@Restoring_USA outside counsel. Lawyer at https://t.co/UQuGVnqlOy. Dad. Husband. Virginia state election official in a former life. Cubs, Bears, Miami Hurricanes.
May 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Big voting integrity news for the @GOP in Arizona. The RNC has intervened in two lawsuits to protect the integrity of the state's elections. Democrats want to make it impossible for Arizona to verify it's voters are citizens. 1/
They say checking a box on the application verifying citizenship is enough. It's not. Non-citizens become registered to vote across the country (often unwittingly) and election officials should have the tools they need to verify the eligibility of all who register to vote. 2/
May 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The Boston Globe is wrong. Baker's concerns about illegal immigrants being registered to vote through the state's DMV are entirely reasonable and supported by precedent. 1/ bostonglobe.com/2022/05/11/opi… via @BostonGlobe
In California, non-citizens were registered through the state's DMV which led even the liberal LA Times to criticize the system. 2/ latimes.com/opinion/editor…
May 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed a district court ruling in FL gutting parts of the state's important voting integrity legislation passed in 2021. The 11th Circuit ruling leaves the law intact, an important victory as we approach the midterm elections. 1/
Provisions struck down by the lower court which are now back in effect include a deadline for third party registration groups to return registration applications for voters and safeguards for ballot drop boxes. 2/
Dec 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
You have to love the timing of this challenge. Let's sue Virginia and see if we can get a sue and settle before the Republicans take over. Shameless. 1/
Requiring the full Social Security Number for registration is an important election integrity measure and verifies the identity of the applicant. It most certainly does not violate the Privacy Act since the Virginia Constitution clearly required the full SSN prior to 1975. ⬇️ 2/
Dec 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Some additional info on today's win: 1. Leading up to the 2020 election, Democrats sued to challenge the curing deadline for missing signatures on mail ballots, arguing the election day deadline was a violation of the First and Fourteenth amendments and procedural due process.
2. The @GOP and @AZGOP intervened to defend the commonsense deadline and successfully fought to ensure it was in effect for the November 2020 election. The Democrats appealed which led to today's ruling.
Oct 5, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Arizona election integrity news: The @GOP and @NRSC have been granted intervention to defend a recent Arizona law that ensures ballots are not automatically mailed to dead voters and those with outdated addresses.
The law removes those who fail to vote in two state election cycles (aka 4 years) from a list of voters who are automatically mailed ballots for each election.
