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September 17, 2024
Election 2024

Judge Refuses to Remove RFK Jr’s Name from Swing State Ballot.

A Dane County, Wisconsin judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s name will stay on the state’s presidential ballot despite his request to be removed. Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke stated Wisconsin law only permits presidential candidates to be removed if they die after submitting valid nomination papers.

Judge Ehlke emphasized the clear language of the statute, remarking, “The statute is plain on its face.”

“Mr. Kennedy has no one to blame but himself if he didn’t want to be on the ballot,” he added. With the deadline for printing ballots approaching this Wednesday, there is limited time for Kennedy to pursue further legal action.

Kennedy appealed to a state appellate court last week, ahead of Ehlke’s ruling. The Second District Court of Appeals is considering the case but was awaiting Judge Ehlke’s decision. Earlier in the month, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to include Kennedy on the ballot, rejecting efforts by Republicans to remove him. #

Democrats were able to remove Joe Biden‘s name from the Wisconsin ballot earlier this summer, supposedly because he had yet to be certified as the party’s official nominee.

The presence of independent candidates in Wisconsin’s election could significantly impact the results. The state has experienced narrow margins in four of the past six presidential elections, ranging from 5,700 to about 23,000 votes.

Although Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump, he continues to seek removal from battleground state ballots, believing his presence increases Kamala Harris’s chances of winning.

Earlier this month, Kennedy succeeded in getting his name removed from North Carolina ballots through a court order.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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A Dane County, Wisconsin judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will stay on the state's presidential ballot despite his request to be removed. Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke stated Wisconsin law only permits presidential candidates to be removed if they die after submitting valid nomination papers. show more
May 31, 2024
Election 2024

Ohio Mandates Biden’s Inclusion on Ballot Following RINO Gov. DeWine’s Demand.

Ohio’s Republican-majority legislature has passed a bill to ensure Joe Biden’s inclusion on the state’s November ballot. This action concludes a period of partisan disputes over a deadline traditionally adjusted without controversy. The legislation was approved during a special session of the state Senate on Friday and now awaits the signature of Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, who demanded the session to address the Biden issue. DeWine is anticipated to sign the bill.

State Sen. Rob McColley, a Republican, expressed support for the measure, emphasizing that Ohioans deserve a choice in the upcoming election. “I don’t think anybody on this side of the aisle really feels like they’re going to be voting for President Biden, but at the same time, Ohioans deserve a choice in this election, and that’s what we’re seeking to give them today,” McColley said on Friday.

The bill’s approval may not halt the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) initiative to nominate Biden through a virtual roll call vote before the state’s August 7 deadline. Democratic state Sen. Bill DeMora remarked during the session that the measure could potentially eliminate the need for a virtual meeting, though he was not certain.

The DNC has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday to progress a resolution for the virtual roll call, with a full vote planned thereafter.

Historically, both parties have adjusted their late summer conventions to meet earlier state certification deadlines. Ohio adjusted its deadline four years ago for both parties without significant issues. This year, the complication affects only Democrats, as the GOP has a mid-July convention.

The bill now awaits Governor DeWine‘s decision.

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Ohio’s Republican-majority legislature has passed a bill to ensure Joe Biden’s inclusion on the state’s November ballot. This action concludes a period of partisan disputes over a deadline traditionally adjusted without controversy. The legislation was approved during a special session of the state Senate on Friday and now awaits the signature of Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, who demanded the session to address the Biden issue. DeWine is anticipated to sign the bill. show more
May 29, 2024
Election 2024

Dems Circumvent Their Own Rules to Nominate Biden Virtually for Ohio Deadline.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) plans to hold a “virtual roll call” to nominate Joe Biden before the party’s August convention, aiming to secure his place on Ohio’s general election ballot. The announcement arrived Tuesday as the Ohio State Legislature commenced a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to address the issue.

The Democratic convention, traditionally where candidates for president and vice president are nominated, is scheduled after Ohio’s August 7 deadline for certifying candidates. Ohio GOP lawmakers, holding supermajorities in both the House and Senate, have been hesitant to pass a bill relaxing this deadline for Biden without introducing unrelated campaign finance legislation, which Democrats have labeled a “poison pill.”

The DNC’s rules and bylaws committee is expected to vote on June 4 to allow the virtual roll call. Following this, DNC members will vote on the resolution, enabling a virtual nomination process. Officials have compared this approach to the virtual convention conducted in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Initially, the Biden campaign and DNC resisted initiating such plans. Historically, both parties have resolved Ohio’s certification deadlines without controversy before their nominating conventions. However, DeWine’s call for the special session included addressing a measure to ban foreign money in state ballot issue campaigns alongside the Biden ballot fix. This measure, previously appended to a state Senate version of the Biden-related bill, saw no vote in the state House, precipitating the current urgency.

Nickie Antonio, the Democratic leader in the Ohio Senate, announced the change in strategy, reassuring Democrats that Biden will be on the ballot regardless of state legislative actions. Reports that the timing of the Democratic convention may have prevented Biden from getting on the Ohio ballot first surfaced in April.

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) plans to hold a "virtual roll call" to nominate Joe Biden before the party's August convention, aiming to secure his place on Ohio's general election ballot. The announcement arrived Tuesday as the Ohio State Legislature commenced a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to address the issue. show more
May 22, 2024
William Upton
Election Integrity

Hacked Primary Ballot Unveils MASSIVE Security Flaw in Texas Elections.

A lawsuit filed in Texas alleges that a “willful and systematic disregard of election laws” has allowed a breach in ballot secrecy, impacting most of the state’s voters. The lawsuit, filed by Dr. Laura Pressley and several other voters, contends that the state, in failing to comply with its own election rules, has created a security flaw that allows anyone to reverse engineer for whom a voter cast their ballot.

According to Dr. Pressley’s lawsuit, public information paired with specific data mining techniques can reveal voter choices. Hacking a ballot is accomplished through an algorithm that can decrypt the randomized ID numbers assigned to voters. While the randomized ID numbers are only used by some of the electronic voting machines in the state, they appear to be used prevalently in the state’s most populous counties. Texas state election law, however, actually stipulates that voter ID numbers must be consecutively numbered.

GOP CHAIRMAN’S HACKED BALLOT. 

The ballot security flaw was recently used by the independent Texas news outlet Current Revolt to expose for which candidates for office Matt Rinaldi, the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT), voted during the state’s Super Tuesday 2024 primary election. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Rinaldi claimed he voted for former President Donald J. Trump in the March primary. However, the ballot copy acquired by Current Revolt shows that he voted for Governor Ron DeSantis. The Florida Governor dropped out of the Republican presidential primary race weeks before the Texas primary.

Experts such as Dr. Walter Daugherity from Texas A&M University have verified a repetitive pattern in the random number generation used to assign ballots, adding credibility to Dr. Pressley’s claims. The process — detailed in the lawsuit — shows how unique ballot numbers can be linked back to individual voters, making ballot secrecy an illusion.

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A lawsuit filed in Texas alleges that a "willful and systematic disregard of election laws" has allowed a breach in ballot secrecy, impacting most of the state's voters. The lawsuit, filed by Dr. Laura Pressley and several other voters, contends that the state, in failing to comply with its own election rules, has created a security flaw that allows anyone to reverse engineer for whom a voter cast their ballot. show more
May 22, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

BREAKING: Why Biden Won’t be On Ohio Ballot.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) announced that Joe Biden will not appear on the 2024 Ohio presidential ballot unless the state legislature acts to change current state election law or the state’s Democratic Party changes its rules. “I’ve said from here to Colorado that it’s in the best interest of voters to have a choice in the race for president,” LaRose said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday night. He continued: “I’m also duty-bound to follow the law as Ohio’s chief elections officer.”

“As it stands today, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee will not be on the Ohio ballot. That is not my choice. It’s due to a conflict in the law created by the party, and the party has so far offered no legally acceptable remedy,” the state’s top election official said, confirming the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent failed to meet the state’s ballot requirements.

LaRose reiterated that he’s contacted the Ohio Democratic Party chairman to find an equitable solution. The Ohio House Speaker announced on Tuesday the state legislature would not return for a special session to address the issue.

The Biden campaign‘s Ohio ballot issue arises from a calendar conflict. Ohio election law stipulates August 7 as the deadline for certifying candidates for the state’s election ballot. However, Biden won’t be formally named the Democratic nominee and certified as its candidate until August 19 at the Democratic National Convention. LaRose stressed that the national Democratic Party will need to change the date on which they certify their nominee to comply with his state’s election law.

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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) announced that Joe Biden will not appear on the 2024 Ohio presidential ballot unless the state legislature acts to change current state election law or the state's Democratic Party changes its rules. "I’ve said from here to Colorado that it’s in the best interest of voters to have a choice in the race for president," LaRose said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday night. He continued: "I’m also duty-bound to follow the law as Ohio’s chief elections officer." show more
May 10, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RFK’s Campaign Appears to Be Deceiving Voters To Gain Ballot Access.

Petition workers for the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. independent presidential campaign appear to be misleading voters in New York City regarding the nature of their signature-gathering efforts. Several New York City residents say they’ve been approached by petitioners who claim to be gathering signatures for getting “independent candidates,” “progressive candidates,” or even “Joe Biden” on the state’s ballot. In actuality, these individuals are working on behalf of Kennedy and not any other candidates.

In one instance, traffic court judge Amy Bernstein was approached by a signature gatherer who had hidden Kennedy‘s name by folding it under the top of the clipboard. He told the judge he was gathering signatures for “independent candidates” to have ballot access. According to Bernstein, the only names visible on the petition were Kennedy‘s slate of electors — whose names would not be recognizable by most individuals.

New York State requires candidates to gather 45,000 signatures for presidential ballot access; the Kennedy campaign says they want to hit at least 100,000 signatures. Submitting signed petitions far above the legal requirement isn’t unusual. However, a large number of signatures are often invalidated, primarily because they are illegible.

Some Kennedy petition gatherers who’ve engaged in deceptive tactics admit they’re being paid by the campaign — or at least a campaign vendor. This suggests a supervisor is instructing them to hide Kennedy‘s name on the petitions, ostensibly to maximize the likelihood that a New York City resident would sign the form.

However, the Kennedy campaign denies having instructed the petitioners to engage in such deceptive tactics. Campaign manager Amaryllis Fox Kennedy — the candidate’s daughter-in-law and former CIA employee — told the New York Times that such deception is “utterly at odds with all of our intensive training and materials.”

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Petition workers for the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. independent presidential campaign appear to be misleading voters in New York City regarding the nature of their signature-gathering efforts. Several New York City residents say they've been approached by petitioners who claim to be gathering signatures for getting "independent candidates," "progressive candidates," or even "Joe Biden" on the state's ballot. In actuality, these individuals are working on behalf of Kennedy and not any other candidates. show more
April 11, 2024
Election 2024

Biden May Miss Deadline to Appear on November Ballot in SECOND State.

President Joe Biden may be barred from appearing on a second state’s presidential ballot in November due to conflicts between state election law and the timing of the Democratic National Convention. According to Alabama’s Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), state law requires a “certificate of nomination” for the nominated president and vice president at least 82 days before the election, currently scheduled for November 5. However, the Biden re-election campaign won’t be able to provide the certification until the party’s convention, which is set to begin after the deadline on August 19.

In a letter, the Alabama Secretary of State urged the state’s Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee to adhere to the legal deadline. Allen made it clear that he will not be able to certify the Democratic Party’s nominees for the November 2024 election if the necessary paperwork is not submitted in time.

The Biden campaign faces a similar situation in Ohio. In a letter to the state’s Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz Walters, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) warned the scheduled national convention date is over a week past the August 7 deadline for certifying candidates for the ballot.

Despite the candidate certification timing issues in both states, the Biden campaign says they are confident the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent will appear on all 50 state ballots. In response to the convention timing problem, they are advocating for provisional ballot access certification before the conclusion of the presidential nominating convention. The campaign notes this has been allowed in Alabama, Illinois, Montana, and Washington. However, the Alabama Secretary of State asserts that state election law does not offer ‘provisional certifications’ for candidates.

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President Joe Biden may be barred from appearing on a second state's presidential ballot in November due to conflicts between state election law and the timing of the Democratic National Convention. According to Alabama's Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), state law requires a "certificate of nomination" for the nominated president and vice president at least 82 days before the election, currently scheduled for November 5. However, the Biden re-election campaign won't be able to provide the certification until the party's convention, which is set to begin after the deadline on August 19. show more
April 6, 2024
Election 2024

Could Biden Really Be Kept Off the Ballot in Ohio?

Ohio’s Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, has voiced concern that the timing of the 2024 Democratic National Convention may prevent President Joe Biden from appearing on the state’s general election ballot. In a letter to Ohio Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz Walters, LaRose noted the scheduled convention date of August 19, 2024, is over a week past the August 7 deadline for certifying candidates for the ballot.

The Biden campaign, however, has expressed confidence that the president will appear on all 50 state ballots, saying it’s closely monitoring Ohio’s situation.

LaRose suggested potential remedies? The Democratic Party could consider moving its convention date forward, or alternatively, it could petition the Ohio legislatures to form an exception to the rule by May 9 as prescribed by state law.

Even though the Democratic Party features on election ballots across all 50 states, the current scheduling could still pose a significant procedural challenge for the party and its primary candidate.

Conflict over the scheduling comes as a potential setback to Biden’s 2024 campaign in Ohio, a key battleground state which holds noticeable weight in national election outcomes. Ohio has 17 Electoral College votes.

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Ohio's Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, has voiced concern that the timing of the 2024 Democratic National Convention may prevent President Joe Biden from appearing on the state's general election ballot. In a letter to Ohio Democratic Party Chairwoman Liz Walters, LaRose noted the scheduled convention date of August 19, 2024, is over a week past the August 7 deadline for certifying candidates for the ballot. show more

Editor’s Notes

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
While certainly a possibility the heads up from Frank La Rosa as well as simplicity of a fix here means that Biden will almost certainly remain on the ballot in Ohio
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While certainly a possibility the heads up from Frank La Rosa as well as simplicity of a fix here means that Biden will almost certainly remain on the ballot in Ohio show more
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March 4, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Breaking
Election 2024

Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY Rules Trump Must REMAIN on Ballot.

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that President Donald J. Trump may not be disqualified from the ballot by states, in the Trump v. Anderson case, brought by the 45th President of the United States in challenge to the state of Colorado’s attempts to keep him off the ballot.

Specifically, the opinion release Monday morning states: “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.”

The unconstitutional Colorado ruling was backed by billionaire George Soros, and the Colorado ruling was presided over by justices linked to former President Barack Hussein Obama, as well as donors to Hillary Clinton. The dissenting judges revealed at the time they had seen “nothing like” the court session that booted Trump from the ballot, adding: “I have been involved in the justice system for 33 years now, and what took place here doesn’t resemble anything I’ve seen in a courtroom.”

The National Pulse’s Will Upton detailed three months ago how and why the Supreme Court would overturn the Colorado decision. Last week, House Democrats signaled they would attempt to block a potential Trump election victory certification if the Supreme Court ruled in this way.

The ruling effectively puts to bed the multitude of Democrat-led attempts to kick Trump off the ballot in a number of states.

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The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that President Donald J. Trump may not be disqualified from the ballot by states, in the Trump v. Anderson case, brought by the 45th President of the United States in challenge to the state of Colorado’s attempts to keep him off the ballot. show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Don’t underestimate what a major L this is for Soros and the left-wing effort to take Trump off the ballot
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January 18, 2024
Exclusive

New York Young Republicans File Amicus Brief Against Insurrection Hoaxsters Moving to Keep Trump Off Ballot.

The increasingly influential New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) will file an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, opposing the moves across several U.S. states to keep President Donald J. Trump off the ballot for the 2024 election.

Gavin Wax, the club’s President, told The National Pulse exclusively: “Activist judges in the Colorado Supreme Court engaged in an unprecedented contortion of the English language to satisfy their political ends. Our amicus brief demonstrates that the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment narrowly tailored the scope of its restrictions. The Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented action relies on modern and colloquial usages of precise verbiage, showing how desperate they are to satisfy leftwing activists at the expense of justice.”

The brief, which can be read in full here, asserts:

…someday, perhaps sooner than President Trump’s political opponents may realize, their misguided interpretation of the Insurrection Clause will work against them. Armed with a weaponized Insurrection Clause, partisan officials (Democrat and Republican alike), particularly in states overwhelmingly controlled by a single party, will find so-called evidence to disqualify despised political opponents from the ballot for having “engaged in insurrection” against the United States, and this process will be repeated ad infinitum.

Lawyer Ed Paltzik told The National Pulse: “President Trump’s political opponents have come to a conclusion that terrifies them: if the 2024 election is conducted fairly, he will win and return to the White House. This would bring their Marxist, America-last, woke agenda to a screeching halt. They will try anything – including misuse of the Insurrection Clause. We are honored and proud to team with Gavin Wax, the New York Young Republican Club, and the National Constitutional Law Union on this amicus brief supporting President Trump.”

National Constitutional Law Union’s John Pierce added: “The attempts to keep Donald Trump off the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment are a brazen and outrageous attack on the Constitution. The weaponization of our legal system must stop, and the NCLU intends to stop it. We are honored to file this amicus brief in support of President Trump, working alongside the amazing leadership team at the NYYRC. The American People will decide who the 47th President is, not leftist judges and unelected bureaucrats.”

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The increasingly influential New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) will file an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, opposing the moves across several U.S. states to keep President Donald J. Trump off the ballot for the 2024 election. show more