Tag: Election Integrity
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Mississippi Senate Race: Colom’s Upset Is a Warning to the GOP
Democrat Scott Colom unseated Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 4,669 votes, Mississippi’s first Democratic Senate win since 1982. Prices, a refusal to debate and a blocked judgeship explain the upset, and a 55-seat Democratic Senate now shapes spending, judges and oversight.
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Trump Doubts the Midterm Election Results. The Evidence Doesn’t.
Six days after Republicans lost Congress, President Trump asked whether the midterm election results were “honest,” blaming polls, early voting “dumps” and machines. Each claim can be checked. Polls missed toward Democrats, the early vote’s tilt was public a week ahead, and about 96% of voters were expected to vote with a paper trail. Election…
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Democrats Won Congress. Voter ID Won Too.
Democrats flipped Congress on Nov. 3, but voter ID passed in Ohio, North Carolina and Nevada, and citizenship-to-vote amendments passed in four more states. Three bigger, more complicated ID measures failed. Here’s the lesson for both parties.
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The Supreme Court Says No on 20,000 California Ballots. Now Fix the Rolls.
The Supreme Court turned down the Trump administration’s last-minute bid to make California set aside 20,000 mail ballots flagged as likely noncitizens. The goal was right, but the fix belongs before ballots go out: verify citizenship at registration and keep the rolls clean.
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DOJ Takes 20,000-Plus California Ballots to the Supreme Court. Rule Fast.
One day before the midterms, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to make California set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 people DOJ calls likely noncitizens. Two courts said no, and the list has real problems. Here is what DOJ wants, why it lost so far, and why the justices should rule fast.
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A Judge Tossed DOJ’s Alaska Senate Suit. She Got It Right.
A federal judge dismissed the DOJ Alaska lawsuit that sought to block certification of the Senate race over a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot. Sen. Sullivan says he will accept the result. Here is why the court got it right, and where the real fix lies.
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Two Courts Block DOJ Ballot Segregation. The Supreme Court Should Settle It.
Four days before Election Day, a federal judge barred DOJ and DHS from demanding ballot segregation in any state, hours after the 9th Circuit rejected DOJ’s bid on 20,000 California ballots. Noncitizen voting is a real crime, but it takes proof. And one judge shouldn’t set the rules for 50 states.
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Save the Alaska Senate Ballots. Then Make DOJ Prove Its Case.
Four days before Election Day, the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make Alaska preserve and segregate every ballot ranking Daniel J. Sullivan, and the U.S. attorney confirmed a criminal probe. Saving evidence is cheap. Overturning voters on a hunch is not. Here’s where the line belongs.
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The Pope Just Voted in the Midterms. What’s Your Excuse?
Pope Leo votes. Let that sink in for a second. The leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics lives inside Vatican City, and he still got his ballot in for Tuesday’s midterms. On Friday, October 30, the Vatican confirmed that Leo XIV submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago. That makes him the first pope to vote…
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DOJ Takes California’s Voter Rolls to a Grand Jury. Now Bring Proof.
Federal prosecutors began sending grand jury subpoenas to California election officials a day after a judge refused to set aside 20,000 ballots. Here’s what they demand and why the DOJ needs proof, not pressure.
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