Category: Elections

More than 80 Percent of All Voters Support Major Election Reform Including Requirements on Proof of Citizenship, Limits on Early Voting: Poll

The Center Square

A vast majority of voters want policies and procedures in place to guarantee the integrity of elections, according to new polling.

That includes 86 percent of those surveyed who agree that election officials should have access to all necessary information to verify that the number of ballots cast matches the number of voters, and 85 percent who say that election officials should verify the accuracy of the information they receive before signing off on certifying election results. Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents support the proper verification of voting.

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RNC Strikes Deal with Detroit to Boost Number of Republican Poll Workers Ahead of 2024 Election

Just the News

The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday secured a settlement from the city of Detroit, which includes hiring more Republican poll workers ahead of next month’s presidential election.

The settlement comes after the RNC, Michigan GOP, and chairs of Wayne County Republican committee sued Detroit in August over hiring over seven times more Democratic poll workers than Republican ones in the state’s primary election, in an alleged violation of state law.

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Gov. Youngkin, A.G. Miyares Vow to Fight ‘Politically Motivated’ Biden-Harris DOJ Lawsuit over Removal of Non-Citizens from Voter Rolls

Tom Pappert

Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares have vowed Virginia will fight the lawsuit launched by the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) over the commonwealth’s recent effort to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls, with both noting it was filed less than one month before Election Day.

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Commentary: Christians, America Needs Your Vote

Virginia Star Staff
People Praying

A new study has found that as many as 104 million people of faith are unlikely to vote this election season. Within that segment, as many as 41 million born-again Christians (as defined by their beliefs) and 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church are expected not to vote. 

These findings highlight the alarming number of projected uncast votes from religious Americans, whose participation is crucial this election. A September Pew Research survey indicates that 61 percent of Protestant voters support Donald Trump, whereas 37 percent of Protestants support Kamala Harris. 

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Trump Outperforms Harris with Hispanic Male Voters: Poll

Daily Caller News Foundation
Donald Trump Latino Support

Former President Donald Trump is outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris among Hispanic male voters, according to an AP/NORC poll released Friday.

Just 36% of Hispanic male voters said Harris would make a good president while 42% said the same for Trump, according to the poll. Harris is holding on to her lead among Hispanic women voters, with 50% supporting the Democratic candidate while just 30% support Trump.

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New York Times Poll: GOP Poised to Win Back the Senate

American Greatness

The latest polling suggests that the Republican Party is likely to retake control of the United States Senate in November, presenting further complications for the ruling Democratic Party regardless of the outcome of the presidential election.

As reported by Newsmax, the poll by the New York Times and Siena College focuses on three Senate races this year: Montana, Florida, and Texas. Despite Democratic efforts to take the former swing state of Florida or break through the traditionally red stronghold of Texas, both incumbents there are polling ahead of their challengers.

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Election Tilts Toward Trump as Suspicions Grow That Some Polls May Be Masking True Size of His Lead

Just the News
Donald Trump

A string of polls from legacy outfits has pointed to a shift toward former President Donald Trump in most of the major battleground states while Vice President Harris maintains a national lead, but some analysts see a critical disconnect between state and national polling that could suggest the Republican is on even stronger footing.

Harris currently leads Trump by 2.0% in the RealClearPolitics polling average, with 49.1% support to his 47.1%. That figure includes a Rasmussen Reports survey showing Trump with a two-point lead, a Reuters/Ipsos survey showing Harris up two, a Morning Consult poll with Harris up five, a Yahoo News poll with the race tied, and a number of other surveys. A New York Times/Siena College survey showed Harris up three points.

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Counts, Recounts and ‘Bucket Draws’: 29 Tied Elections in 2024 So Far

The Daily Signal
People Voting

At a time when numerous battleground states have been tied in the presidential race, an election watchdog group notes that already this year, 29 elections have ended in a tie–including one for Congress.

The Public Interest Legal Foundation updated its Tied Elections Database in part to demonstrate the potential effect of even one illegal vote.

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Overseas Voting Sparks Litigation in These Battleground States

The Daily Signal
Absentee Ballot

Two major battleground states allow overseas citizens that don’t live—and in some cases never lived—in their states to vote, the Republican National Committee says.

A group called Democrats Abroad, meanwhile, casts what it calls international voting as a “secret weapon” to win elections.

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Millions of Christians Not Planning to Vote This November, Could Shape Election: Study

Just the News
Religious Person

Millions of Christians in the United States indicated in a study released on Monday that they are not likely to vote in the upcoming election this November, signaling a potential problem for the Republican Party.

Just over half of interviewees (51%) in a Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University study, who identified as “people of faith,” responded that they are likely to vote in the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The “people of faith” label is given to those who identify with a recognized religion, such as Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism or Islam.

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‘Zuckerbucks’ Hit Small Towns as Tech Group Finances More Election Offices

The Daily Signal

The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant.

The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5 presidential election, has a population of about 9,000 and is part of what the Left-aligned center calls its Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program.

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Democrats Push Overseas Voting, but Republicans Sound the Alarm over Fraud Concerns

Just the News

As Democrats are pushing overseas voting in the November election, Republicans and election integrity advocates are sounding the alarm over possible fraud that could occur with absentee ballots sent from other countries.

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Nevada Election Chief Blocks Inspection of Suspect Voter Names in Swing State

The Daily Signal
Nevada SOS

Nevada’s top election official told local election directors not to investigate the names of thousands of people who left the state but remain on its voter rolls.

The watchdog group Citizens Outreach Foundation recently sued four jurisdictions in Nevada to force a review of the voter registration lists.

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Election Results Likely to Be Delayed Nationwide by State Rules, Litigation, and Investigations

Just the News

Counting or certification of the November election results are likely to be delayed nationwide, as states are promulgating different rules on receiving mail ballots, ongoing and likely election litigation, and possible investigations over irregularities, warns an election integrity proponent.

As the 2020 election results were delayed until Joe Biden was announced the winner of the presidential race the Saturday after Election Day, there will likely also be a delay in announcing this year’s presidential contest. The delays this year could be the result of a variety of factors, especially with such a close election, according to Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead.

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Vindman Running for House as a Centrist, but Using Sanders-Linked Strategy Firm

Just the News

Democratic U.S. House candidate Eugene Vindman has disbursed millions of dollars to a Bernie Sanders-linked strategy group that works with “progressive campaigns” while running on a moderate message, emphasizing local issues and the importance of rejecting extremism.

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Non-Citizens and Duplicate Ballots Discovered in a Dozen States Including D.C. Ahead of November Elections

Just the News
Processing Ballots

With the November election fewer than six weeks away, states and localities are cleaning up voter rolls and sending out ballots to voters. However, multiple jurisdictions are experiencing issues in preparation for Election Day.

As voters in some states have already begun the early and absentee voting process, several jurisdictions have recently found problems in the administrative process, such as non-citizens on voter rolls and duplicate ballots sent out to voters.

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Lawmaker Warns Democrats See D.C. Election Laws as Roadmap to Get Foreigners to Vote Nationwide

Just the News
Early Voting

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., is warning that Democrats want to use the voting laws in Washington, D.C., as a roadmap to get foreigners to vote in all 50 states.

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Poll: Nevada a Virtual Tossup in Presidential Race

The Center Square
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are virtually tied in Nevada, according to a new poll.

According to the American Greatness/TIPP poll of 736 likely Nevada voters conducted from Sept. 23-25 in conjunction with TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics, Harris holds a slim 49.2% to 47.9% advantage over Trump in a head-to-head matchup, well within the poll’s 3.7% margin of error.

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Virginia Poll Shows Tied Gubernatorial Race, Nearly Tied Presidential Race

The Center Square
VA GA Poll

Virginia’s current political contests could hardly be closer, according to the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies Fall 2024 poll.

A little over a year out, the poll showed Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-07, and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the leading candidates for the commonwealth’s 2025 gubernatorial race, in a dead heat. When respondents were asked who they would vote for between the two “if the election were held today,” 39% indicated Spanberger, and 39% indicated Earle-Sears. Twelve percent didn’t know who they’d vote for.

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Feds Sue Two Wisconsin Towns for Switching to Paper Ballots, Without Voting Machines for Disabled

Just the News

The U.S. Justice Department sued two rural Wisconsin towns after they switched from including electronic voting machines to using only paper ballots in their elections and counting them by hand.

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Trump Has a 55 Percent Chance of Victory: Election Model

Just the News
Trump Fist Bump

Former President Donald Trump appears to be the favorite to win the November presidential election, according to one election model.

Trump has a 55.2% chance of winning the election, the J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com election model projects. It assigns Vice President Kamala Harris a 44.6% chance of winning.

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Democrats Ignore Concerns over Non-Citizen Voting, Despite Thousands Found on Voter Rolls

Just the News
Vote Sign

A sizeable number of Democrats have downplayed concerns over non-citizens voting, while more states find thousands of them registered to vote ahead of the November presidential election.

As Republicans have attempted to pass a bill through Congress ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections, Democrats have pushed back, claiming that non-citizens are already prohibited from voting in U.S. elections. However, states have continued to find non-citizens on their voter rolls, and some who may have have voted in federal elections, after being registered to vote through the motor vehicles department.

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Commentary: Get Ready for Another Mail-In Ballot Fiasco

Daily Caller News Foundation
Mail In Ballot

Many states are now sending out mail-in ballots for the November election.

Yet at the same time that so many more voters are depending on the mail to cast their ballots, the two leading national organizations of election officials wrote the U.S. Postal Service demanding immediate action to avoid confusion and chaos with mail-in ballots.

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Analysis: After 2020 Election Debacle, Vast Majority of Americans Support Laws to Prevent Voter Fraud

The Daily Torch

A little-covered survey about how Americans view voter fraud was released from YouGov this week, and the results are distinct. Americans broadly support a multitude of measures aimed at reducing voter fraud after highly questionable ballot processing and election day issues called the 2020 election results into question.

According to the survey, three-quarters of Americans (75 percent) support requiring a photo ID to vote, and nearly the same amount (74 percent) support requiring proof citizenship to vote.

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Non-Citizens Added to States’ Voter Rolls Through DMV, Even After Admitting Lack of U.S. Citizenship

Just the News

Non-citizens have been added to several states’ voter rolls largely through motor vehicle departments, sometimes even after they have explained that they are not U.S. citizens.

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Elon Musk Makes His Largest Known Political Donation Ever to Boost House Republicans

Daily Caller News Foundation
Elon Musk Congress Spending

The National Republican Congressional Committee reported in a Friday filing with the Federal Election Commission that Elon Musk increased his political contributions in August with his largest-known donation to date, Politico reported.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported a contribution of $289,100 from Musk, aimed at bolstering the Republican efforts to maintain their majority in the House, according to Politico. This donation was funneled through a joint fundraising committee associated with Republican California Rep. Ken Calvert, earmarked primarily for the NRCC’s convention and headquarters activities.

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Poll: Harris, Trump Tied in Virginia

The Center Square
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

As early voting gets underway Friday in Virginia, a new poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in a dead heat in the commonwealth.

A poll conducted by the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington shows Harris leads Trump by 1%, with the vice president at 47% and the former president at 46%. The poll was conducted among 1,000 Virginians on Sept. 3-9, before the first and what appears to be the only debate between Harris and Trump.

The result is a statistical tie, given the margin of error is +/- 3.0%.

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Oklahoma Governor Announces State Has Dropped 450,000 Voters from Voter Rolls Since 2021

Just the News
Voter

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday revealed that more than 450,000 voter registrations have been dropped from the state’s voter rolls since 2021. 

The purge was part of state’s mandatory routine voter list maintenance, which removes ineligible voters such as those who have moved out of state, are now convicted felons, or who passed away.

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Georgia State Election Board Passes Ballot Hand-Count Rule for November Election

Just the News

The Georgia State Election Board passed a rule on Friday requiring precincts to hand-count ballots for the November election and ensure the tallies match the machine count before election certification. The board voted 3-2 to pass the rule, The Guardian reported. The hand count only applies to election night, not early voting. The board voted 4-1 to table a proposal on hand-counting during early voting after a board member was concerned about information leaking regarding election tallies before all results are counted.

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Trump Gains in Battlegrounds, National Polling as Harris Surge Fades

Just the News
Trump Rally

Polling data increasingly shows former President Donald Trump gaining ground on Vice President Kamala Harris in both the national race and in key battlegrounds, suggesting that her debate performance has not fundamentally altered the race.

The latest New York Times/Siena College poll shows the pair are tied at 47% support among likely voters nationwide. The current RealClearPolitics polling average shows Harris with a 1.9% lead, roughly where it has sat for all of September.

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Majority of Voters Support Mass Deportations, New Poll Reveals

Daily Caller News Foundation
Illegal Immigrants

The majority of voters support mass deportations of illegal immigrants, a policy former President Donald Trump has vowed to implement, according to a Scripps News/Ipsos poll released Wednesday.

A policy of mass deportations, which has been championed by Trump in his campaign for the presidency, got 54% of support among voters, including 86% of Republicans, 58% of independents and 25% of Democrats, according to the poll. Immigration remains a priority for 39% of voters, second only to inflation, which 57% of voters say is their top issue going into November.

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Commentary: Americans Support Trump on the Election’s Two Most Important Issues

Virginia Star Staff
Donald Trump at Rally

As the nation reels from a second cowardly attack on former President Donald Trump’s life, it is increasingly clear the radical left refuses to tone down their hateful rhetoric against Trump even if it threatens his life repeatedly. The American people, however, want to put Trump back in charge of the two most pivotal issues facing the country – the economy and immigration.

Just five days after the contentious debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris blatantly exposed the mainstream media’s allegiance to the radical left, Trump fended off yet another attack on his life. On Sunday Trump was on what should have been a secure West Palm Beach golf course, only to be threatened once again by a radical extremist with a weapon.

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John Eastman Appeals California Disbarment over His 2020 Election Legal Work, Calls the Prosecution Orwellian

Rachel Alexander

Donald Trump’s former attorney and constitutional legal scholar, John Eastman, filed an opening brief with the California State Bar Court last week appealing his disbarment for assisting Donald Trump with legal representation regarding the 2020 election illegalities. California Disciplinary Judge Yvette Roland formed her opinion by determining that Eastman’s legal opinions were wrong and that there was no election wrongdoing.

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Commentary: The Debate Americans Are Not Having

Virginia Star Staff
Voting Line

Tonight, the presidential candidates will have their first debate. But there is one critical election issue the American people are not debating at all. They agree that non-U.S. citizens should not vote in U.S. elections.

This is a convenient opinion for Americans to hold as it is also the law.

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Election Officials Warn USPS About Key Issues with Voting by Mail Ahead of Presidential Election

Daily Caller News Foundation
USPS

A group of state and local election officials voiced concerns Wednesday regarding the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) capacity to efficiently handle the delivery of millions of ballots for the 2024 presidential election.

The National Association of State Election Directors and other officials wrote a letter to U.S. Postal Service Postmaster Louis DeJoy expressing concerns about USPS’ operations, such as processing delays, lost or delayed election mail and insufficient training that could impact the timely and accurate delivery of election mail. The officials stated in the letter that mailed ballots, postmarked by the required date during the past year and recent primary season, arrived at local election offices several days past the deadline for counting.

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Cook Political Report Now Says Montana Senate Race Is ‘Leaning Republican’

Daily Caller News Foundation
Montana Senate Race

Republican candidate Tim Sheehy is now poised to dethrone Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester for Montana’s Senate seat, according to a Cook Political Report rating from Thursday.

Cook Political Report, a leading nonpartisan election and campaign watcher, shifted its rating for the competitive senate seat from toss up to leaning Republican. Sheehy has consistently led Tester by a few points over the last few months, with the latest findings swinging even more in the Republican challenger’s favor.

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Mail-In Voting Begins as First State Sends Out Ballots Weeks from Election Day

Daily Caller News Foundation
Mail In Ballot

Alabama began sending out the first mail-in ballots to voters on Wednesday, over 50 days out from the November election, according to CNN.

Alabama residents who requested mail-in ballots will be the first to lock in their vote for the upcoming local, state and presidential races, with Wisconsin rolling out their mail-in ballots the following week on September 19, CNN reported. North Carolina was supposed to have kickstarted mail-in voting, but the state was held up by a court order to reprint their ballots after former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the race and appealed to have his name be taken off.

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‘Don’t Know What She Is For’: Undecided Voters Unimpressed by Harris After Debate Performance

Daily Caller News Foundation
Kamala Harris

Several undecided voters said they are leaning toward voting for President Donald Trump after Tuesday night’s debate, Reuters reported.

Reuters interviewed 10 undecided voters following Tuesday’s debate, with six claiming to be leaning toward or voting for Trump and three claiming they would support Vice President Kamala Harris. Those who switched toward Trump cited the state of the economy in their decision, while four of the six said Harris’ performance at the debate did not show she has different policies than President Joe Biden.

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Latest Poll Shows Harris with Strong Lead over Trump in Virginia

The Center Square
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Virginia may not be in play after all in the 2024 presidential contest, judging by the results of a new poll by The Washington Post and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. 

The poll, conducted Wednesday through Sunday, shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 8% (51%-43%), starkly contrasting with polls administered in the late spring and earlier summer when President Joe Biden was still the Democratic nominee. 

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Virginia A.G. Miyares Promises No Campaign Talk Until After November Despite Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears Declaring Run for Governor

Tom Pappert
Jason Miyares

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Thursday said he would not say whether he intends to seek a higher office, or reelection, until after the November elections in a Thursday post to social media.

Miyares confirmed he will hold his silence just hours after Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears on Thursday declared her gubernatorial candidacy in a bid to succeed Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is precluded from seeking a second term by the Virginia Constitution.

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Activist Group Launches Amendment Campaign in Eight States to Block Non-Citizen Voting

Just the News

The eight states with these constitutional amendments on the ballot in November are Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

The nonprofit Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) launched a campaign on Wednesday to pass constitutional amendments in eight states this November to prevent non-citizens from voting in those states’ elections.

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Commentary: The Hidden Vote

Virginia Star Staff
Illegal Immigrants

Former President Donald Trump is slightly ahead in the polls and, as in 2016 and 2020, he is drawing massive crowds at his rallies. Some knowledgeable observers have even speculated that Trump could be on the verge of a landslide electoral college victory.

But, while our attention is being drawn to the polls, the campaigning, and the strategies of the presidential candidates, what about the taxpayer-funded electoral apparatus that has been created over the past four years by the Biden-Harris regime?

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Watchdog Sues Arizona Counties for Allegedly Not Removing Non-Citizens from Voter Rolls

Just the News

As of July 1, there are 42,301 voters without proof of citizenship on Arizona’s voter rolls, which increased from 35,273 as of April 1.

America First Legal (AFL) filed an amended lawsuit against all 15 of Arizona’s counties for allegedly failing to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls.

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Early and Mail-In Voting Begins Two Months Before Election Day amid Lawsuits, Integrity Concerns

Just the News

Absentee voting for the presidential election will begin this week, two months before Election Day, as early in-person voting starts nationwide later this month amid lawsuits over election administration and election integrity concerns.

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Conservative Group Spends $2.3 Million to Flip Virginia U.S. House Seat Sought by Democrat Involved with Trump Impeachment

Tom Pappert
Derrick Anderson and Eugene Vindman

A Tuesday report revealed an influential conservative political fund has spent $2.3 million to flip Virginia’s 7th Congressional District in November. Republicans are trying to help Derrick Anderson secure a victory against Eugene Vindman, who featured prominently in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.

Anderson will benefit from $2.3 million in spending from the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), which exists to elect Republicans to the U.S. House, according to a Tuesday report by Punchbowl News.

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