“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)...

“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...

Missing Data Threatens Future Voter Roll Maintenance October 2022 – New York is flashing a warning sign indicating future trouble for election officials as they work to maintain the State’s voter roll. Although list maintenance work is typically a reactive process,...

JUNE 2022 – PILF recently alerted the New Jersey Secretary of State to what appears to be thousands of examples where registrants are stored in duplicate. Tens of thousands of other voter records were highlighted for missing or fictitious biographical information like...

MARCH 2022 – Time is quickly running out for North Carolina’s voter registration rolls to be checked and cleaned before the midterm elections. All eyes are on an open U.S. Senate race amid the state’s recent record of strong turnout and tight margins. This research...

$6.5M was only the beginning. They will be back. February 2022 – South Carolina was not a swing state in November 2020. Yet, millions of dollars from at least three private entities flowed into the state. Plenty of reporting has been done on how Facebook founder Mark...