More Voting Shenanigans, Mostly By Dems

Colorado: 30,000 noncitizens got vote registration mailer
Colorado’s secretary of state’s office says it mistakenly sent postcards to about 30,000 noncitizens encouraging them to register to vote
ByJAMES ANDERSON Associated Press
October 10, 2022, 2:46 PM

DENVER -- Colorado’s secretary of state office says it mistakenly sent postcards to about 30,000 noncitizens encouraging them to register to vote, blaming the error on a database glitch related to the state's list of residents with driver's licenses.

The office of Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold insisted none of the noncitizens will be allowed to register to vote if they try.

The news comes at a time of widespread skepticism — often unfounded — of voting integrity following the 2020 presidential election and as Griswold, who has touted her role as a national advocate for secure elections, seeks reelection in the November midterms.

Colorado’s Republican Party chair, Kristi Burton Brown, condemned Griswold for the error, saying in a Monday statement that “Jena Griswold continues to make easily avoidable errors just before ballots go out" by mail on Oct. 17.

Griswold faces Republican Pam Anderson, a former suburban Denver clerk and head of the state's county clerks association, who is a staunch advocate of Colorado's all-mail voting system.

Griswold’s office said in a statement that the postcards were mailed Sept. 27. The error happened after department employees compared a list of names of 102,000 people provided by the Electronic Registration Information Center, a bipartisan, multistate organization devoted to voter registration, to a database of Colorado residents issued driver’s licenses.

That Department of Revenue driver's license list includes residents issued special licenses for people who are not U.S. citizens. But it didn't include formatting information that normally would have allowed the Department of State to eliminate those names before the mailers went out, Griswold’s office said Monday.

The incident is under investigation, it said. Colorado Public Radio News first reported the error.

Colorado is among at least 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that issue driver’s licenses to non-U.S. citizens, according to the National Council on State Legislatures. Colorado also automatically registers eligible voters when they obtain their driver's license from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Griswold’s office said it was unaware that anyone who received the postcards in error had tried to register.

It is sending notices to the roughly 30,000 people who aren’t citizens but who mistakenly received the postcards. And it is applying several efforts to prevent or reject anyone not eligible to vote from registering, including comparing Social Security Numbers required for each application, on a daily basis. County clerks also will refer suspect cases to local district attorneys for review.

Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the fact that the mistake was caught shows the system is working.

“It should show, first of all, that mistakes can happen, but secondly that there are checks in place to make sure mistakes don’t result in disaster,” Morales-Doyle said. “It's not good this happened. It appears to be a case of human error and a database error and not some conspiracy, which I think some critics would seize on.”

Morales-Doyle said there have been very few incidents of noncitizens attempting to register in the U.S. because the consequences are so severe — up to and including deportation.

The Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving U.S. voter rolls and encouraging registrations. Some 33 states and the District of Colombia belong to the group. Under its contract with ERIC, Colorado sends a mailing to eligible residents encouraging them to register each election cycle.

The Colorado postcards, in English and Spanish, specify that residents must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years old to register. They tell recipients how to register but are not a registration form.

It’s Beginning: Arizona Ballot Stuffer Caught Covering Up License Plate
By Anthony Scott
Published October 18, 2022 at 5:28pm

A recent post by Melody Jennings the founder of Clean Elections USA, reveals ballot stuffing has already begun in Arizona.

Melody Jennings took to Truth Social and posted a picture of a car with its license plate covered up.

The picture of the mysterious car with its license plate covered up was located outside of a ballot box in Phoenix, Arizona.

Full story and tweets at:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/beginning-arizona-ballot-stuffer-caught-covering-license-plate/

Democrat-linked marketing firm offers $500 for online endorsement of Elissa Slotkin
Michigan Democrat's re-election race considered a toss-up
Published October 21, 2022 1:45pm EDT

A Democrat-linked, progressive marketing firm is offering $500 to content creators to give online endorsements to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., as she runs for re-election.

Slotkin, one of the many vulnerable Democrats running for re-election in 2022, is on the beneficial end of progressive digital marketing firm People First's offer to online content creators in the Great Lake State.

The firm is offering half a grand to content creators to give Democrat Slotkin an online endorsement as the midterm elections head into their final stretch.

Slotkin — whose race against Republican candidate Tom Barrett is considered a toss-up — is the subject of a new email marketing campaign from People First, offering $500 to Michigan content creators for an online endorsement.

An email obtained by Fox News Digital shows People First making the offer to Michigan content creators to "show support" for Slotkin and "combat misinformation online" for a $500 paycheck as part of their "The Truth is Out There Campaign."

According to the email between Katherine S., a digital relational organizer for People First, and a Michigan business, the firm reached out to the business to "share a paid content partnership with Michigan residents" and made the offer.

"If you’d be interested in helping us in this [get out the vote] effort, feel free to respond directly to this email or by filling out the form below," the email reads. "We’re offering $500 in payment to those willing to make one social media post or video."



Neither Slotkin’s campaign nor People First immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

People First writes on their website that the election "season is quickly approaching, and with so much at stake in Michigan it can be hard to tell fact from fiction."

"We are looking for creators who value stable, collaborative, and bipartisan leadership for Michigan," the website says.

This call for bipartisanship, however, is undermined by the group’s history of campaigning for Democratic presidential candidates, as well as promoting embattled political organizations.

People First boasts on their website they "activated an army of BIPOC influencers to win a Presidential Election" for President Biden, as well as their work with progressive political organizations Fair Fight and Black Lives Matter.

The group also bragged about working with the children’s show "Sesame Street" to engage "parents on impactful ways to talk to their children about racial equity" and launching Planned Parenthood "on TikTok to champion sexual health for a new generation."

However, the progressive organization’s Democrat roots go deeper — the group’s Facebook page is managed by the United We Win Super PAC, a single-candidate super PAC supporting Democrat New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.

This means the political money being offered to help boost Slotkin's chances of re-election is likely not even coming from Michigan.

The endorsement offers come as Slotkin faces a tough race in a year predicted to favor Republicans.

Hundreds of thousands of mail ballots are being sent to unverified voters in Pennsylvania.

Guidance and directives from the PA Department of State instruct counties to register and mail ballots to voters who provide invalid ID or no ID.

Counties must attempt to obtain and verify identification which is likely to end in crisis as described in this report.

https://verityvote.us/pennsylvania-voter-not-verified-vulnerability/

Democrats make desperate midterm ads  

Florida’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS) has collected enough evidence of systemic ballot harvesting in the Orlando area to recommend state law enforcement open a full criminal investigation.

Ballot harvesting is illegal in Florida.

Just The News reports that the OECS investigation was launched after Cynthia Harris, a former candidate for Orange County Commissioner, filed a sworn affidavit with the Florida Secretary of State’s office. In her affidavit, Harris described a long-standing, systemic ballot-harvesting operation in the Orlando area.

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/jawdropping-fraud-systemic-ballot-harvesting-in-orlando-black-neighborhoods/

Democratic groups fund third-party conservative longshots to siphon votes from Republican candidates
One Democratic group led by a former Bernie Sanders pollster is promoting a libertarian candidate
By Haris Alic | Fox News | Published October 31, 2022 12:00pm EDT

MSNBC host terrified about midterms for Democrats: ‘I’m really scared about a bloodbath’
On MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" Friday, Donny Deutsch issued a dire warning about Democratic candidates getting destroyed in the midterms because of the economic issues facing everyday Americans.

Political groups aligned with the Democratic Party are spending heavily to boost third-party longshot candidates in must-win races across the country as polls show Republicans gaining ground in the homestretch of the 2022 midterm elections.

Democratic groups have popped up in recent weeks to bolster third-party candidates in high-profile contests in which vulnerable Democrats are struggling.

Tied to Democratic operatives and firms, the groups are spending money to convince voters that the third-party longshots are the true "conservative" choice, efforts that can split the conservative vote and help ensure a Democratic victory.

"It's an old tactic and one that both parties have used," said Brad Bannon, a Democratic strategist who has run several high-profile campaigns. "It doesn't always work, but in a close race, if you can shift even a few hundred votes away from your opponent, it could mean the difference between winning and losing."

Democratic groups are spending heavily to boost third-party longshot candidates in must-win races across the country as Republicans gain ground in the homestretch.
Democratic groups are spending heavily to boost third-party longshot candidates in must-win races across the country as Republicans gain ground in the homestretch. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

In Kansas, an organization called the American Center is putting tens of thousands of dollars behind independent gubernatorial nominee Dennis Pyle, who, in a recent poll, was at just 3% while the GOP and Democratic candidates were well ahead of him and running neck and neck. The American Center is working to contrast Pyle with the GOP nominee, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

"Meet conservative independent Dennis Pyle," says a recent digital ad sent out by the group via text message. "He's running as an independent against RINO Derek Schmidt, who supports illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition in Kansas.

The American Center, which shares an address with a prominent Washington, D.C.-based law firm used by the Democratic Party, is also spending $92,000 on radio ads boosting Pyle as the "real conservative" in the governor's race, intervening in the battle between Schmidt and incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

Political strategists say the organization is trying to splinter the GOP vote through deceptive advertising in hopes of ensuring a Democratic victory.

Democrats are similarly using the tactic in Michigan's 8th congressional district.

The Voter Protection Project (VPP), run by a former pollster to Sen. Bernie Sanders, has spent nearly $160,000 in recent weeks to promote Libertarian Party candidate David Canny. The money has gone into digital ads and campaign mailers contrasting Canny, a retired retail seller of seafood, with GOP nominee Paul Junge.

"Paul Junge spent a career in California politics," one of the group's mailers said. "Don't let Paul Junge bring California values to Michigan. David [Canny] will stop wasteful spending."

Junge, a small businessman and lawyer, is running against incumbent five-term Democratic Rep. Kildee. Most political prognosticators have rated the contest a toss-up. A poll conducted over the summer found Kildee only up three points over Junge.

VPP did not respond to requests for comment for this story. In recent years, the organization has raised millions to bolster Democratic candidates committed to expanding voting rights and stopping voter suppression.

Republicans were quick to note the irony of the organization trumpeting democracy while utilizing tactics that some say are "undemocratic."

"The new Democrat playbook is to meddle in our elections by boosting the libertarian candidate," said a spokesman for the Michigan Republican Party. "Confusing the public and attempting to suppress voters."

VPP is using the same tactic against Republicans in Kansas' 3rd congressional district. The group has even launched a website contrasting GOP nominee Amanda Adkins with Libertarian candidate Steve Hohe.

"Lobbyist and career politician Amanda Adkins serves the interests of the D.C. elites," the site states. "Steve Hohe will: crackdown on illegal immigration [and] eliminate the federal income tax and replace with a flat tax."

National Republicans are bullish that Adkins, who ran for the Kansas City-centered seat in 2020, can oust two-term Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids. To make sure that doesn't happen, VPP has already spent more than $261,000 on ads and mailers attacking Adkins as insufficiently conservative

Apart from boosting third-party candidates, VPP is also running ads in a heated California matchup, calling Rep. David Valadao a traitor for having voted to impeach former President Trump. The group's maneuver comes as Valadao is fighting a general election matchup against Democrat Rudy Salas.

The use of such tactics is nothing new for Democrats. Earlier this year, the party spent heavily to boost far-right Republicans in contested primaries from Arizona to Pennsylvania in an effort to prevent stronger candidates from ascending to the general election.

'Grandma Karen' Caught Stealing Republican Yard Signs, Says She's Fighting 'Fascists'
By Kira Davis | 6:30 PM on October 31, 2022
 
Scott Davison is a grassroots candidate for school board in Carlsbad, California. Like many other Republican candidates, Davison has been complaining of his opponents and/or their supporters stealing yard signs.

It’s not an uncommon practice for Democrats. Stealing yard signs is just one more form of censorship, albeit a low-level one. In local races, name recognition is as important as platform stances. For better or worse, some voters just choose who seems familiar for offices they don’t know much about.

Back to the signs. Davison says sign stealing in his school board race has become particularly egregious lately. Unsurprising given the election hole Democrats seem to have dug for themselves over the last two years.

Enter one brave, social justice warrior, who took it upon herself to save America by stealing the property of Republicans she hates. Fortunately, her brave heroics were caught on camera by a supporter of Davison’s. The Carlsbad candidate posted the video on Monday.

In the video, an elderly woman can be seen walking down the sidewalk with a giant tote bag on her shoulder. The bag was suspiciously “sign-shaped.” Perhaps she was carrying a giant checkerboard? Or a foldable dance mat for impromptu breakdancing battles?

Or maybe a sign?

The driver asks the woman why she removed Republican signs, particularly one for Brian Maryott, Republican congressional candidate (although according to Davison his signs were also taken). Grandma Karen’s response is thorough, thoughtful and intelligent.

“Because these people are fascists.”

Oh. Well then. Carry on.

The driver did not let Grandma Karen carry on, however. He pressed her about her theft.

Driver: I just saw you take the Maryott sign down.

GK: Do you want it?

Driver: No, I don’t think you should be doing that. That’s theft, first of all.

GK: It’s on public land!

Political signs are considered property, and theft of political signs is considered property theft and/or destruction under the law in almost every town in America. I suppose Grandma Karen thinks it would be just fine to go vandalize a library or a community center, as they are “public land.”

When the driver asks why she only took the Republican signs and left the Democrat signs she responds:

“I took some other signs!”

Not only does Grandma Karen admit to stealing Republican signs because she doesn’t like Republicans, she actually admits on video that she stole the other missing signs as well. The Democrats are not really sending their best.

Davison says he does not find it surprising that his opponent’s supporters would resort to illegal behavior. They have smeared him as a “liar, bigot, bully and anti-LGBTQ+” and once you’ve made a demon out of a human being, shallow thinkers feel justified in any kind of behavior, in the name of “justice.”



Davison says he has filed a police report with the Oceanside Police Department and his team is currently working to identify the sign thief and have a few leads.

Republican candidates and or local GOP offices should start thinking about setting up teams to track thefts like this. While it seems silly , it’s not inconsequential, and the only way to force election integrity is to hold thieves and anti-democracy activists accountable for their law-breaking. It has to cost them something, because they’ve already cost America far too much.

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Democratic groups fund third-party conservative longshots to siphon votes from Republican candidates
One Democratic group led by a former Bernie Sanders pollster is promoting a libertarian candidate
By Haris Alic | Fox News | Published October 31, 2022 12:00pm EDT

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The use of such tactics is nothing new for Democrats. Earlier this year, the party spent heavily to boost far-right Republicans in contested primaries from Arizona to Pennsylvania in an effort to prevent stronger candidates from ascending to the general election.

Arizona’s Libertarian Senate Candidate Quits and Endorses Masters
Magan Crane, Tue, November 1, 2022 at 6:13 AM

(Bloomberg) -- The Libertarian candidate running for Senate from Arizona, Marc Victor, is dropping out and endorsing Blake Masters, offering the Republican a potential boost in the close race that could determine control of the chamber.

The move, announced in a video released on Tuesday, could help Masters in the final days of his race to unseat Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.

“While we don’t see eye to eye on everything, I feel very confident after that conversation that Blake Masters is going to do everything that he possibly can to further the interests of the Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement,” Victor said. “There are no perfect choices here. We have to recognize that.”

In the most recent New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday, Victor was polling at just 1%. Kelly has held a steady but narrow lead in the polls ahead of next week’s vote, and even a small move toward Masters could help him.

Voting has already begun in Arizona, where many people vote early and by mail, minimizing the impact of Victor’s late decision to drop out.