Some of these candidates are just plain lying that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump or was rife with massive fraud. Others are professing to be merely asking questions. Still others are walking an evasive tightrope,
Tag: Election
Opinion: If voters don’t stop it, election deniers could kill American democracy
We work to make sure that every eligible citizen is registered, has the information they need to vote, has their vote counted correctly and can have rightly placed faith in a complex electoral process — one made more onerous by
Staten Island Amazon workers’ union election planned for next month
Late next month, workers at Amazon’s Staten Island fulfillment center will hold a long-awaited union vote, if all goes according to plan. The in-person election is tentatively set for March 25 through 30, coinciding with the culmination of a mail-in
Stripped of Election Oversight, She’s Running for Colorado Secretary of State
In early August, the conservative website Gateway Pundit posted passwords for the county’s election machines. In October Ms. Peters spoke at a gathering in South Dakota of people determined to show that the 2020 election had been stolen from Mr.
‘President Trump is wrong’: Mike Pence rejects ex-boss’s false claim that he had power to overturn election
U.S. former Vice President Mike Pence sits for an onstage interview after his remarks on abortion, ahead of Supreme Court arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case involving a Mississippi abortion law, at the National Press Club
Georgia Election Workers Sue Rudy Giuliani, OAN Over Election Fraud Claims
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a right-wing cable news channel and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of defaming them by falsely claiming they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 election.
Trump ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ordered To Pay $175,000 Over Baseless Election Lawsuit
Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and seven other pro-Donald Trump attorneys have been ordered by a federal judge to pay $175,000 in sanctions to Michigan officials they unsuccessfully sued in an effort to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. U.S.
Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation
The Gateway Pundit is published by twin brothers, James and Joseph Hoft. The Hoft brothers did not respond to requests for comment. In April, the brothers spent 57 minutes articulating their myriad false theories about the 2020 election for Regent
San Francisco’s Top Prosecutor Will Face a Recall Election
“Everybody’s like, why doesn’t the D.A.’s office just scoop these people up and throw them in jail so I don’t have to look at them anymore,” said Lara Bazelon, a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law
Fact-checking Kari Lake, serial promoter of election lies and early frontrunner in GOP primary for Arizona governor
It sure does. Both of them have been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. And like Trump, Lake has not only disseminated false claims about the election but called for action based on those false claims. Lake has baselessly advocated
Texas Caves To Donald Trump And Announces Election Audit
Texas election officials said Thursday night they were auditing the 2020 results in four large counties hours after former President Donald Trump, continuing to falsely claim the election was stolen, pressed Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for a ballot review. Trump
Apple and Google cave to Putin’s censors, block Navalny app as election begins
Enlarge / A sculpture of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny in front of the Brandenburg Gate at an anti-Putin demonstration on May 9, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images | Adam Berry Apple and Google gave a
Facebook eyes “Election Commission” in possible bid to shed political scrutiny
Enlarge / Guests stand next to a Facebook Elections USA sign in the Facebook Lounge ahead of the first Republican presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Facebook may finally be acknowledging