1. Office of Personnel Management<\/h2>\n
In March 2022, the Office of \u2063Personnel Management (OPM) announced<\/a> \u200dit \u2062will allow federal employees to\u200b take \u200dup to four hours of \u201cadministrative leave\u201d\u2063 to vote in any U.S. election. The agency further granted these workers the same\u2063 amount of time to serve as poll workers or observers, should they choose to do\u200c so.<\/p>\n
The\u200b guidance is \u200ba departure from previous OPM policy, which\u2064 granted leave \u200cto federal workers\u200c \u201con \u2062election\u200b day only\u201d and permitted them \u201cto access paid \u2063time off in limited circumstances based on [their] work schedule \u2063and the \u200bpolling hours in their community.\u201d When announcing the change in policy, \u2064OPM said it \u201crecognizes that voting has evolved beyond a single election day\u201d and claimed the new guidance would limit supposed \u201cbarriers to voting.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the 2020 election, the vast majority of political donations from federal employees went\u200b to Democrat candidates, according to data<\/a> published by OpenSecrets. For example, of the\u200d $2.36 million in political contributions from Department of Justice employees in the 2020 election cycle, $2.02 million (87.6 percent) went to Democrats while \u2062only $286,083 (12.4\u2062 percent) \u200dwent to Republicans. <\/p>\n

2. Department of Education<\/h2>\n
The Education\u2063 Department\u2019s role in carrying out Biden\u2019s executive\u200d order is unsurprising, given Democrats\u2019 increased focus<\/a> on courting young voters. During the 2022 midterms, for example, this\u200d 18-29 age demographic broke heavily for Democrat candidates over \u2064Republican ones by\u200d a nearly 2-to-1 margin<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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In April\u200d 2022, the agency\u2019s Office \u2062of Postsecondary Education told universities<\/a> they are required under the \u200dHigher\u200b Education\u200c Act of 1965 \u2063to \u201cmake a good faith effort\u201d to\u2062 make mail\u2064 voter\u2063 registration forms \u201cwidely available\u201d to their\u2062 students and informed colleges that \u200dthey may use work-study funds \u2014 which are used<\/a> to provide part-time campus jobs<\/a> to help students with tuition costs \u2014 to\u2063 pay students to \u201csupport\u2064 voter \u200cregistration activities.\u201d These \u200cinstitutions were additionally instructed to expand \u200dtheir roles in the electoral process, such as by\u200b becoming voting sites and supplying locations for \u200cballot drop boxes.<\/p>\n
As The Federalist\u200c noted<\/a> the \u2064same\u2064 year, \u201cHaving\u200d taxpayers fund get-out-the-vote activities that support Democrats in this way had\u200d previously not been allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most recently, the\u200d Education Department\u200d released a \u201c toolkit<\/a>\u201d that \u200cincludes guidelines for universities on how to increase voter registration and turnout on their campuses.\u2064 The \u200ddocument also contains guidance for K-12 institutions, such as recommendations that schools \u2064\u201c[d]etermine \u2064if [their] state allows pre-registration for \u200bindividuals under 18 years old and, if so,\u200b identify opportunities for high \u2062school\u200c students to do \u200bso.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. Department of Health and Human\u2064 Services<\/h2>\n
In June 2023, The Daily Signal\u2019s Fred Lucas reported<\/a> \u2062that the Indian Health \u2062Service (IHS), which falls\u2062 under the Department of\u200c Health and Human Services, is collaborating with the ACLU, Demos, and several other<\/a> left-wing organizations to register new voters. In order to expand the reach \u2064of these efforts, the Biden administration designated<\/a> an Arizona-based Indian Health Service\u2063 (IHS) facility as an official voter registration hub<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n
According<\/a> to Arizona Democrat Secretary\u2062 of State Adrian Fontes, Native Health of Phoenix<\/a>, which caters\u2064 to \u201curban\u2064 Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and\u00a0all other individuals,\u201d\u200c will \u201cassist individuals\u2063 in \u2062the voter registration process.\u201d The \u200badministration confirmed that the \u2063IHS facility would be one of five designated as voter registration sites by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n
Much like young voters, Native Americans heavily favor<\/a> Democrats. <\/p>\n
4. Department of Agriculture<\/h2>\n
The USDA\u2062 is another federal agency directing its efforts at potential Democrat voters. Earlier this month, emails<\/a> obtained by The Daily \u2064Signal show<\/a> the agency was \u2064colluding with Demos as\u2063 early as August\u2064 2021 to work on turning out\u2064 voters.<\/p>\n
As The Federalist\u2019s M.D. \u200bKittle reported<\/a>, the USDA\u2019s Food and Nutrition Service<\/a> \u201cencourages \u2064all state agencies administering the child \u200cnutrition programs \u200cto provide \u2064local program \u200doperators with promotional materials, including\u200b voter registration and non-partisan, non-campaign election \u2062information, to disseminate\u200d among voting-age program \u2062participants and \u2064their families.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the\u200b \u201cideas\u201d recommended<\/a> by the agency\u200c is for \u201c[s]chool food authorities administering the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in high schools, and adult \u2063day\u2063 care \u2063centers and emergency shelters participating in the Child \u200cand Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to promote voter registration and election \u200dinformation among voting-age participants and use congregate\u2063 feeding areas, such as cafeterias, or food distribution \u2063sites, as sites for the dissemination of information.\u201d<\/p>\n
5. Department of Homeland Security<\/h2>\n
U.S. \u2064Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an \u200cagency within DHS, announced an update<\/a> to its\u200c Policy Manual in August, which\u2064 included provisions directing agency employees to \u201cincrease awareness and expand access to voter registration during naturalization \u200dceremonies,\u201d in which eligible immigrants\u200d officially become U.S. citizens. Studies<\/a> have indicated a voting preference among \u2062legal immigrants for Democrat candidates over Republican\u2062 ones.<\/p>\n
The guidelines specifically instructed USCIS to provide \u200cnewly ordained citizens \u201caccess to voter registration services\u201d at these ceremonies and additional information \u201cregarding points-of-contact for \u2064voting and voter registration.\u201d Agency employees were also tasked with \u2063requesting local or state election officials\u2064 \u201cattend ceremonies to distribute, collect, and review voter registration applications<\/a>, \u200band to officially\u2064 register new\u2063 citizens to vote.\u201d In the \u200dabsence of said officials, \u2064USCIS must \u201ccoordinate\u201d with \u201cnongovernmental organizations\u201d \u2014 that are presumably \u201capproved\u201d by the administration\u200c \u2014 to provide these same\u2064 services.<\/p>\n
6. Department \u200bof Labor<\/h2>\n
In fulfillment of \u200dBiden\u2019s directive, the Labor Department issued<\/a> guidance in\u200c March 2022 \u201cto all 50 states and the nation\u2019s territories encouraging them to\u2062 designate more than 2,300\u2063 locally operated American Job Centers as voter registration\u2063 agencies.\u201d The agency specifically noted how \u201cpartners\u2062 that operate programs and services\u201d with these centers \u201ccan\u200b engage in voter registration efforts \u2063with their participants,\u201d such as hosting \u2063so-called \u201cnonpartisan organizations\u201d to facilitate get-out-the-vote activities. <\/p>\n
The list of \u201celigible partners\u201d \u2062includes the WIOA Title I Youth Programs<\/a>, YouthBuild\u00a0Programs<\/a>, and Indian\u200c and Native America Programs<\/a> \u2014 all\u2064 of \u200cwhich cater to demographics likely to vote for Democrats. <\/p>\n
7. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/h2>\n
The Department of Veterans Affairs initially distributed<\/a> a survey to more than 12 million \u200dveterans and their families \u201cto better understand Veterans\u2019 experience with the voter registration process, and to\u200c better assist Veterans in addressing and\u2062 overcoming any challenges.\u201d By September 2022, the agency expanded<\/a> its voter registration efforts by partnering\u2064 with Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to \u201ccreate a pilot voter registration program that provides voter registration information, materials and \u2014 if requested \u2014 assistance to Veterans, eligible dependents and caregivers at select\u2063 VA facilities.\u201d \u2064 <\/p>\n
The VA was flagged<\/a> as one of several agencies \u201con the right track\u201d in a \u201cprogress report\u201d published by left-wing groups (including Demos \u2062and the ACLU) \u200bthat measured how effectively departments\u200d are complying with Biden\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n
8. Department of the Interior<\/h2>\n
The Interior Department \u200c(DOI) is also \u2063adequately fulfilling Biden\u2019s order, according to the metrics laid out in\u2063 a \u200d report<\/a> published by leftist groups. <\/p>\n
The analysis specifically highlighted how DOI\u200d provided \u201chigh-quality voter registration services\u201d to individuals\u200c who attended two agency-sponsored \u201ctribal educational institutions\u201d\u2063 in Kansas and New Mexico. Those two \u2062institutions \u2014 the Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute \u2014 have since been designated as voter registration sites. <\/p>\n
\u201cDOI has moved to ensure that eligible students who attend these institutions\u2063 have\u200b regular access to high-quality voter registration services,\u201d the \u200breport reads. \u201cNotably, DOI is\u200c improving access to registration and voting among a population that has long been excluded\u2014Native Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n
9. Department of the Treasury<\/h2>\n
The Treasury Department has incorporated voter registration \u2063efforts \u201cinto the services provided through the tax clinic assistance program, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), which\u200d provides tax assistance to low\u2062 income individuals across the county,\u201d according to the same \u201c progress report<\/a>.\u201d The \u2064agency further \u2064moved to require \u201call grantees who receive federal funding to administer \u200cthese tax clinic assistance programs\u201d to offer voter registration services.<\/p>\n
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How does the collaboration between the Department of Health and Human Services and left-wing organizations like the ACLU \u200cand Demos\u200c to register new voters raise concerns about targeting specific demographics and potential partisan influence\u200c in elections<\/h2>\n
Title: Biden’s Use \u200bof\u2062 Federal Agencies to Interfere in Elections Raises Concerns<\/p>\n
Introduction<\/p>\n
Nearly three years have passed since\u2063 President Joe Biden \u200bsigned Executive Order 14019, which\u200b aimed to involve the federal government in state election administration. Marketed as an effort to enhance American democracy, this directive has proven to\u2063 be more partisan than\u200b the administration admits. It instructed federal agencies to interfere in the electoral process by using taxpayer money to boost\u200d voter registration\u2063 and get-out-the-vote activities. However,\u200d communication records have revealed that many of the allegedly nonpartisan groups collaborating with federal agencies \u200dare extremely left-wing.<\/p>\n
Partisan Voter Registration Efforts<\/p>\n
Voter registration efforts are typically partisan and often involve left-wing groups abusing their nonprofit status to target likely-Democrat voters. \u200bDespite attempts by the administration to stonewall requests for related documents, conservative media outlets and good government groups\u200d have shed light\u2064 on the left-wing nature of these collaborations.\u2063 Organizations like Demos and the\u200b American Civil Liberties Union \u2063(ACLU),\u2064 which have \u2064close\u200c ties to Democratic politicians and ideals, are among\u2064 those \u2063working with federal agencies.<\/p>\n
1. Office of\u200d Personnel Management<\/p>\n
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a policy change \u2064in March 2022 granting \u200cfederal employees up to four hours of administrative leave \u2062to vote. This move increases\u2063 the opportunity for federal workers, who primarily\u200b donate \u2062to Democratic candidates, to engage in partisan activities \u200cduring elections.<\/p>\n
2.\u200b Department of\u2062 Education<\/p>\n
The Department \u200dof Education has been \u200cactively engaged in voter registration efforts. It directed universities to make \u2062voter registration forms widely available to\u200b students and even suggested using work-study funds to pay students to support voter\u2064 registration activities. \u2062Furthermore, \u200cthe department released a toolkit for \u2064universities and K-12 institutions on increasing voter registration and \u200cturnout.<\/p>\n
3. Department of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n
Under the Department of\u2064 Health\u200d and Human Services, the Indian Health Service (IHS) \u2063collaborated with left-wing\u200b organizations such \u200cas the ACLU and Demos to register new\u200c voters. An IHS facility in Arizona was designated as an \u200dofficial voter registration hub. This move targets Native Americans, \u200cwho heavily favor \u2062Democrats.<\/p>\n
4. \u2064Department of \u2064Agriculture<\/p>\n
Emails obtained by The Daily Signal show the Department \u200cof Agriculture (USDA) colluding with Demos since August \u200b2021 to\u200c turn out voters. The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service encourages state \u200bagencies administering child nutrition programs to promote voter\u2063 registration\u2063 among participants and their \u2064families.<\/p>\n
5. Department of Homeland Security<\/p>\n
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration \u200bServices (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, is actively involved \u200cin promoting voter registration during naturalization ceremonies. This\u200d targets eligible immigrants who \u200dhave shown a preference\u200d for Democratic \u2063candidates.<\/p>\n
6. Department of Labor<\/p>\n
The Department of Labor \u200curged states to designate locally \u2062operated American Job Centers as voter registration \u2063agencies. These centers \u2064can collaborate with partner programs that cater to demographics likely to vote for Democrats, such as\u2064 WIOA\u200d Title I Youth Programs, \u200cYouthBuild Programs, and Indian and Native America Programs.<\/p>\n
7. Department of Veterans\u2064 Affairs<\/p>\n
The\u2064 Department\u2062 of Veterans Affairs (VA) has distributed surveys and partnered with three states\u200d to create \u200ca pilot voter registration program at select VA facilities. This program targets \u200cveterans and their families, providing them with\u200c voter \u2062registration information.<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/p>\n
President Biden’s use of federal agencies to interfere \u200cin elections by \u200cfunding \u2062partisan voter \u2062registration efforts raises concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.\u200c The collaboration between federal agencies and left-wing organizations, combined with the partisan nature of voter registration initiatives, undermines the\u200b trust of American voters. It is crucial to ensure a fair and unbiased electoral system that serves the interests of all\u200b citizens, regardless of political affiliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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