“I pledged during the 2021 campaign to work to increase transparency and strengthen confidence in our state elections. It should be easy to vote, and hard to cheat. The Election Integrity Unit will work to help to restore confidence in our democratic process in the Commonwealth.” – Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia, September, 9, 2022

“2 Reform Mail Ballots: Codify signature matching requirements and strengthen criminal penalties for forging ballot signatures. Ban ballot harvesting and drop boxes. Enact strict chain of custody and records retention requirements for all mail-in ballots.” – Dixon for Governor, accessed September 7, 2022

“North Carolina achieved 61 out of a possible 100 points in the ranking. It received poor scores in verification of citizenship, election litigation procedures, restriction of private funding of election officials or government agencies and voter identification implementation. The state received favorable scores in accuracy of voter registration lists, absentee ballot management, vote harvesting/trafficking restrictions, vote counting practices, access of election observers and restriction of same-day voter registration and automatic registration.” – The Center Square, September 5, 2022

“Critics of the bill have used divisive language in attempts to gain partisan advantage, but the court has seen through their poll-tested buzzwords and allowed Georgia elections to be governed by the rules enacted by Georgia’s elected representatives. This is how Georgia elections are supposed to work.” – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, August 24, 2022

“Following both the Texas Constitution and the requirements of the Texas Election Code, the opinion outlines the legal framework needed for the Secretary of State and the election records custodian to work together in achieving both ballot preservation and public access to anonymous voted ballots.” – Ken Paxton Attorney General of Texas, August 22, 2022

In June, Missouri enacted comprehensive election reform legislation that requires a photo ID for in-person voting and restricts the use of private funding to administer elections. – The Heritage Foundation, August 17, 2022

“In 2020, and despite several lawsuits filed by leftwing groups, Ardoin led the state to adopt a bipartisan emergency election plan to accommodate Covid fears by temporarily (not permanently!) expanding existing absentee voting statues rather than opening up the Pandora’s Box of mass mailing of absentee ballots – what the leftist organizations were demanding in court. The litigation was not successful – but the emergency plan proposed by Secretary Ardoin was.” – Conservative Partnership Institute, July 13, 2022

“This decision reveals just the tip of the iceberg of Wisconsin’s election integrity problems,” Thomas More Society Special Counsel Erick Kaardal stated in response the state’s high court ruling. He went on to explain how an agreement existed between the Center for Tech and Civic Life and Wisconsin’s five largest cities to violate the state law banning absentee ballot drop boxes in the 2020 election. “And the worst of it,” Kaardal added, “Is that it was all coordinated with the blessing of the Wisconsin Elections Commission.” – The Thomas More Society, July 8, 2022

“In order to help voters, state legislators, election officials, and all Americans who are interested in ensuring a fair and secure election process, The Heritage Foundation has published this Election Integrity Scorecard, which compares the election laws and regulations of each state and the District of Columbia that affect the security and integrity of the process to the Foundation’s best-practices recommendations.” – The Heritage Foundation, December 14, 2021