Reports

Does Boston Have the Fix for Foreign Nationals Voting in U.S. Elections?

May 2024 – Boston probably doesn’t come to mind when cataloging places that have effective removal of aliens from voter rolls. But the longstanding requirement for an annual census taking (including questions about citizenship status) is used today to update local...

TIED ELECTIONS: 26 American Elections Deadlocked in 2023

“Please, God, please – let it be a landslide.” – Election Administrator’s Prayer MARCH 2024 – In 2023, the Public Interest Legal Foundation’s tally of tied and close vote elections continued to grow. Since PILF’s November 2022 report, the Tied Elections Database has...

Virginia Blocked ‘Non-Citizens, Deceased, Felons’ from ERIC’s ‘Eligible But Unregistered’ Voter Outreach

MARCH 2024 – During Virginia’s membership period with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), commonwealth officials had to block ineligible persons selected by ERIC from receiving voter registration instructions. Records disclosed to PILF demonstrated...
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...

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...

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