{"id":1942704,"date":"2023-06-02T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:50:53","slug":"exclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of True the Vote prepares for 2024, says liberty is chaotic."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>True the Vote Founder Catherine Engelbrecht on Election Integrity<\/h2>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0602\/3f51a27f-0bba-40d0-a1c2-6e1da002b5df\/audio.mp3?length=7197453&#038;duration=600\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The lights are never off in prison, so Catherine Engelbrecht lost her sense of time; she thinks it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a> when she stood in line at the Montgomery Processing Center, a Conroe, Texas immigration detention prison, awaiting an uncomfortable medical assessment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Engelbrecht founded the election-monitoring organization True the Vote in 2010, and she and Gregg Phillips of True the Vote were subjects of the film \u201c2,000 Mules,\u201d which followed the group\u2019s investigation of activity around drop boxes in the 2020 election. Investigating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">election integrity<\/a> means challenging powerful people. It has not been comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Even though she was an American citizen, and had not entered the U.S. illegally, in October 2022, however, she spent nine days in solitary confinement at a federal immigration detention prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking, what the hell? I shouldn\u2019t even be here, having to do what I\u2019m about to do. I mean, really? This is actually happening?\u201d Engelbrecht told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4449234\" style=\"width: 321px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/38-Screen-Shot-2022-05-05-at-5.08.48-PM-1200x673.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/38-Screen-Shot-2022-05-05-at-5.08.48-PM-1200x673.jpg\" alt=\"Gregg Phillips, whose investigation into voter fraud, is featured in \u201c2000 Mules.\u201d (Salem Media Group\/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Phillips was also imprisoned\u2014both for contempt of court\u2014after he and she refused to disclose the name of a confidential FBI informant in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-liberty-is-messy-founder-of-true-the-vote-gears-up-for-2024\/\" title=\"Founder of True the Vote prepares for 2024, says liberty is chaotic.\">civil defamation lawsuit brought<\/a> by elections software company Konnech, Inc. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-woods-makes-first-comments-since-accident\/\" title=\"Tiger Woods Makes First Comments Since Accident\">company didn\u2019<\/a>t like what True the Vote said about it, but later dropped the suit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The woman in front of Engelbrecht in that prison line turned around. \u201cShe said, \u2018Just remember, sweetie, in here, your life is not your own,\u2019 and it hit me, to the marrow of my bones. Because that was true in there. But it\u2019s not true here,\u201d Engelbrecht said, speaking on her phone with birds chirping cheerily in the background. \u201cThis is free. And voting is free. And our country is good. And it\u2019s worth working for. We shouldn\u2019t take it for granted, because it can all be gone. We are in perilous times, but it is not over. We need people to wake up. If people wake up and serve, then game, set, match. We win. We get our country back for our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Reasons for Optimism<\/h2>\n<p>Engelbrecht has had a lot of time to think about how to do that. She returned to the United States after taking a 400- mile hike on the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Spain, a spiritual trek that has been taken by thousands since medieval times. Walking in solitude for three and a half weeks offers time for prayer and reflection. Through that, she landed on the word <em>believe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJust believe. Do not doubt. If I have said to you that I will deliver this nation, then believe it. Don\u2019t doubt me,\u201d Engelbrecht thought about God\u2019s promises as she walked. \u201cMy resolve is redoubled. I know that I\u2019m in this for the right reasons. I know why I believe what I believe. I am not a perfect person, but I am committed to this cause. I believe we win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pilgrimage got her head straight about what\u2019s coming, she said, predicting that the 2024 election will be the battle royale for the soul the republic.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to decide whether or not citizens care enough about freedom to actually step in and figure out what they can do to stop this runaway freight train that has become governance by dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She is optimistic, because after 2020, people woke up and started asking questions. Many people studied election processes in their states and election integrity groups formed around the country. More people are watching the complicated innerworkings of elections than in the past. Elections were meant to be run by the people, she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough learning curve. There\u2019s been a lot of misinformation. But that\u2019s just a part of liberty. Liberty is messy. It\u2019s not always going to be perfect. The key is to stay standing, keep asking the questions, and not get shut down or overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have a very serious national discussion on the way we cast and count votes so that it is fair to everyone. And technology and data exist to do this,\u201d Engelbrecht said. \u201cThe only reason it\u2019s not happening is because the weaknesses in the process can be manipulated and exploited for political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Focus on Process<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4505874\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/06\/01\/IMG_1956-1200x900.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/06\/01\/IMG_1956-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"True the Vote founder and president Catherine Engelbrecht describes how organized ballot trafficking appears to be behind the 2020 election in Arizona during an informational meeting with state lawmakers in Phoenix on May 31. (Allan Stein\/The Epoch Times)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It is time to fight, Engelbrecht said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs a constitutional republic, we can fight through the power of our vote. That is the way it\u2019s supposed to work.\u201d But that is more than showing up on election day and wearing an \u2018I voted\u2019 sticker and never questioning what is going on behind the scenes. That makes us easy prey for political types,\u201d Engelbrecht said. \u201cI think it\u2019s important for citizens to understand they have a role to play. In my opinion, every citizen who can, should serve in an election process. See it for yourself. You\u2019ll see the dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As part of its 2024 platform, True the Vote has plans on numerous fronts. It aims to have election rules well defined before the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened in 2020 has been happening, inch by inch by inch in elections for decades,\u201d Engelbrecht said. \u201cAnd then in 2020 it was just like, blow the doors off, lawlessness reigns, do whatever you want, it doesn\u2019t matter. Then you try to take it to court after the fact, and it\u2019s so highly political, no court is going to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>True the Vote is interested in supporting efforts to ensure that laws are followed in the 2024 cycle.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are many tragic cases in these last few years <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, stood in line for a medical assessment at the Montgomery Processing Center, a Texas immigration detention prison. 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