Nearly a dozen states have enacted laws this year that pave the way for election subversion, and additional proposals are gaining momentum in other states, according to a new tally by a nonpartisan group that tracks election-related bills.
Texas not hiring private contractor for election audit
Trump Requests Election Audit In Texas—Which He Won
Trump's Arizona election lies unchanged after 'fraudit' results. That's by design.
If we lived in an America where facts mattered, and shame was still a thing, the pratfall of the Cyber-Ninja “audit” in Arizona would dampen the momentum of the Trumpist “stop the steal” movement.
DeSantis orders Florida official to investigate Facebook for 'alleged election interference'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has instructed Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee to investigate Facebook for "alleged election interference."
The investigation follows The Wall Street Journal's explosive report entitled The Facebook Files, which said that, among multiple other accusations, some VIP users were exempt from the social media giant's policies during the 2020 election.
FACT FOCUS: AZ election review spurs false claims online
Presenting its findings in a six-month-long review of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona’s largest county on Friday, a Republican-backed cybersecurity firm ended in much the same place where it began: without any evidence to contradict certified election results showing Joe Biden won.
Trump-backed Arizona election review reaffirms Biden win, Texas launches audit
A contractor working for Cyber Ninjas, hired by Senate Republicans in Arizona, gestures in May during a recount of ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix.
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Sept 24 (Reuters) - Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden in Arizona's most populous county, a review of results by allies of Trump in the Republican Party has reaffirmed, according to a draft report of the findings seen by Reuters on Friday.
The report, prompted by Trump's false claims of widespread electoral fraud, found that Biden, a Democrat, won Maricopa County despite Trump's claims otherwise. The analysis recorded 99 additional votes for Biden and 261 fewer votes for Trump.
The conclusion, if confirmed in an official announcement later on Friday, will disappoint Trump supporters who had pushed for the review, many in the expectation that it would prove his claims he was robbed of victory due to widespread fraud.
"This was Donald Trump's best chance to prove his cases of elections being rigged and fraudulent and they failed," Ben Ginsberg, a veteran Republican election lawyer, said on a media call organized by the States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan policy group. "It's a huge defeat for Donald Trump."
Texas secretary of state’s office auditing four counties’ 2020 elections months after an official called the statewide process “smooth and secure”
The Freedom to Vote Act Fact Sheet
On September 14, a group of key Democratic senators introduced the Freedom to Vote Act, a new comprehensive package of voting, redistricting, and campaign finance reforms. With the support of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the bill’s sponsors include Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Tim Kaine, Angus King, Jeff Merkley, Alex Padilla, Jon Tester, Raphael Warnock, and Joe Manchin.
