich_text_section">“Upon arriving at the polling locations to set up machines on Election Day poll workers at the Luzerne County polling locations discovered that the voting machines were seriously deficient of paper to print out the ballot after the voter uses the machine to vote,” they <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3725562-judge-extends-voting-hours-in-luzerne-county-pennsylvania-after-paper-shortage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in court papers.</div>
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<div class="p-rich_text_section">A total of 35 precincts were impacted by the shortages according to Beth Gilbert McBride, the county’s acting elections director, local outlet Standard-Speaker <a href="https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/update-2-52-p-m-judge-orders-luzerne-county-polls-to-stay-open-until-10/article_c0592d21-d41b-535b-9514-76076ef7dbea.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Provisional ballots were being used as a backup measure, though there were expected shortages of provisional ballots as well.</div>
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Some locations may not receive the additional printed ballots until 4:30 p.m., according to the report. County officials are reportedly investigating the matter.
WBRE News <a href="https://www.pahomepage.com/election/your-local-election-headquarters/paper-ballot-shortage-prompts-request-to-extend-voting-hours-in-luzerne-county/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that voters had contacted the outlet and &#8220;said they could not vote or were told to come back to vote later in the day.&#8221;
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POLLING HOURS EXTENDED &#8211; Because of dozens of polling places running out of the necessary paper for the voting machines in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuzerneCounty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LuzerneCounty</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pennsylvania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pennsylvania</a> — a county judge has extended the polls until 10pm this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ElectionDay</a> Photo from <a href="https://twitter.com/HalfCourt24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HalfCourt24</a> who’s in Luz Co now <a href="https://t.co/RsUjWwsEZ9">pic.twitter.com/RsUjWwsEZ9</a>
&mdash; Chelsea Strub (@chelseastrub) <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseastrub/status/1590070659186851840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Approximately 204,500 registered voters live in Luzerne County. Former President Donald Trump won the county by 14 points in 2020, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/midterm-elections-2022-live-results-and-updates/#24577273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the New York Post.
Luzerne County is located south of Scranton and includes the communities of Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton.
The Pennsylvania midterm elections have been among the most heated and expensive campaigns in the nation. Democrat Josh Shapiro faces Republican Doug Mastriano in the battle for governor, while Democrat John Fetterman faces Republican Mehmet Oz for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania in one of the most closely-watched matchups in the nation.
Fetterman has been criticized both for his leftist views as well as his health after facing a stroke shortly before the primary. Oz has faced scrutiny over residency issues as a relative newcomer to the state.
Oz has gained momentum in recent weeks following endorsements from key GOP leaders, including former President Donald Trump. Most recent polls indicate a close contest.
The well-known medical doctor campaigned in Luzerne County just one day before the election.
&#8220;Full house in Luzerne County! Get out and vote tomorrow!&#8221; Oz tweeted on Monday.
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Full house in Luzerne County! Get out and vote tomorrow! <a href="https://t.co/qY08gnSZQm">pic.twitter.com/qY08gnSZQm</a>
&mdash; Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrOz/status/1589735220785209345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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PA Judge Extends Voting Hours In Luzerne County Due To Paper Shortage

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A number of voting machines were malfunctioning in Maricopa County, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a>, as voters headed to the polls Tuesday for the 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">midterm elections</a>.
Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelli Ward first reported that issues were occurring at several polling places in Maricopa County. Local media confirmed shortly afterward that at least one tabulation machine was having an issue; later in the morning, local outlets and county officials reported that as many as one in five polling places were having issues.
&#8220;BIG problems with @MaricopaVote Tabulator ‘malfunctions’ at at least 6 places,&#8221; Ward tweeted early Tuesday morning. &#8220;DO NOT PUT YOUR BALLOT IN &#8216;BOX 3&#8217; TO BE &#8216;TABULATED DOWNTOWN.&#8217; Maricopa will not be turning on the downtown tabulators today. Find your next nearest polling place here,&#8221; she added, linking to Maricopa County&#8217;s elections website.
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status/1589987496330686470?s=20&amp;t=GFfry4NinnA2_eM6HFi1fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">separate tweet</a> later, Ward claimed that as many as 15 locations in Maricopa County were experiencing &#8220;tabulator malfunctions.&#8221;
Turning Point USA&#8217;s Tyler Bowyer tweeted video from a polling place in Anthem, Arizona. A poll worker explained to voters in line that one of the location&#8217;s two vote tabulators was misreading about 25% of the votes tabulated.
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Long lines in Anthem, Arizona with Poll Workers explaining that the <a href="https://twitter.com/maricopacounty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@maricopacounty</a> machines are not working. 
Do not get out of line! <a href="https://t.co/lInh8KnTz3">pic.twitter.com/lInh8KnTz3</a>
&mdash; Tyler Bowyer 🇺🇸 (@tylerbowyer) <a href="https://twitter.com/tylerbowyer/status/1589986706744578048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/08/election-day-2022-arizona-live-voting-updates-across-state/8267101001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona Republic</a> reported at least one tabulator malfunction at around 6:30 a.m. local time Tuesday morning. The Burton Barr Library in Phoenix accepted only drop-off mail ballots until the issue was resolved around 7:30 a.m. County officials told the outlet that the password to access the tabulation machine had been entered too many times, activating security protocols that locked the machine.
The paper reported at around 8:30 a.m. local time that Maricopa County was experiencing issues with the tabulation machines at approximately 10% of the 223 voting locations in the county. County elections department spokeswoman Megan Gilbertson told the Arizona Republic that it was &#8220;important for voters to talk to the poll workers on site&#8221; to get their vote cast successfully.
NewsNation southern border correspondent <a href="https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1589994202976641026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ali Bradley</a> reported, &#8220;AZ: Maricopa Co Recorder @stephen_richer confirms approximately 10 tabulation machines had issues across the county. He says that means the vote is centrally tabulated not tabulated at that location. He says voters can also choose a different location—There are 223 in the county.”
<a href="https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/election-2022-tabulation-issues-reported-at-some-maricopa-county-voting-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox 10 Phoenix</a> reported late Tuesday morning that around one in every five voting machines were experiencing some sort of malfunction. Election officials said these problems should not affect wait times; the longest waits in the county are between 30-40 minutes, Fox 10 reported. In the meantime, voters have three options:
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<li>Stay at the polling place and wait for the tabulation machine to come back on.</li>
<li>Leave their ballot in the drop box attached to the voting machine, &#8220;box 3,&#8221; to be counted at a central location Tuesday night.</li>
<li>&#8220;spoil&#8221; the ballot at the current polling place, and go to one with a working machine.</li>
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Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1590056673422770176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kari Lake</a> tweeted out guidance to voters, urging them to follow the suggestions of county officials. Both Lake and Senate candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1590003525530308610?s=20&amp;t=0PeKEb6ptd2MZ8U_M5UM_g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blake Masters</a> urged their supporters to stay in line and wait until their vote is counted.

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Maricopa County, Arizona, Experiences Large Number Of Voting Machine ‘Malfunctions’ Early Tuesday

Maricopa County, Arizona, Experiences Large Number Of Voting Machine 'Malfunctions' Early Tuesday

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