Hunter Fielding, Author at News Addicts

04 Nov

Judge Rejects GOP Effort to Block Weekend Absentee Ballot Drop-Off

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A Georgia judge has dismissed a Republican lawsuit attempting to prevent counties from operating election offices over the weekend to accept hand-delivered absentee ballots. The GOP plaintiffs argued that Fulton County’s decision to open the election offices on Nov. 2 and 3 where voters could hand-deliver absentee ballots directly to…

04 Nov

Top Election Official Reveals Pennsylvania Is Investigating Possible Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms

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Pennsylvania’s top election official confirmed his office is investigating potentially fraudulent voter registration applications after authorities in multiple counties reported the issue. Noting that the discovery of possibly fraudulent registrations are “absolutely” troubling, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt told local news outlet ABC27 Sunday that “Lancaster County is…

04 Nov

Democrats Threaten to Flood Social Media and Airwaves if Trump Declares Premature Victory

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Panicked Democrats are planning to flood social media and television airways if former President Donald Trump declares victory “before all votes are counted,” according to a report from Reuters. The report cited six Democratic Party and Harris campaign officials, who said they plan to fight Trump’s declaration of victory in the court…

04 Nov

Federal Judge Allows Iowa Officials to Challenge Ballots of Potential Noncitizen Voters

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A federal judge ruled on Sunday that Iowa election officials may continue to follow Secretary of State Paul Pate’s directive to challenge the ballots of 2,176 registered voters who have been identified as possible noncitizens. The ruling came as a recent Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll forecast Vice President Kamala…

02 Nov

21-Year-Old Texas Woman Arrested for Attempting to Sell Newborn Baby on Facebook

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Juniper Bryson, 21, posted about her baby in a Facebook group called “Birth Mothers Looking for Adoptive Parent(s)” on September 22. Bryson allegedly also tried to get relatives to take the baby, telling them that he would be born positive for drugs. The relative posted online looking for someone to…

02 Nov

Washington Governor Deploys National Guard to Counter Possible Election Violence

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has activated members of the National Guard, placing them on standby to support local and state law enforcement in the event of an outbreak of election-related violence. The “purely precautionary” deployment, as announced by Inslee on Nov. 1, follows warnings from the U.S. Department of Homeland…

02 Nov

JUST IN: Florida Bars DOJ Officials From Entering Polling Stations

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has barred the Department of Justice from appearing uninvited at polling stations across the state, stating that such actions could undermine the election process. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that it “plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions in…

02 Nov

NEW REPORT: Secret Service Releases Internal Review of July 13 Attempted Assassination on Trump

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The United States Secret Service has completed its internal review into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The agency published its completed “mission assurance” report on Friday, outlining several operational gaps that preceded the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate’s…

02 Nov

DOJ Deploys Officials in 27 States to Oversee Voting Rights Compliance on Election Day

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Federal officials will be on-site at polling stations in 27 states throughout Election Day to monitor compliance with voting rights laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. The 86 jurisdictions across 27 states where monitoring will occur include key locations in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas.…

02 Nov

JUST IN: Judge Rules Cobb County Voters Can Submit Late Absentee Ballots Until November 8, Three Days After Election

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On Friday, a judge ruled that voters in Cobb County, Georgia, who received their absentee ballots late may submit them until November 8, three days following the election. At least 1,000 of the absentee ballots sent out late this week in Cobb County went to out-of-state voters. As reported by…