State News
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Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Challenge to Post-Election Ballot Counting
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The Supreme Court seemed receptive on Oct. 8 that a Republican congressman should be allowed to challenge an Illinois law that enables the counting of ballots for two weeks after Election Day. Arguments in the case focused on the question of legal standing, as opposed to the merits of the lawsuit contesting the Illinois statute.…
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California’s Orange County to Probe Voter Rolls for Dogs, Cats Ahead of Nov. 4 Election
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Orange County officials have launched an unusual effort to verify no dogs or cats are registered voters, instructing the local elections chief to compare voting lists against animal licensing records in a bid to root out any fraudulent entries. The Board of Supervisors voted on Sept. 23 to expand a review of pet registrations across…
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3.2 Million Inactive California Voters Removed Ahead of 2025 Special Election
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California has removed 3.2 million inactive voters ahead of the 2025 special statewide election, the Secretary of State’s Office confirmed to The Epoch Times in a recent email. The 3,177,057 registration records were removed between 2022 and 2024, according to data provided by the California Secretary of State’s elections division. With a special election on…
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DOJ Sues Maine, Oregon Over Voter Registration Lists
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The Department of Justice (DOJ ) said on Sept. 16 that it is suing Oregon and Maine for failing to provide information on how their election offices maintain valid voter registration rolls. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement that both states had declined to cooperate with the department’s requests for unredacted access…
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North Carolina Agrees to Fix Voter Registration Issues
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North Carolina officials will seek to collect information required under federal law from registered voters under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Sept. 8. State officials acknowledged in the settlement that they were using a voter registration list “that includes records that do not comply with the requirements for federal elections.” Specifically, they…
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Federal Appeals Court Says Pennsylvania Ballot Date Requirement Violates Constitution
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Pennsylvania’s requirement that election officials reject ballots with missing dates violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 26. The requirement burdens the constitutional right to vote, and state officials have not provided enough evidence supporting their argument that state interests outweigh that burden, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of…
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Federal Judge Tosses Election Map Used for Mississippi Supreme Court
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A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock held on Aug. 19 that the current map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of black voters and violates Section 2 of the…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads More Than a Dozen Prominent Minneapolis Dems to Slam DFL’s Decision to Yank Fellow Somalian Omar Fateh Mayoral Endorsement
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by Luke Sprinkel Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and a slew of left-wing officials slammed the Minnesota DFL’s decision vacate the Minneapolis DFL’s endorsement of State Sen. Omar Fateh for mayor of the city. “It is inexcusable to overturn the DFL endorsement from Omar Fateh,” Omar wrote on social media Thursday. Omar came to United States…
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Representative Abe Hamadeh Introduces Proving Residency for Overseas Voter Eligibility (PROVE) Act
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Tags :Abe Hamadeh, Arizona, Bill, Congress, election fraud, election integrity, Federal elections, LEAD, military voters, News, overseas voters, Policy, Residency, State News, The Proving Residency for Overseas Voter Eligibility Act, The West, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, UOCAVA, Voter IDRepresentative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) introduced a bill last week seeking to crack down on loopholes allowing election fraud through overseas ballots. The Proving Residency for Overseas Voter Eligibility (PROVE) Act amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to require non-military U.S. citizens living abroad to prove current residency in the state where…
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Election Integrity Expert Criticizes Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ New Draft of Election Procedures Manual
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Merissa Hamilton, who runs the grassroots election integrity organization EZAZ, voiced her concerns last week about Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ proposed revisions to the state’s Election Procedures Manual (EPM), As required by state law, the Arizona Secretary of State (AZSOS) is required to update the EPM every other year. In her critique, Hamilton pointed…
