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CBS News: Legislation to strengthen citizenship verification proposed in Maryland after ICE arrests former Baltimore principal

CBS News covered PILF’s records request in Maryland that uncovered Ian Andre Roberts, the former superintendent of schools in Des Moines, Iowa claimed U.S. citizenship while registering to vote in Maryland, despite being in the United States illegally. According to...

NottinghamMD.com: Maryland Freedom Caucus pushes for Voter ID and citizenship proof following Ian Roberts case

NottinghamMD.com covered PILF’s records request in Maryland that uncovered Ian Andre Roberts, the former superintendent of schools in Des Moines, Iowa claimed U.S. citizenship while registering to vote in Maryland, despite being in the United States illegally....

Today Washington: Ian Roberts faces scrutiny over citizenship claims on voter registration

Today Washington covered PILF's records request in Maryland that uncovered Ian Andre Roberts, the former superintendent of schools in Des Moines, Iowa claimed U.S. citizenship while registering to vote in Maryland, despite being in the United States illegaly....
A victory for the rule of law in our elections

A victory for the rule of law in our elections

Our win in Delaware is one small step toward restoring order and predictability to election administration. PILF will bring more cases like it when election officials — or legislatures — do not follow the commands of law in our elections.

Lawsuit: NYC immigrant voting law favors Hispanics, Asians over Blacks

Lawsuit: NYC immigrant voting law favors Hispanics, Asians over Blacks

A controversial new city law that will allow non-citizens to vote in local elections would unconstitutionally bolster the political clout of Hispanic and Asian New Yorkers — at the expense of African-Americans, according to a new lawsuit.

J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a nonprofit representing the plaintiffs, said the process of getting the new law passed was “infested with racial motivation.”

Michigan still has more than 25K dead people on the voter rolls, lawsuit claims

Michigan still has more than 25K dead people on the voter rolls, lawsuit claims

“Secretary Benson has completely failed in her job as Secretary of State,” Adams told Fox News. “We’ve alerted her about the nearly 26,000 deceased registrants time and time again over the last year. She has refused to do her job and has made Michigan’s election less secure. We won a similar lawsuit regarding deceased registrants in Pennsylvania earlier this year. The law and the facts are on our side in this case.”

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