Former President Donald Trump has endorsed absentee and early ballots as “good options” alongside Election Day voting as he seeks to rally Republican voters in his efforts to clinch a victory over his Democrat rival in the November election. President Trump has long expressed a strong preference for Election Day voting while being a sharp […]
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed another election integrity lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Together with the Michigan GOP and the National Republican Congressional Committee, the RNC claims that Ms. Benson is giving incorrect instructions to election officials about verifying absentee voter ballots. “Michigan’s State Constitution is very clear: election officials […]
A Georgia judge on Monday agreed to have the ballot return deadline extended for about 1,000 Cobb County absentee voters who didn’t have their requested mail ballots sent out by elections officials. The consent order (pdf) from Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill means that the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration will send replacement ballots to the 1,046 […]
After a several months-long investigation, the sheriff of Racine County, Wisconsin, just made a televised, public presentation in which he exposed the evidence that his office was able to collect regarding possible felony violations committed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Specifically, the evidence showed that absentee ballots were cast on behalf of nursing home residents who […]
The Biden administration offered up a new price tag on its infrastructure plan. Students, parents, and organizers rally at Rutgers University to call for an end to the university’s vaccine mandate. A group of Georgia voters is now able to review absentee ballots in Fulton County.
Georgia’s new election integrity law is being scrutinized by Democrats, from the local to the federal level. President Joe Biden is on the long list of Democrats unhappy with Georgia’s quick passing of this law, saying that the Department of Justice is taking a look at it. Some media outlets have described the law as […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed into law a number of election reforms that include photo ID requirements for absentee voting, the need for drop box security, and mandatory early voting dates, among other changes to how the state’s elections are run. “I was proud to sign S.B. 202 to ensure elections in Georgia […]
Georgia’s House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would reform a range of election rules, including over absentee voting, voter ID for absentee voting, time limits for voting, and more. The 66-page bill, HB 531 (pdf) passed the Republican majority chamber on a party line vote of 97-72 and is headed to the state […]
A federal judge on Dec.24 approved of a deal struck between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and civil rights groups that would treat absentee ballots as express mail ahead of Georgia’s critical runoff election on Jan. 5. The organization agreed to treat ballots as express mail if they were still in a processing plant in the three days […]
In Georgia, with the Senate runoff elections fast approaching, there are still concerns about the November 3 vote. Lawyers and lawmakers collected piles of affidavits, but not all those stories are widely known. We’re joined by Republican poll monitors Susan Knox and Ben Hendrick to talk about their experiences and concerns.
Susan Voyles has worked as a poll manager for over 20 years. She told the Georgia Senate committee during a hearing Thursday about an “odd” batch of absentee ballots that caught her attention during the Georgia recount. “Most of them were pretty worn, until we came up to a batch that is, it was, my […]
On November 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team, led by lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell, delivered what they characterized as their opening statement to the American people of the case they intend to make of widespread fraud in multiple states—including at least GA, PA, MI, WI, NV, and AZ. They say they have more […]
In this episode of America Is Talking, we invite back Jason M. Shepherd, chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party; and Garland Favorito, co-founder of Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia to discuss ballot recount results and the impending lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s legal team. Then, we celebrate the 157th Anniversary of […]
Incumbent Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are defending their seats against Democrats Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff respectively. Right now the Republicans have 50 Senate seats so they need to win one of those races to secure a majority. It’s do or die for the Democrats to win both. Joining us tonight […]
President Trump currently trails Joe Biden by less than 14,000 votes in Georgia. That 0.28-percent-margin triggered an auditing process which should be complete by midnight Wednesday. After that will come a recount. There is still widespread suspicion of voter fraud in Georgia, and in other close states, with different types of evidence being investigated and […]
In this episode of America Is Talking, we zoom in on what’s happening in Georgia. First, we get an update on the ballot audit from Matt Braynard, former data and strategy director for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign; Jason M. Shepherd, chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party; and Garland Favorito, co-founder of Voters […]
