Tag: 2024 Election

Over 300 election officials across five swing states have raised the alarm regarding ballot irregularities and election integrity in their jurisdictions. Officials in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin have all cited instances raising concerns about voter registration practices, ballot counting, and chain of custody.

The far-left, Democrat-aligned non-profit Public Wise has accused 334 state and local officials of being election deniers and working to ‘undermine democracy.’ However, an examination of the actual claims being made by the state and local election officials reveals legitimate concerns about the security and integrity of the U.S. elections. In at least two of the jurisdictions listed by Public Wise, officials have correctly called into question well-documented election irregularities and potential illegalities.

FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. 

One of the officials listed by Public Wise is Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R), who opposed the certification of the  2024 presidential election results in Fulton County, Georgia. The National Pulse reported in May that an investigation by Georgia election officials found that Fulton County had implemented improper procedures during its 2020 presidential election recount.

The inquiry was prompted by a complaint lodged on July 8, 2022, alleging the inappropriate count of 17,852 ballots. Consequently, the investigation revealed not only duplicate ballot images—implying probable multiple scanning of some ballots—but also that thousands of ballot images are missing. In late May, Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County, Georgia, Board of Elections, filed a lawsuit against the county’s election director, Nadine Williams, alleging she barred state officials from accessing critical election information during this year’s primary elections.

MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA. 

In Arizona, another state that Public Wise claims is being nefariously influenced by conservative election officials, Maricopa County faces an ongoing lawsuit for continuing to violate state election law. The plaintiffs allege county officials failed to maintain the mandatory chain of custody for ballots, resulting in a discrepancy of over 25,000 votes. Razor-thin margins decided several 2022 state-wide races. The gubernatorial contest saw just 17,117 votes separate now-Governor Katie Hobbs (D) from Kari Lake (R).

NONCITIZENS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Meanwhile, in North Carolina, the issue of noncitizen voters has even drawn federal attention, with Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys undertaking an extensive investigation into the occurrence, resulting in multiple prosecutions. The National Pulse reported federal prosecutors have brought charges against 37 noncitizens who voted in North Carolina’s 2016 election. By a three-to-one ratio, these individuals supported Democrats over Republican candidates.

The noncitizens cast 99 ballots in multiple elections dating back as far as 1996. Most of the noncitizen voters only participated in federal elections, with only a handful of ballots cast in local races.