Election deniers spread lies about California’s slow vote counting: ‘Textbook election fraud’
Despite what the far-right is saying, there’s been no evidence whatsoever of election fraud in California’s elections.
Matt Cohen
Matt is a senior reporter covering elections, voting rights and threats to democracy. He’s covered far-right extremism, dark money and state and local elections as an investigative reporter at The American Independent and Mother Jones. Prior to reporting on politics, Matt cut his teeth as a local reporter in D.C. at the Washington City Paper and DCist.
Trump order targeting mail voting leaves judge ‘very concerned’
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani expressed concern during a hearing Tuesday that the order poses a serious risk of unconstitutionally disenfranchising eligible voters.
Election denier Tina Peters freed from prison, immediately tells Steve Bannon: ‘Democrats are going to cheat’
Minutes after she was released from prison, Peters appeared on Steve Bannon’s podcast, where she continued to espouse the same conspiracies that led to her conviction.
Georgia election board hires noted election denier for key investigative post
Jason Frazier was one of two election deniers who were blocked appointments last August on the Fulton County Board of Elections by the board of supervisors because of their extremist, anti-voting background.
Gavin Newsom signs bill, spurred by Chad Bianco, to block ballot seizures by law enforcement
The law makes it a felony for anyone — including law enforcement — to seize ballots from any California county elections office.
Non-citizen voting: Utah finds just 13 invalid ballots out of millions cast
Thirteen illegitimate voters in Utah’s past four general elections amount to .00025% of the roughly 5,156,392 votes cast in those elections.
In blow to Trump, South Carolina lawmakers drop bid to pass gerrymander for midterms
South Carolina is the first state to fail in passing a new map in Trump’s gerrymander war since the Supreme Court’s Callais decision came down in late April.
Jared Polis said Tina Peters took responsibility for her crimes. Now she’s posting that Democrats ‘will try to destroy you’
Peters’ social media post suggests she is still hung up on the same conspiracy theories that inspired her actions that led to her conviction.
Tina Peters case: Colorado Democrats censure governor for commuting sentence of convicted election denier
Gov. Jared Polis won’t be welcomed to participate “as an honored guest, featured speaker, or officially recognized representative” at any events sponsored by his own state party.
South Carolina redistricting: Lawmakers take next step to pass gerrymandered map as election looms
The map is now headed for a full vote in the state Senate, where it needs just a simple majority to pass.
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