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Michigan Review of Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls Skipped Those Without Driver’s Licenses

by Natalia Mittelstadt The Michigan Secretary of State’s review of non-citizens on state voter rolls only included those with driver’s licenses, excluding any who registered to vote without a driver’s license or another form of identification, raising concerns about more non-citizens being on the voter rolls than previously disclosed. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn…
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Wisconsin Election Problems Pile Up as Ex-Madison Clerk Investigated over November Election
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by Natalia Mittelstadt Election problems are piling up in Wisconsin cities as the actions of Maribeth Witzel-Behl, a former Madison clerk, are being investigated after her handling of the November election. The two most populous cities in Wisconsin are under scrutiny over problems that occurred in the last two elections. Both the state capital…
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Governor Katie Hobbs Continues Record for Vetoes, Rejects Arizona ICE Act, Bills on Election Integrity, and Bills Against Vaccine Mandates
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Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a large portion of the bills sent to her this session by the Republican dominated Arizona Legislature. So far this year, she vetoed 52 and signed 70 into law. The bills she signed were mostly mundane, with bipartisan support. She signed the controversial Axon bill, which carved out a zoning exception…
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Election Integrity Group Discovers Maricopa County Signature Verification in 2024 Occurred at ‘World Book Record’ Speed
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The election integrity organization We the People AZ Alliance (WPAA), which discovered in 2022 that Maricopa County ballot affidavit reviewers were verifying signatures at speeds of up to one signature per second, revealed in a new video this week that reviewers during the 2024 election also verified signatures at a similarly rapid pace. The group alleged that AI…
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Lawsuit Forces All 15 Arizona Counties to Begin Removing Noncitizens from Voter Rolls
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All 15 of Arizona’s counties agreed to settle a lawsuit brought last September by America First Legal (AFL) and election attorney Jennifer Wright against their recorders over failing to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Maricopa County agreed to the settlement earlier this month, Yavapai and Mohave counties settled in November, and the remaining counties settled…
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Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Sue Trump Administration Over Election Integrity Executive Order
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Attorney General Kris Mayes joined Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in a lawsuit filed with 19 other Democratic-run states against the Trump administration challenging his executive order on election integrity measures for allegedly intruding on state sovereignty. However, Democratic officials supported HR 1, a 2021 bill in Congress that would federalize elections, and President Joe…
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Three States Ban Foreign Funding of Ballot Measures amid Concerns of Influence on Elections
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by Natalia Mittelstadt Three states banned foreign funding of ballot initiative campaigns as election integrity proponents have raised concerns over non-citizens influencing elections. Kansas, Kentucky, and Wyoming took action during this year’s legislative sessions after Ohio was the first state to enact a ban on foreign nationals from donating to ballot measure campaigns. The laws…
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Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Approves Settlement in Lawsuit Over Non-Citizens Voting, Will Cooperate with Trump Administration
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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors agreed on Thursday to settle a lawsuit filed by America First Legal (AFL) against Maricopa County over failing to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls. The lawsuit, which was also filed against other counties, asked the court to order county recorders to comply. The settlement will have Maricopa County…
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Representative Abe Hamadeh Proposes Bill to Halt Funding to States that Print Federal Ballots in Other Languages
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Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) recently introduced The VOTE Act — Voting Only Through English — in Congress, which would halt funding to states for federal elections that print ballots in additional languages besides English. Voters who don’t understand English can call official election hotlines for language assistance, so the multilingual ballots are not necessary. Hamadeh…






