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Senior Legal Fellow Conservative Partnership Institute Founder, Election Integrity Network

Washington, DC
Joined January 2012
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Reporters are asking me today, "so what's next for election integrity?" Here's the response, to everyone: The integrity of America's elections is vital to our country's future and those of us who live and breathe it are NOT going away! America, roll up your sleeves. The work of securing our elections is FAR from completed! We know – and the American people know – that there are myriad problems in our election systems and that election results for one candidate or political party are not the goal of the @EIwatchdogs The goal is to have honest, transparent, and accurate elections EVERY time, so the people can trust the outcome, regardless of who wins or who loses. Democrats don’t get that. The media doesn’t get that. The focus of the leftist crazies for the last several months was whether President Trump would ‘accept’ the outcome of the elections. What is that even about? When election results are not close….no one looks under the hood. It is only when you have a very close election that people start examining the process and whether there were dead people voting, whether there are votes cast illegally from po boxes or vacant lots….whether the tabulators jammed so that ballots were scanned more than once….whether the printers at the vote centers were working…whether voters had to be sent to a different location….how many people showed up to vote and were told they had ‘already voted…’. And on and on. The work of the Election Integrity Network ElectionIntegrityNetwork.org is needed NOW more than ever. Election integrity cannot wait until the next campaign, the next controversy or the next close race. The rules that govern tomorrow’s elections are being shaped today. Democrats who gained power will pursue election law changes that will put ‘voter convenience’ ahead of secure, accountable and trustworthy elections. Their goal is to model every state’s election laws after California’s. Americans concerned about election integrity need to be ready for that fight in every statehouse, every legislative committee and every county election office. What do you need to do? Watch the proposals in your state legislature. Challenge efforts to weaken voter identification – which was passed overwhelmingly in several ballot questions on Nov. 3, by the way. Demand that voter registration systems verify eligibility and keep accurate rolls. Push back against expanded mail voting and legalized ballot harvesting. Insist on meaningful audits, public transparency and laws that guarantee a fair process. Demand accountability. “Access” should never become an excuse to waive measures to verify eligibility. Who is eligible? How is identity verified? Who handled the ballot? Can the count be checked? Those questions deserve answers, not accusations that asking them is somehow an attack on democracy. Watch efforts to reverse bans on ranked-choice voting. Pay attention to the “democrat” in Democrat Socialists of America. The socialist path does not have to begin with a revolution. It can advance through the ballot box, one majority vote at a time. That is why Americans who oppose socialism must take the fight over election rules seriously. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is more than an election reform proposal. It is a way to make the nationwide popular vote decisive in choosing the president. This change will put America on a socialist path by way of “democracy”. The Democrat Socialists of America will use fifty-one percent to erase the constitutional rights of the other forty-nine. But outrage alone will secure nothing. Get involved in an Election Integrity Network coalition in your state. Study your state laws. Measure state laws against the principles of the U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights. Identify the gaps. Use the Model Election Laws Handbook to strengthen your state’s election laws. Read the election bills proposed in your state. Show up at hearings. Become a trained poll worker or observer. Demand safeguards that protect eligible citizens’ votes and make the results independently verifiable. Bring evidence. Know the rules well enough to challenge weak answers. Stay involved after the headlines fade. Be right and be polite...but be persistent. Hopelessness is surrender in advance. Every citizen who decides there is no point leaves these decisions to someone else. We need all hands on deck. There is work to do. And the time to do it is now! Today! If not you, then who? The consent of the governed means something only when we the people can trust and verify the process that records our consent. We welcome you to join the ranks of the Election Integrity Network. Let’s start today! @EIwatchdogs @BasedMikeLee @seanmdav @RealAmVoice @Bannons_WarRoom @seanspicer
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The Michigan Fair Elections coalition via its brilliant leader Patrice Johnson published this today. What wonderful patriots they are...we need election integrity and the Election Integrity Network electionintegritynetwork.org now more than ever. It is the volunteers and their tireless efforts to ensure honest, transparent, and accurate elections who will save this country from the socialists-Marxists-communists who want to destroy it. Thank you @eiwatchdogs and @mifairelections and ALL the state coalitions for all you do. ONWARD!!! mifairelections.org/post/a-t…
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This is a brilliant essay and THE question that every American should ask before voting. Thank you @timcdaughtry for posting this. For those who love this country, send to everyone you know TODAY! @EIwatchdogs On the Midterm Ballot: Does America Have the Will to Survive? townhall.com/columnists/timo…
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More on @TheDemocrats cheating scheme to register aliens in AZ. But they got caught…
Replying to @USAO_AZ
This is a direct result of our report from last week teapawt.org/realmuckraker/status/2…
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But of course, aliens voting in U.S. elections never happens… except when it does. Thank you, @aaron_reitz for upholding the rule of law!!! Only Citizens Vote!!
I'm charging five foreigners for illegally voting in federal elections. U.S. elections should be free, fair, honest, and legal—and FOR AMERICANS ONLY. The process deserves 100% confidence of the American people. My office is doing its part to secure the ballot box!
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Thank you, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane for fighting back against the effort by anti-integrity forces to block use of SAVE system to identify noncitizens on the voter rolls. The Democrats WANT aliens to vote… it’s how they get and keep power. @mcgraneforidaho is leading the fight to stop alien voting. @EIwatchdogs @elonmusk wsj.com/opinion/the-save-dat…
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Kansas: you have a choice for Secretary of State. It isn’t a difficult decision. @RealPatProctor is a great champion of honest elections, with ONLY US citizens voting. His opponent is a League of Women Voters acolyte who WANTS noncitizens to vote. We need @RealPatProctor as Kansas SOS! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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South Dakota has the chance to elect a real champion for election integrity principles, Heather Baxter, as Secretary of State! Good luck @baxterforSOS. America needs you!
JUST 5 MORE DAYS TO GO! November 3 is almost here, and I'd be honored to have YOUR vote! Let's get to it! My priorities are clear: Champion Election Integrity Empower Small Businesses Enhance Government Accessibility Promote Accountability in Campaign Finance Lead with Truth and Trust Serve with Proven Dedication OPEN BOOKS & HONEST ELECTIONS. NOVEMBER 3, 2026 — ELECTION DAY Make your voting plan. Know what's on your ballot. Remind a friend. Heather Baxter Republican Nominee for South Dakota Secretary of State
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If you live in South Dakota, you have a chance to vote for Heather Baxter @baxterforsos for SD Secretary of State - a true champion for election integrity! Proud to endorse such a great, smart lady who will be a great, smart,HONEST Secretary of State!
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The corrupt elections crowd have started a theme of attack against election integrity advocates labeling us as “extreme”. The principles in the U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights set forth what we are fighting for (and against) ElectionIntegrityNetwork.org When @EIwatchdogs released the principles in January 2025, we asked @ScottWRasmussen to poll the public about their views on the principles. Take a look at the results and the level of support for each: 1. Clean voter rolls. 91% 2. Require number of ballots to match the number of votes - 88% 3. Photo ID confirming citizenship to vote - 87% 4. Proof of citizenship to register and to vote - 86% 5. All ballots received by Election Day - 85% 6. Prohibit voting machines that can be accessed via internet- 80% 7. Require overseas and mail voters to present photo ID -79% 8. Report results on election night - 74% 9. Restore precinct voting - 68% 10. Limit early in-person voting to 5 days - 66% 11. Require in-person voting on one National Election Day - 64% 12. Eliminate no excuse voting by mail - 64% 13. Require hand-marked paper ballots - eliminate voting machines that use touch screens or ballot marking devices - 59% Study those numbers. The American people SHARE our views on the elections The American people KNOW there are problems in the elections caused by the same people now attacking @EIwatchdogs and me. But I ask you: who are the extremists? Are 91% of Americans “extreme”? I don’t think so. All those anti-integrity types should look in the mirror - and there they will see the actual extremists.
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I just noticed a typo. In bullet #2, it should read that the number of ballots should match the number of VOTERS, not votes. Think of it as ONE ballot - ONE voter 88% of Americans agree with that principle. @EIwatchdogs
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thank you @aundreago (Aundrea Gomez) for this fabulous image! ...@EIwatchdogs
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of course they did....why would they want to make sure that potentially illegal votes are set aside until confirmed to be eligible? oh. They don't .... they want the illegal votes included so they can be counted...got it @EIwatchdogs teapawt.org/scotus_wire/status/211…
BREAKING: In a 2-1 vote, the Ninth Circuit dismissed the Trump administration's emergency appeal seeking to require California to set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens pending citizenship verification, finding it lacked jurisdiction.
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great to see @EagleEdMartin endorsing @Lily4Liberty for US House in New Hampshire! two great patriots! teapawt.org/EagleEdMartin/status/2…
SHE SURVIVED COMMUNIST CHINA... NOW SHE'S TAKING ON THE BIDEN MACHINE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE! 🔥 Lily Tang Williams is NOT your typical congressional candidate. She grew up in poverty under Mao's communist regime, came to America seeking freedom, and now she's challenging Rep. Maggie Goodlander, whose husband was Biden's national security adviser. I brought Lily onto my show after her fiery debate with Goodlander, and she let it rip. Her assessment of her wealthy opponent: She was born on third base, but she thinks she hit a triple! 😂 We got into her American Dream story, her concerns about socialism, and the SWAMP! WATCH our conversation on Early Bird With Ed Martin, on @RealAmVoice! 👇
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The thing that never happens just happened. Again. Election office sends double ballots to voters. Oops… Yet these are the very same people who tell us that we should only listen to THEM - the election officials - about elections. That we pesky citizens who try to get them to fix the election problems, BEFORE the elections - well were the problem. And to pay no attention to us because we are “election deniers”. Who are the REAL election “deniers”? The election officials who insist “everything is fine. Nothing to see here….” Add Weber County, UT to the list of election administrators who can’t seem to get it right … and still try to make us believe they are PERFECT and to listen just to them. Keep asking questions, people. Keep watching the election process. Don’t stop just because they insult and demean our work for election integrity. @BasedMikeLee @kimfcoleman @EIwatchdogs sltrib.com/news/politics/202….
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If the issue of illegals voting is such a myth….why are the leftwing shills like David Brock (Media Matters) and David Becker (ERIC, CEIR) so worked into a lather about efforts to enforce what they say is the law? Hmmmm? #ElonMusk
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This says it all. @EIwatchdogs
“Sydney Sweeney” makes the case for Voter ID. teapawt.org/ca4voterid/status/2112…
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Sometimes we make mistakes. I made one today. I posted a report from @nataliegwinters about 4 GOP Secretaries of State who (among others) participated in a project funded by leftist sources. Natalie’s report (which is terrific) listed the 4, one of which was Idaho SOS Phil McGrane. Thanks to some mutual friends, I was connected today to @mcgraneforidaho - and after speaking with them and with him, I realized I was wrong to tar him with the same brush as the one that ACCURATELY describes the other two: the hideous @BradForGASOS and the equally terrible @LGHendersonUtah. Secretary McGrane participated in the project / attending some meetings with those two - BUT SOS McGrane is NOT anti-Trump, nor is he self-aggrandizing and against election integrity as those other 2 people are. My apologies to @mcgraneforidaho But: This should be a reminder to GOP officeholders: Be careful about the many, many self proclaimed “nonpartisan” national groups that invite conservatives and Republicans to attend meetings to help “educate” you. And to help “train” you. And to get their tentacles into you. You may have the purest intentions. The same cannot be said for the funders and leaders of these groups and projects. @mcgraneforidaho is a good guy that these bad guys would love to exploit. Phil McGrane is worth fighting for and we just need to keep him away from the likes of Brad Raffensperger and Deidre Henderson and R Street and the Soros-connected types. Raffensperger and Deidre are totally co-opted by the left. Good riddance to Brad as he exits public office. We still have to endure @LGHendersonUtah for another 2 years. But we’re on to her. We are watching her… More to come about her…. @EIwatchdogs @BasedMikeLee @chiproytx
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This is worth reading and knowing who these scoundrels are: @BradForGASOS, @mcgraneforidaho @ScottSchwabKS and my personal favorite, the loathsome @LGHendersonUtah These “Republicans” are plotting with Soros operatives to take the GOP away from MAGA Remember their names: Brad Raffensperger (GA), Phil McGrane (ID), Scott Schwab (KS) and Deidre Henderson (UT). You can’t despise them enough. I love that @nataliegwinters has outed them. @BasedMikeLee @RealPatProctor @Election_Adv nataliegwinters.substack.com…
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