Election Integrity News - Week Past is Prologue

Welcome to this week's Week Past Is Prologue, taking stock of the events that will set the stage for the upcoming week.

MFE’s Communications Team brings you links to election integrity highlights and to MFE and PIME original articles.

Enjoy!

NEWS LINKS

MICHIGAN

• Great Debate - link to Rumble video of the event

• Who Gets To Decide What Is 'Misinformation'?

• Jocelyn Benson schemes to implement election law changes NOW that take effect in 2025

• Jocelyn Benson touts ‘panic buttons’ for election workers — refuses to say if any were used or the cost

• RNC Sends Scathing Letter Warning SOS Benson To STOP Going “through the back door” To Push Horrible Election Law Through NOW That’s Slated To Take Effect in 2025!

• Michigan faces a shortage of local clerk candidates, raising alarms about how elections will be run

MFE and PIME Original Articles

• Nine States sue President Biden in Kansas Federal Court to stop Executive Order 14019

• MI Court Forces Retraction from Secretary of State. Benson's 'guidance' went off the reservation.

• Michigan Supreme Court Candidates Praised for Public Debate

• Estimating the Damage. What's the number? How Many Non-citizens are Registered to Vote?

AROUND THE NATION

• Smartmatic Brags About ‘Integrity and Transparency’ Hours After President Indicted for Fraud, Doesn’t Bother to Deny Charges

• Maricopa County agrees to test ballot tabulators used in elections, not just backup machines

• Judicial Watch: 113 Non-Citizens Voted in DC Presidential Primary

• New Get-Out-The-Vote Initiative Seeks To Use Content Creators To Get Patriots To The Ballot Box

• ‘Unlawful Electioneering’: Wisconsin City Clerk Accused Of Posting News Clip In Voting Booths

• Officials Find No Evidence That USA Today’s Sob Story Smearing Voter Challenges Ever Happened

• Alabama Secretary Of State Finds 3,000 Potential Noncitizens Registered To Vote

• FOLLOW THE LAW: Election Transparency Initiative Urges Georgia to Reconcile the Number of Voters to the Number of Ballots

• The nation’s best hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but no time to fix them

• What Effect Will Voter ID Laws Have In The 2024 Election?

• Meet the Little-Known Activist Group That Has Tens of Thousands of Doctors Registering Patients To Vote

AGGREGATOR SITES:

• ElectionBriefing.com

• ETI Media Report

• RealClearPolitics

• CitizenFreePress.com

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Mark your calendars to attend Election Integrity Network's outstanding national working groups. Consider also serving as liaison to report to MFE's Task Force Coalition on our Thursday meetings.

Below is the current schedule for National Working Groups. A link to the full National Working Group Calendar is HERE  (All meetings are noted in Eastern time.)

Monday, August 19

• Building Local Task Forces, 5 PM, Register

Tuesday, August 20

• Vote-By-Mail / USPS, 4 PM, Register

• Citizens Research Project,  6 PM, Register

Wednesday, August 21

• Legislation, 2 PM, Register

• Voter Rolls,  4 PM, Register

Thursday, August 22

• Only Citizens Vote, 11 AM, Register

• Election Technology, 4 PM, Register

• Stop Ranked-Choice Voting, 7 PM, Register

  Click on the monthly NWG Calendar to register and join any meeting.

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