Federal prosecutors have charged two Ukrainian nationals with unlawfully voting in an American presidential election, the latest case of non-citizens allegedly participating in federal elections.
Federal prosecutors are accusing an Iraqi national of intentionally voting in the 2020 presidential election, the latest example of a non-citizen unlawfully participating in federal elections.
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When free speech and election transparency collide with political pressure, citizens are often caught in the middle.
Mesa County residents and national election integrity advocates gathered virtually on April 24 to rally support for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk and recorder now incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado.
Speakers emphasized concerns about free speech, election transparency and due process, urging a respectful call to action aimed at Colorado Governor Jared Polis.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked a portion of President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity that is popular among Americans, according to a Gallup poll.
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Mesa County’s Ballot Verifier tool has been praised for giving residents unprecedented access to redacted ballot images and cast vote records. But for some longtime election integrity advocates, it’s only part of the solution.
“This is a great step forward,” said Ed Arnos, a Mesa County resident and former lottery systems designer. “But it doesn’t verify the most important part—how the ballots were actually read.”
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When Ada County launched a ballot audit tool built by a small independent company, no one knew what to expect. But what followed surprised even the clerk who helped shape it.
Election skeptics became supporters, recount demands dropped and voters started tracking their own ballots—sometimes using nothing more than a $2 bill.
What began as a simple idea sketched on napkins between an Idaho election official and a civic-minded data entrepreneur would grow into a public-facing ballot verification platform now used by counties in multiple states, including Mesa County, Colorado.
Mesa County launched a first-of-its-kind ballot transparency tool last month, allowing residents to view redacted ballot images and corresponding cast vote records online—without filing a CORA request. Supporters say it could reshape public trust in elections. Others say it doesn’t go far enough.
But one thing is certain: Mesa County is at the heart of a national battle over election integrity, and the Ballot Verifier came to fruition out of demand — and the innovation of an election stats company that wanted to answer to it.
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A federal judge on Tuesday struggled to understand why the United States government is claiming an “interest” in a relatively narrow issue related to the prosecution and conviction of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters.
Although the government now alleges Peters’ state criminal case may have been politically motivated, the U.S. Department of Justice’s attorney would not say what evidence, if any, the department has to that effect.
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In a revelation that shakes the very foundation of our republic, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has dropped a bombshell during a recent Trump Cabinet meeting: our election systems, the bedrock of our democracy, are riddled with vulnerabilities so severe they could undermine the legitimacy of every vote cast.
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act 220-208.
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