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/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-dewine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike DeWine</a> urged Ohioans to reject a proposed amendment that would place a right to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> in the state constitution as early voting on the measure began on Wednesday.
DeWine and Ohio first lady Fran DeWine said that Issue 1, the measure that would put abortion into the state constitution, would “allow an abortion at any time during a pregnancy” and that it “goes too far,&#8221; in a new ad for Protect Women Ohio, a ballot issue political action committee advocating against Issue 1.
“Fran and I have carefully studied it [Issue One],” DeWine <a href="https://twitter.com/ProtectWomenOH/status/1712103157780697431" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the ad. “But whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, Issue One is just not right for Ohio.”
Pro-life advocates and Republicans have said that the amendment would push forward the movement to have no limits on abortion in the state. In a legal analysis released last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-attorney-general-proposed-constitutional-amendment-would-legalize-all-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that, if passed, Issue 1 would effectively legalize all abortion in the state.
“[T]he Amendment would give greater protection to abortion to be free from regulation than at any time in Ohio’s history,” the analysis said. “That new test includes definitions and other terms that likewise make it harder for any law covering ‘reproductive decisions’ to survive.”
The effort to pass Issue 1 is supported by the Ohio Democratic Party, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, and the Ohio Women’s Alliance.
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Protect Women Ohio earlier this week released an ad that pointed out that Martin Haskell, a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1995/07/16/ban-partial-birth-abortions/c09f882c-ac24-45fa-a319-a9d42d6cd3b1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proponent</a> of partial-birth abortion, <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/31/ohio-abortion-rights-measure-early-reports-foreshadow-expensive-fight/70484242007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had given</a> $100,000 to Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, a political action committee that opposed a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state constitution and has advocated for passage of Issue 1.
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🚨 NEW AD: Meet Martin Haskell, the infamous abortionist who &quot;routinely&quot; performed unsafe, elective late term abortions in Ohio.
Issue 1 would give monsters like Haskell the constitutional right to bring back this barbaric practice.
Vote NO on Issue 1.<a href="https://t.co/BPdYWW3XZ3">https://t.co/BPdYWW3XZ3</a> <a href="https://t.co/CQmz4LZrnd">pic.twitter.com/CQmz4LZrnd</a>
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Amy Natoce, press secretary for Protect Women Ohio, said in a statement to The Daily Wire that Haskell&#8217;s donation was because he knew it would be “an investment in his late-term abortion practice.&#8221;
&#8220;By allowing abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy and eliminating commonsense health and safety protections for women, Issue 1 gives free rein to late-term abortionists like Martin Haskell. No Ohioan wants to bring that type of extremism and tragedy to our state,&#8221; she said. “Martin <a href="https://www.npr.org/2006/02/21/5168163/partial-birth-abortion-separating-fact-from-spin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Haskell invented</a> the barbaric partial-birth abortion technique in Ohio, and brags that he <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-09-27/html/CREC-1996-09-27-pt1-PgE1743.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;routinely&#8221; performs</a> late-term abortions at 20-24 weeks, even admitting <a href="https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/abortion/hearing-on-partial-birth-abortion-the-truth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">80% of the partial-birth abortions</a> he performs are &#8216;purely elective.'&#8221;
Ohioans will also vote on the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults.
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Pop star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> inspired a record-breaking number of fans to register to vote due to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram">Instagram</a> post.
Vote.org told <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-instagram-post-largest-voter-registration-day-since-2020-2023-9">Insider</a> that they had their largest National Voter Registration Day since 2020 on Tuesday and credit the success in part to Swift’s messaging. 
&#8220;Are you registered to vote yet? I&#8217;ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys at my US shows recently. I&#8217;ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you&#8217;re ready to use them in our elections this year,&#8221; the singer said in an Instagram story. 
The 33-year-old singer included a link to Vote.org and noted that it takes less than two minutes to register. Swift currently has <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/?hl=en">272 million followers</a> on the platform.
Vote.org noted that 35,252 people registered to vote and 157,041 eligible voters visited the site on Tuesday, representing a 22.5% jump in total registrations and a 115% increase among 18-year-olds compared to last year, Insider noted.
Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, said in a statement that these numbers were “record-breaking.”
&#8220;During the day on Tuesday, we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted. Our site was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutes — a number that Taylor Swift would be proud of,&#8221; Hailey told the outlet.
Swift was private about her political leanings until 2018 when she began openly supporting Democratic candidates after facing public pressure for staying silent. 
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“In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” Swift famously wrote in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BopoXpYnCes/?hl=en">social media post</a> ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. 
“I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love.”
The singer went on to condemn then-Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), saying, “her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me.”
The “Bad Blood” singer also endorsed Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election.

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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

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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'

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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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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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<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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Glenn Youngkin

Virginia

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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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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