Tag: election results
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Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate still focused on unproven voter fraud allegations
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate, recounted his longstanding and unproven case of voter fraud on Saturday. Still, his claims ... -
Winning Elections on Ideas | News, Sports, Jobs
It seems increasingly likely that America has entered a period where unwanted election results will be challenged by small local officials and face lawsuits ... -
Guadalupe County Elections Administrator Provides Summary of March 1 Primary Election
(Seguin) – Although the Republican and Democratic primary elections on March 1 were successful, there was a reported setback along the way – a setback that ... -
Judge says Tucker Carlson’s voter fraud comments may prove Fox News acted with ‘actual malice’ in Smartmatic libel suit
A New York judge says in a ruling that Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s comments could be crucial in proving the right-wing media company defamed Smartmatic, ... -
Takeaway as Jan. 6 panel watches Trump’s ‘criminal conspiracy’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising on Capitol Hill presented some of its findings in a filing in federal court, ... -
Georgia’s secretary of state is fighting for re-election as Trump’s target
item Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Members ... -
Column: New Oklahoma Analysis Shows Electoral System Isn’t Broken | Columnists
New analysis by the League of Women Voters has found that of the 1.5 million female voters who cast ballots in Oklahoma in the 2020 general ... -
Georgia man who marched in DC on Jan. 6 now compares ‘Stop the Steal’ to a ‘cult’
Keith Scott, a Trump supporter, told CNN the “Stop the Steal” movement is like a “cult.” Scott, a 49-year-old Georgian, embraced the movement after Fox News ... -
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell sues Verizon to block release of his phone records to Jan. 6 committee
Sidney Powell, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against Verizon on Tuesday, seeking to block the company from providing his phone ... -
Alarm as Trump backs ‘big lies’ candidates for key campaign posts in Michigan | donald trump
Donald Trump has endorsed right-wing Republican candidates who support his baseless claims of a stolen election for key Michigan positions, raising the prospect of a Trump ... -
‘We have a plan’: QAnon supporters watch official state election races | QAnon
QAnon, the extremist conspiratorial movement whose supporters believe Donald Trump is waging war on the ‘deep state’, appears to have launched a national effort to take ... -
House Speaker Rusty Bowers unhappy with Finchem election denial bill
Rep. Mark Finchem again raised baseless doubts about the 2020 election on Monday, calling on lawmakers to rescind certification of results in three counties, including Maricopa. ... -
Indian state elections will test Modi’s strength
Indian voters will go to the polls from February 10 for elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, the most populous in the country. The results ... -
Election groups claim Lancaster County fraud, but won’t provide evidence [Lancaster Watchdog] | PA power and politics
Audit the Vote PA, an organization founded in the aftermath of the 2020 election and committed to proving widespread voter fraud rampant in Pennsylvania’s last presidential ... -
‘Trump is wrong,’ says Pence of false claim about election cancellation
Former Vice President Mike Pence offered his strongest rebuke to Donald Trump on Friday, saying Mr Trump was “wrong” that Mr Pence had the legal power ... -
Secretary of State Ed Buchanan sets out to dispel voter fraud myths | Wyoming News
Former President Donald Trump won more in Wyoming than any other state in 2020. But there are those who still believe fraud happened here in the ... -
People’s democracy collapsed after the 2020 elections
Gordon L. Weil has previously written for the Washington Post and other newspapers, served on US Senate and EU staff, headed Maine state agencies, and served ... -
The sore losers of 2020 seek to run in the 2024 vote
Attendees were given the following promise: “We will discuss next steps to prevent the 2022 election from being stolen. You will come away with action items.” ... -
On PBS News Hour, Portman discusses Ukraine crisis and Senate election legislation
January 20, 2022 | Portman difference In an interview last night on PBS’ news hour Along with Judy Woodruff, Senators Portman and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) discussed ... -
Trump slams Biden, voices unsubstantiated voter fraud allegations at first rally of 2022
Old President TrumpDonald Trump’s Wendy Sherman takes on the starring role as Biden’s “hard-core” negotiator for Russia. Senate must confirm Deborah Lipstadt as anti-Semitism envoy — ... -
Trump loyalists form alliance to try to resume election process in key states | american politics
Extreme Republicans loyal to Donald Trump and his ‘big lie’ that the 2020 election was rigged have formed a national alliance aimed at seizing control of ... -
Alongside Miller-Meeks, Ernst denounces the Democrats’ sweeping attempt to take control of the election – Press releases
WASHINGTON — Joined by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), US Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), former county auditor and local election commissioner in Iowa, spoke in the Senate ... -
GM and Ford are back to donate to supporters of electoral fraud
Photo: Jon Cherry (Getty Images) Less than a year after pledging to stop or change donations to lawmakers who lied about 2020 election results – Detroit ... -
The Grand Old Indian Party is in survival mode
Victory is the only way a political party survives in the public eye. But the biggest challenge any political party faces is keeping up the morale ... -
Craig Holman: 2022 will rebuild or break our democracy | Columns
Across the country, civic groups, religious leaders and alarmed citizens are holding hundreds of candlelight vigils and voting rights marches and contacting Congress to mark one ... -
Middle East elections had consequences in 2021
One of our lessons from 2021 was that the elections had consequences. The contexts and impact of elections varied from country to country. But the 2021 ... -
Democracy under attack: How Republicans led the effort to make voting more difficult | US News
2021 was the year American democracy came under attack from within. Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election results, an effort that culminated in the Jan.6 ... -
Trump Could Be Charged With Attempt To Obstruct Election Certification, Legal Experts Sure | Attack on the US Capitol
Donald Trump is increasingly expected to be indicted for trying to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election this year, as House panel collects more evidence ... -
Jan 6 panel asks GOP representative Scott Perry to provide information
The House committee investigating the Jan.6 attack on Capitol Hill asked the representative. Scott perryScott Gordon PerryHouse Democrats pass Islamophobia bill in support of Omar House ... -
Trump loyalists knock on voters’ doors in latest quest to find 2020 election fraud
“They said they were with something called ‘the election verification committee’ or something – something I had never heard of,” said Snell, a retiree and former ... -
Hewitt rebuts allegations of electoral fraud by Ohio Senate candidate GOP
Conservative talk show host Hugh hewitt rebuffed allegations of electoral fraud by Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel (R) in an interview on Friday. Mandel claimed the ... -
Congress can prevent another January 6 by updating key electoral law
The American public does not tend to think highly of Congress. The historic Gallup poll shows that public approval by our national legislature has hovered around ... -
Second phase underway in 4 counties
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Secretary of State’s office announced Friday that it is beginning phase 2 of its forensic audit of the 2020 general election ... -
David Perdue continues 2020 election, further embracing refuted fraud claims
The lawsuit alleges that thousands of counterfeit or fraudulent ballots were counted in Fulton County, the most populous county in the state – although investigators in ... -
Trump told Meadows now was ‘not the right time’ for him to get COVID
Meadows says Trump told him it was impractical for Meadows to get COVID-19 after the election. Meadows tested positive for the virus on November 5, 2020, ... -
What the most shocked 2021 elections tell us about the losing parties
2021 was marked by high profile elections. In early January, the traditionally GOP-friendly Georgia sent two Democrats to the US Senate in two second elections, shifting ... -
Election fraud has hurt Republicans for decades, says Colorado Senate candidate Hanks
A prominent Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado claimed on Saturday that Republicans lost elections at least as far back as the 1990s due ... -
“Will be a godsend for the odds”
Donald Trump has challenged newspaper editors and politicians in a debate over his unfounded allegations of widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. In a ... -
Laser-focused on 2020, Trump seeks Michigan legislature that could help him in 2024
Jon Rocha was settling down to watch the new “Ghostbusters” with his young daughter in theaters last week when he heard the news that former President ... -
Jan. 6 group donation shows Trump’s grip on attorneys general | Republicans
A key group of Republican attorneys general who donated $ 150,000 to co-sponsor the January 6 rally where Donald Trump pushed his bogus allegations of electoral ... -
Conservative group pushes US attorneys general to ‘join prosecution’
Grassroots political organization pushes attorneys general across the country – including South Carolina attorney general Alain Wilson – to sign a lawsuit which must be filed ... -
Widespread Election Fraud Allegations Lack of Specific Examples | New
Republicans had great success in the 2020 general election in New Hampshire, but that hasn’t stopped some GOP members from exposing major voter fraud. “I think ... -
Trump’s antics give investigators something to investigate his efforts to upset 2020 Georgia election results
Trump, who is still mulling over his loss in 2020 and considering a run in 2024, has continued to complain about the results of the last ... -
Senior La Plata County election official explains what happens to ballots after they are cast – The Durango Herald
Multiple levels of judges oversee the process, from transporting ballots to verifying signatures Election judges Lisa Self, left, and Donna Burr review ballots on Thursday that ... -
Arizona GOP President Kelli Ward pushes for election audits in each of the state’s 15 counties
Arizona Republican Party President Kelli Ward is calling for election audits in all counties across the state, even after a Maricopa County audit confirmed the results ... -
John Scott appointed Secretary of State for Texas by Governor Greg Abbott
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday appointed John ... -
House panel recommends contempt charge of Stephen Bannon
WASHINGTON – A day before a crowd of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol, Stephen K. Bannon, former senior adviser to Mr. ... -
Texas Attorney General Sets Up Unit For Election Fraud Allegations In November Election – Houston Public Media
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, listens to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during a panel discussion in 2018. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a ... -
Iraq promises to resolve 356 complaints of electoral fraud and irregularities in one week
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraq’s High Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC) said on Saturday it had received 356 formal complaints about potential fraud or other irregularities in ... -
Iraq elections draw low turnout
Iraq (MNN) – In 2019, protesters across Iraq demanded new legislative elections. They were finally held on Sunday, but the election was plagued by low voter ... -
How GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell joined Trump’s ‘deplorable team’ in arguing for false allegations of electoral fraud
Mark Meadows was on the other line. The Republican congressman turned Trump’s White House chief of staff wanted to know if Mitchell could visit Georgia, where ... -
House Republican No.2 refuses to say 2020 election was not stolen
WASHINGTON (AP) – Second-row House Republican Rep. Steve Scalise repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election was not stolen, supporting Donald Trump’s lie ... -
Rudy Giuliani said he was representing Trump’s 2020 campaign for free because the president “ordered me to do so”
Rudy Giuliani. Jacquelyn Martin / AP Giuliani said Trump ordered him to represent his campaign for free, according to court documents. He was called to testify ... -
American Oversight launches investigation into Texas election audits – YubaNet
Today, the non-partisan watch group American Oversight launched an open investigation into Texas’ recently announced “forensic audit” of the 2020 election in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and ... -
Comelec: The use of emergency alerts for Marcos’ “misguided” political campaign
Several emergency mobile alerts from an unknown sender carrying a campaign message from Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. were broadcast on Wednesday as he filed his certificate ... -
No matter the playing field, BJP wins and Congress loses
Whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took power in the Gandhinagar municipal corporation or won 136 of the 184 seats in local bodies, largely in cities ... -
El Paso County GOP Questions School Board Candidates About Dominion Equipment and Election Audit | Education
Colorado Springs Republican state lawmaker expresses concern that controversial El Paso County Republican Party leader sent school board candidates a questionnaire focusing on elections and voter ... -
Georgian opposition accuses electoral fraud
TBILISSI: Georgian opposition parties on Sunday shouted scandal over the municipal elections held after the arrest of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili on his return from exile, exacerbating ... -
Gableman sends subpoenas to Milwaukee and Green Bay officials | Wisconsin News
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) – The former state Supreme Court justice leading Assembly Republicans’ inquiry into the 2020 election has sent subpoenas to election officials from the ... -
OC Democratic Party Chairman resigns and announces State House campaign
Former UNC student Jonah Garson announced on September 22 that he was stepping down as chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and running to represent ... -
Texas governor defends upcoming 2020 election audits Trump demanded
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott speaks at a press conference near the international bridge between Mexico and the United States, where migrants seeking asylum in the United ... -
Russian Communists Lead Protests Against ‘Colossal’ Election Fraud
Published on: 09/25/2021 – 15:22 Moscow (AFP) More than a thousand Russians, including prominent members of the Communist Party, gathered in Moscow’s central square on Saturday ... -
From the Newsroom: The Truth About Election Fraud
Craig Brown is the editor of the Columbian. Contact him at 360-735-4514 or [email protected] Photo Do you believe in Superman? Bigfoot? The little smile? Of course ... -
Craig Believes “Valid Concerns” About Voter Fraud Warrants Arizona-Style Audit in Michigan, Secret Recording Reveals
Steve neavling Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig in the city’s real-time crime hub. Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig, who has previously dodged questions about former ... -
Trump lawyer who predicted election reversal to speak at conference over objections
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WIAT) – When John Eastman speaks at the American Political Science Association’s annual conference next month, he might want to walk lightly. Political scientists ... -
Despite victory in Texas and no credible evidence of widespread fraud, Donald Trump calls for election audit legislation
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Former President Donald Trump has called on ... -
Analysis | Playing the SC card is unlikely to be a game-changer for Congress
As the state’s SCs are not a homogeneous block, the party can only keep its traditional SC vote bank. Ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections, the ... -
Kansas City KS election vote count challenged by candidates
The county cannot investigate on its own, so who will assure voters that their ballots are counted? File photo illustration When Tscher “Cece” Manck, who was ... -
The new focus of the far right on local politics, briefly explained
Saturday, a rally of supporters of former President Donald Trump came and went peacefully, with a strong police and media presence and only one a handful ... -
California Recall Vote Shows Trump’s Big Lie Is Now a Republican Playbook | American politics
It was a preemptive attack on the truth by some of the biggest names on the American right. Former President Donald Trump warned that the ballot ... -
Iraq’s Election Leader Pledges to Fight Election Fraud |
BAGHDAD – Iraq is taking steps to close the loopholes and organize fair elections despite attempts to undermine the upcoming elections, the head of the Iraqi ... -
Texas Republicans quietly cut penalties for honest voting errors
Republican priority voting reforms and restrictions signed last week added a number of new election-related offenses and increased criminal penalties for others, all of which have ... -
Election challenge rejected – Coastal Courier
The Georgia Supreme Court has dismissed an election challenge by former Long County Estates Court Judge Bobby Harrison Smith against current Estates Court Judge Teresa L. ... -
The Pennsylvania Senate leader resisted his pro-Trump wing for months. Now he wants a MAGA makeover.
After Jake Corman was elected by his colleagues in January as head of the Pennsylvania Senate, he recalled entering the chamber at the age of 12 ... -
Judges reject election challenge by candidate for inheritance court
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing an unsuccessful candidate for election as a county probate court judge. Bobby ... -
Arizona election audit reveals GOP flaws as 2022 mid-sessions loom
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Nine months after the 2020 election and as preparations for next year’s midterm election begin, Republicans in Arizona are divided over whether a ... -
With fight for mask mandates, Gov. Abbott passes Trump’s GOP purity test
When Texas experienced its first big wave of COVID hospitalizations, Governor Greg Abbott responded by shutting down bars and making masks mandatory. When the second wave ... -
This governor had harsh words for those who continue to question the results of the 2020 election
âSince November 2020, we’ve seen Republican governors and lawmakers across the country working quickly to add more barriers to voting, to discredit the good work of ... -
Pinedale roundup | Election audit bill fails
WYOMING – Wyoming lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a proposal by State Representative Chuck Gray, R-Casper, to give the Wyoming legislature the power to audit elections. Gray, ... -
Repeating false fraud claims, dozens oppose changes to Colorado election auditing rules
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, tweeted on June 17 that her office “had just released rules banning mock election audits in the state ... -
Trump and his allies continue to pour donor money into Trump companies
Donald Trump may be out of office, but money from political donors continues to flow into his properties across the country. In the first six months ... -
Brazilian Election Authority to Investigate Bolsonaro over Baseless Fraud Allegations | Brazil
Brazil’s highest electoral authority has launched a counteroffensive against Jair Bolsonaro’s Donald Trump campaign against the country’s electoral system by announcing that it will investigate its ... -
Pennsylvania Decertifies County Voting Machines After Partisan Election Audit ‘Compromises’ Them
Top line The Pennsylvania State Department decertified the Fulton County voting machines after they were inspected by a private computer company behind Arizona’s partisan election audit, ... -
Valley News – Upper Valley election officials say a count like in Windham, New Hampshire is unlikely to happen here
WEST LEBANON – Election officials in the Upper Valley say regular and rigorous testing of vote counting machines combined with other checks on polling day tally ... -
Whiteness helps protect Donald Trump from election consequences
Hervis Rogers, a 62-year-old black man, waited over six hours to vote in the Texas Democratic primary in March 2020. âI thought it was my duty ... -
AP: Few cases of AZ electoral fraud discrediting Trump’s claims | Arizona News
By BOB CHRISTIE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona County election officials have identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud ... -
Trump lawyers defend false election claims in court: NPR
Rudy Giuliani points to a card as he speaks to the press about various trials related to the 2020 election on November 19, 2020. He and ... -
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood denies playing role in Michigan election case
Lawyer L. Lin Wood holds up a Bible during an election results press conference in Alpharetta, Georgia, the United States, December 2, 2020. Elie Nouvelage | ... -
Lawyer raises huge sum to fight electoral fraud
Until late last fall, few people outside of Michigan had heard of Matthew DePerno. The Michigan lawyer remains a secondary figure in the national conversation, but ... -
Contested elections can spark civil wars
James Tackach, professor of English at Roger Williams University, writes frequently on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and American slavery. He lives in Narragansett. Many Republicans ...