{"id":2365776,"date":"2024-11-07T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-integrity-efforts-helped-prevent-dems-shenanigans-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T23:09:02","slug":"election-integrity-efforts-helped-prevent-dems-shenanigans-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-integrity-efforts-helped-prevent-dems-shenanigans-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Integrity Efforts Helped Prevent Dems&#8217; Shenanigans In 2024"},"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\">18<\/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%2Felection-integrity-efforts-helped-prevent-dems-shenanigans-in-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=2365776&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--><p>The 2020 presidential election has been characterized by claims of irregularities and questionable \u2062election practices, which many \u2062believe disproportionately favored Democrat Joe Biden. Critics have described the election as &#8220;rigged,&#8221; as highlighted\u2062 by The Federalist&#8217;s \u200bEditor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway in her bestselling book. \u2062Following this turbulent election, Republicans and conservatives took significant action to\u2063 improve election integrity \u2064ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Key issues reported during the 2020 election included Republican poll watchers\u2064 being blocked from observing the counting process in various cities, such as Philadelphia \u2063and\u2063 Milwaukee. These situations prompted the Republican \u200dNational Committee (RNC) to engage legal resources to \u200censure fair access \u200bfor election monitors. For instance,\u200d in Milwaukee, reports surfaced that tabulator machines had been tampered with, leading\u2064 to concerns about \u200cpotential breaches \u2063in election security.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, \u2062specific legal actions were undertaken to \u200cenforce\u200d compliance with election laws, particularly regarding the conduct \u200dof election\u2062 officials like\u200d the Green Bay Clerk, Celestine\u2063 Jeffreys, who faced scrutiny for\u200b not properly auditing voters. Nationwide efforts to enhance \u200delection integrity were emphasized as critical in the lead-up to\u200d the 2024 elections, with ongoing actions taken \u2063to ensure that election processes are transparent\u2064 and secure.<\/p>\n<p>the focus \u2062on election integrity has intensified, fostering a robust network among conservatives aimed at safeguarding the electoral process for future elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 2020 presidential election was marred by irregularities, insecure election practices, and last-minute rule changes that, as election integrity activists have since pointed out, benefitted Democrat Joe Biden. As The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway put it in her bestseller, the election was &ldquo;Rigged.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But four years later, President-elect Donald Trump won in a landslide in part because Republicans and conservatives mobilized like never before to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">massive election integrity network focused<\/a> on ensuring free and fair elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take 2020 for example. Republican observers &ldquo;were either kept out, or allowed inside but kept too far away from the counting to see what was happening&rdquo; at the Philadelphia Convention Center, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/republican-poll-watchers-blocked-from-duty-in-multiple-pennsylvania-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> by my colleague Beth Brelje. <\/p>\n<p>But following reports on Tuesday that Republican poll watchers were being &ldquo;turned away&rdquo; in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna counties, the Republican National Committee&rsquo;s (RNC) was on top of it.<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chairman Michael Whatley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChairmanWhatley\/status\/1853779929550180520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a post<\/a> on X that the committee &ldquo;deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials, and can now report that all Republican poll watchers have been let into the building.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Similar action was taken in Milwaukee after the &ldquo;Milwaukee Elections Commission&nbsp;announced over the weekend that certain voting precincts&nbsp;may be limited to only one Republican and one Democrat poll&nbsp;watcher on Election Day,&rdquo; as the RNC wrote in a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/press-release\/rnc-sues-milwaukee-for-shutting-out-poll-watchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. The RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/press-release\/rnc-sues-milwaukee-for-shutting-out-poll-watchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> that the city&rsquo;s elections commission &ldquo;not disclosed which precincts&rdquo; would be affected. The RNC filed suit, and Milwaukee responded by affirming that &ldquo;it will respect the public&rsquo;s right to access and observe the election process in accordance with the law,&rdquo; the RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/press-release\/election-integrity-win-in-milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> in a follow-up statement.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Republican poll watchers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin noticed something amiss. A poll watcher told The Federalist&rsquo;s Matt Kittle that when the day began, the tabulator machines inspected by observers had been sealed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Later one of our observers noticed that the seals (on the machines) had been broken,&rdquo; the source told Kittle. That means the machines &ldquo;had effectively been unlocked, presenting a potential integrity breach,&rdquo; Kittle explained, citing the observer. Roughly a dozen machines were compromised, sources said. RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaraLeaTrump\/status\/1853942388580069736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on Tuesday that their legal team was aware of &ldquo;unsecured&rdquo; counting &ldquo;conditions&rdquo; in Milwaukee and that the RNC was &ldquo;unambiguously calling on Milwaukee&rsquo;s officials to do their jobs and count ballots quickly and effectively.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/05\/trying-to-figure-out-what-they-need-to-win-broken-seals-and-delays-draw-malfeasance-accusations-in-milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Approximately 31,000<\/a> absentee ballots that were counted were slated to be recounted after the security problem, as Kittle reported.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&rsquo;t just the RNC that helped counter Democrats&rsquo; shenanigans with election integrity efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s &ldquo;most notorious elections clerk&rdquo; who &ldquo;repeatedly failed to follow election integrity laws&rdquo; was ordered to comply months after the Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/04\/notorious-wisconsin-election-official-is-ordered-to-follow-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kittle also reported<\/a>. The suit alleged Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys &ldquo;did not comply with procedures for auditing voters who registered to vote on Election Day&rdquo; at their designated polling places for the past four years, Kittle wrote. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/myanmars-ousted-pro-democracy-leader-suu-kyi-faces-new-charge\/\" title=\"Myanmar\u2019s Ousted Pro-Democracy Leader Suu Kyi Faces New Charge\">state election commission<\/a> sent Jeffreys a letter late last week ordering her to certify after the election that she completed the necessary steps as required by the law and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/09-Decision-Hogan-et-al-v.-Jeffreys-EL-24-35-11.01.2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commission guidelines<\/a>&rdquo; regarding Election Day registration.<\/p>\n<p>Election integrity has been an ongoing focus nationwide in the years and months leading up to the 2024 election. Just last year, Carol Snow (who is affiliated with the North Carolina Audit Force group), <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/07\/data-more-than-200000-people-on-north-carolina-voter-rolls-missing-id-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alerted<\/a> the North Carolina State Board of Elections that the state&rsquo;s voter registration form did not make it clear to applicants that they were required to submit their driver&rsquo;s license identification number or the last four digits of their Social Security number, as The Federalist previously reported. The form only highlighted in red &ldquo;required&rdquo; fields like name, address, and date of birth.<\/p>\n<p>The board <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/dl.ncsbe.gov\/State_Board_Meeting_Docs\/Orders\/Other\/2023%20HAVA%20Complaint%20-%20Snow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged<\/a> the form lacked clear instructions and, as NCSBE Public Information Director Patrick<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Gannon previously told The Federalist, unanimously agreed to update the form to make clear that registrants must provide either their driver&rsquo;s license identification or the last four digits of their Social Security number.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives and election integrity advocates have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/06\/lawsuit-illinois-is-violating-federal-law-by-failingto-clean-its-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">working<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/13\/suit-nevada-elections-chief-fails-to-maintain-voter-rolls-after-data-suggested-thousands-of-noncitizens-voted-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">months<\/a> leading up to Election Day to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/lawsuit-fulton-county-fails-to-maintain-accurate-voter-rolls-violating-state-and-federal-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hold<\/a> election officials <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/23\/lawsuit-nevada-clerks-are-failing-to-process-challenges-to-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accountable<\/a> when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-more-than-200000-people-on-north-carolina-voter-rolls-missing-id-numbers\/\" title=\"Over 200,000 North Carolina Voter IDs Missing\">maintaining clean voter rolls<\/a> and ensuring only eligible citizens participate in U.S. elections. For example, in September, conservative group America First Legal lodged <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/04\/lawsuit-arizonas-15-counties-are-failing-to-remove-noncitizens-from-the-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuits<\/a> on behalf of the Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona and resident Yvonne Cahill against 15 county election recorders in Arizona for allegedly failing &ldquo;to take the actions required by law to ensure that foreign citizens are removed from their voter rolls,&rdquo; as The Federalist has reported.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more election news and updates, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electionbriefing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electionbriefing.com<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 election faced irregularities, benefiting Biden; Trump won in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2365777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/52487248840_8b935288bb_k-1-e1731000607817.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[33399,44575,32644,32793,32645],"class_list":["post-2365776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-2024-elections","tag-democracy-protection","tag-election-integrity","tag-political-accountability","tag-voter-fraud"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/52487248840_8b935288bb_k-1-e1731000607817.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365776"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365780,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365776\/revisions\/2365780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}