The Big Rig! DE-Frauding Our Elections
The States Leading America’s Drive Toward Secure Elections
There is a new co-leader in The Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard. Since 2021, Heritage has been tracking the laws of every state (and the District of Columbia) governing the conduct of local, state, and federal elections. And for most of those years, Tennessee has stood alone at the top of the state rankings. An early adopter of best practices like banning private funding in election administration, Tennessee was the first state to reach the 90-point mark, and it currently sits atop an impressive 91 points.
But thanks to Arkansas, Tennessee’s no longer alone. Having improved its score by 11 points since 2023, Arkansas joined Tennessee in a tie at 91 points in April.
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The state’s most recent improvements exemplify the straightforward means that all states can implement to ensure that their voter rolls remain accurate and current.
Arkansas now checks new voter registrations for the improper use of commercial or industrial addresses as residences. It investigates the number of individuals registered at a single address and similarly named individuals registered at the same address. It also uses credit agency data to verify the accuracy of the state’s voter rolls and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements to identify noncitizens who have registered to…
Sigh....Well, here in Texas.....
Onward, Christian soldiers!