ACRU Staff, Author at Voting Integrity Institute

An Electoral Reform Tsunami

Jefferson Davis County in southwest Mississippi has the distinction of being named after Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis. That's good or bad, depending on whether you regard what occurred between 1861 and 1865 as the Civil War or as the War Between the States. Jefferson Davis County may soon have another distinction as the place where a serious national legal effort to push back against vote fraud was launched. On April 26, three former U.S. Justice Department attorneys filed lawsuits on behalf of the ACRU in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi seeking an order to compel election officials in Jefferson Davis County, as well as in nearby Walthall County, to clean up their voter rolls.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:10+00:00April 29th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

ACRU Sues Two Mississippi Counties over Voter Rolls

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 26, 2013) -- On behalf of the , three former U.S. Justice Department attorneys filed lawsuits today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi seeking an injunction to compel election officials in Jefferson Davis County and Walthall County to clean up their voter rolls. Like hundreds around the nation, these two counties have more active registered voters than there are voting age-eligible residents, according to data from the U.S. Census and state voter registration offices.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:02+00:00April 26th, 2013|ACRU Litigation News, In the Courts, News, Press Releases, Voter ID|

ACRU’s Complaint against Walthall County, Mississippi

HATTIESBURG, MS (April 26, 2013) — The sued officials in [...]

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:10+00:00April 26th, 2013|ACRU Complaints, In the Courts, Voter ID|

ACRU’s Complaint against Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

HATTIESBURG, MS (April 26, 2013 -- The filed suit against [...]

ACRU Staff2013-04-26T15:51:33+00:00April 26th, 2013|ACRU Complaints, In the Courts|

Adams: Civil Rights Division Ignored Criminality, Harassed Americans

J. Christian Adams, an ACRU Policy Board member and former Justice Department attorney, told members of the House Judiciary Committee on April 16, 2013 that the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice has overlooked criminal behavior within its ranks while at the same time pursuing "abusive and meritless cases against Americans who are exercising free speech rights as well as states enacting voter integrity measures - so meritless that courts have imposed cost sanctions against the Division."

ACRU Staff2013-04-25T15:44:53+00:00April 25th, 2013|News|

Vote Fraud Trial Underway in Indiana

A former Democratic official and a Board of Elections worker are accused of being part of a plot that has raised questions over whether President Obama's campaign -- when he was a candidate in 2008 -- submitted enough legitimate signatures to have legally qualified for the presidential primary ballot. The two face charges of orchestrating an illegal scheme to fake the petitions that enabled then-candidates Obama, and Hillary Clinton, to qualify for the race in Indiana.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:19:32+00:00April 23rd, 2013|In the Courts, News, Vote Fraud|

North Dakota Senate Tightens Voter ID Law

BISMARCK -- North Dakota voters may have to present identification before they can cast a ballot at the next election. Senate lawmakers on April 3 passed an amended House Bill 1332 by a 30-16 vote, which will eliminate the voter affidavit process that allows a voter to cast a ballot without proof of eligibility.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:19+00:00April 10th, 2013|News, Voter ID|

Arkansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Voter ID Law

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas legislators passed a law on April 1 requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem. The Republican-led state House voted 52-45, largely along party lines, to complete an override that started in the GOP-controlled Senate on a 21-12 vote last week. Only a simple majority was needed in each chamber.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:35:19+00:00April 10th, 2013|News, Voter ID|

Editorial: Securing the Ballot

Nothing is quite so implausible as a Democrat claiming he's against something because it's "too expensive." Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he vetoed a prospective law requiring voters to show identification before casting a ballot because it would cost $300,000. "At a time when some argue for the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy and for reduced government spending," he says, "I find it ironic to be presented with a bill that increases government bureaucracy and increases government expenditures." Nearly three dozen other states are still solvent after adopting similar voter-ID laws. On Tuesday, Virginia became the latest, with Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell's signature on a voter-ID bill that takes effect in November 2014. Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/1/securing-the-ballot/#ixzz2PDz5JCTA Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:10+00:00April 1st, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Voter ID|

Heritage Report: ‘Universal Voter Registration’ Would Cause ‘Chaos’

In a new report, Heritage Foundation scholar Hans von Spakovsky examines "universal voter registration" and finds that it "could significantly damage the integrity of America's voter registration system. The 'voter registration modernization' concept of automatically registering individuals through information contained in various existing government databases would throw the current system into chaos.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:03+00:00March 28th, 2013|ACRU Commentary, Automatic Registration, Voter ID|

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