Honest Elections Project applauds Michigan Court of Appeals ruling restoring election safeguards
WASHINGTON, DC – The Honest Elections Project applauds the ruling in Michigan’s Court of Appeals, which restored the ballot receipt deadline and restrictions on ballot harvesting enshrined in Michigan law. The Honest Elections Project supports a similar case in federal district court challenging the 14-day extension of the state’s ballot receipt deadline. That policy is not […]
Honest Elections Project Responds to the Supreme Court’s Decision Denying the Restoration of Pennsylvania’s Legal Ballot Deadline
WASHINGTON, DC – The Honest Elections Project’s Executive Director, Jason Snead, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision denying a stay in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar: “The Supreme Court’s unwillingness to restore Pennsylvania’s legal ballot deadline is a disappointment for voters. It will certainly make headlines, but it is neither a […]
Honest Elections Project Files Notice of Appeal in the Lawsuit Challenging Minnesota’s Unconstitutional Policy to Remove Election Safeguards
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Honest Elections Project announced the filing of a notice of appeal in the federal lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional attempt by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to count late ballots in violation of the law. Simon’s new policy is to count ballots arriving up to one week late, even if […]
Honest Elections Project Supports New Lawsuit Against Michigan to Restore Election Safeguards
WASHINGTON, DC – Honest Elections Project issued the following statement announcing a new lawsuit challenging Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s new policy to count ballots arriving up to two weeks after Election Day. That policy, adopted following a lawsuit brought by leading liberal election lawyer Marc Elias, violates the law and is unconstitutional. Congress […]
Honest Elections Project Issues a Statement on Tulsi Gabbard’s Comments on Ballot Harvesting
“Congresswoman Gabbard is correct: ballot harvesting is a practice that has too often been abused to manipulate ballots and intimidate voters. It is refreshing to see bipartisan recognition of this alarming threat to voting rights. In 2018, harvesters tampered with or destroyed hundreds of ballots and forced a congressional district to redo an election. Ballot […]
Michigan Continues to Fight Against Commonsense Voter Roll Cleanup
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson filed a motion yesterday in federal district court, seeking to dismiss the National Voter Registration Act lawsuit filed earlier this year by Michigan voter Tony Daunt, using data and analysis from the Honest Elections Project. Earlier this year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was warned of evidence that […]
Honest Elections Project Issues Statement on 11th Circuit Court Decision on the Florida Felon Voting Issue
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project: “When someone commits a crime, they owe a debt to society. Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a commonsense Florida law requiring felons to pay their debt in full before registering to vote. Florida voters are within their rights to give convicted felons the opportunity to […]
Honest Elections Project Issues Statement on the Postal Service Hearing
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project “The notion that the Postal Service is sabotaging mail voting should be called what it is: a baseless distraction. There is no evidence to support this claim. The Post Office is far from perfect, but by all reasonable accounts the USPS is doing its best to help absentee […]
Honest Elections Project Issues Statement on Dr. Fauci’s Comments
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project: “This settles the debate: there is no legitimate health reason to rush into a hastily concocted all-mail election this November, or for partisans and activists to scare voters who want to vote in person into voting by mail. As Dr. Fauci put it, if we can go […]
Honest Elections Project Issues Statement on Maryland’s Election Plan
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project “Governor Larry Hogan’s election plan gave voters a choice: to request an absentee ballot, or to vote safely in person by opening the state’s polling places. That was the right move to empower voters while learning from the missteps that have brought chaos and dysfunction to so many […]