Reports

Motor Voter at 30: North Carolina’s Noncitizen Problem

Motor Voter is the Cause & Barrier to Stopping Noncitizen Voting June 2023 -- After 30 years under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) or “Motor Voter,” the unintended consequences of the law are clear in North Carolina: it has never been easier to register...

Chicago Records: 394 Foreign Nationals Removed from Voter Roll

Motor Voter at 30: DMVs Putting Foreigners on Voter Rolls May 2023 – Since 2007, Chicago city records show the sporadic removals of 394 foreign nationals from the voter registration roll. From this group, 20 individuals are recorded casting 85 ballots. This is not an...
California Rejected 226K Mail Ballots in 2022 Elections

California Rejected 226K Mail Ballots in 2022 Elections

10 Million Mail Ballots Unaccounted for in Nov. Midterms January 2023 – Significant numbers of mail ballots were rejected during California’s first year into its mass-mail balloting. During the 2022 primary and general elections 226,250 mail ballots were rejected by...

788 American Elections (and Counting) Ended in Ties, Close Results

788 American Elections (and Counting) Ended in Ties, Close Results

“Please, God, please – let it be a landslide.” – Election Administrator’s Prayer November 2022 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s running tally of tied and close vote elections continues to grow. One vote matters. Sometimes, that one vote arrives (or is found)...

4 Things to Dislike about Ranked Choice Voting

4 Things to Dislike about Ranked Choice Voting

RCV Converts Elections into a Consensus-Gathering Exercise October 2022 – Many Americans first came into contact with the concept of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) only months ago when former Alaska Governor and VP nominee Sarah Palin lost a special congressional...

570 American Elections (and Counting) Ended in Ties, Close Results

570 American Elections (and Counting) Ended in Ties, Close Results

“Please, God, please – let it be a landslide.” – Election Administrator’s Prayer October 2022 – Nothing gives officials charged with administering elections nightmares like the prospect of a tied election. Every procedural mistake or election crime – no matter how...

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