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From Catherine
Hi Friend —
Gallup just released the results of its nationwide poll of Americans' views on elections, and the numbers came back about how you'd expect (see below). Two-thirds of Americans are concerned that political leaders will pressure election officials to change an outcome. Nearly 6 in 10 worry ballots won't be handled or counted properly. Among Republicans, 78% are concerned about ineligible ballots being cast. We were called conspiracy theorists for saying these things out loud. Now most of the country is saying it with us.
An Example of the Crazy Making: Alaska walked into a no-win situation this week, and it's a great example of a baseline problem every state faces. Checking its voter roll against DMV records, Alaska flagged 3,048 voters as possible noncitizens and moved them to the inactive list. They can still vote, just not normally. They'll cast a questioned ballot — Alaska's version of a provisional — reviewed after Election Day and counted only if the state clears them. But an unknown number of the 3,048 are lawful voters, including several who have already proven it.
Here's the bind. Leave questionable names on the roll and you risk ineligible ballots canceling out lawful ones. Pull them and you risk removing lawful voters through a process that is nowhere near foolproof. Alaska chose removal, three weeks out from a primary, and still can't say how many of the 3,048 are actually ineligible. The elections director blames old DMV data. The DMV says Elections asked for it and got back current status. Neither has answered the question.
Now step back. This is a state where a hunting license satisfies the ID requirement at the polls, while a database match was enough to deactivate 3,048 registrations. Broken process on both ends.
Our recommendation is an overhaul, end to end. Better data, better safeguards, better answers when it goes wrong. America, we have to do better.
In other news, California rejected nearly 150,000 mail ballots in their recent primary. Fulton County, GA is back in the headlines. And newly declassified files continue to be released to the White House election integrity page.
None of this gets fixed from the top down. In the Alaska situation, twenty-three Alaska legislators wrote that a letter to the state, demanding answers, because Alaskans checked their own registrations, found the problem, and made noise about it. That is the entire mechanism. It has never been anything else.
So here's the ask. Join us on True the Vote NOW and find the people already working in your state. Then pick one thing — your rolls, your ID standards, pick any illogical process — and don't let go of it until it's solved. Look at how other industries handle these things. Banks reconcile their accounts every single day. Hospitals track chain of custody on every vial of blood. FedEx scans a package at every handoff. None of it is exotic, and none of it is beyond us. Call your legislators, and call them again. Show up to the public meetings nobody attends. Say the hard thing out loud when the room would rather you didn't.
Government will not fix itself. It never has. It gets fixed by citizens who refuse to go away. Like you. Like me.
After AK removed over 3,000 potential non-citizens from their rolls, but the DMV data was inexact, causing false positives. Voters and their legislators are now demanding they all be reinstated. Top to bottom, it’s a mess.
Nearly 150,000 California mail-in ballots were rejected in the June primary, even as the state continues expanding vote-by-mail policies intended to increase participation. California also remains known for prolonged vote counts, with ballots accepted up to seven days after Election Day if postmarked on time.
Broken outcomes reveal broken systems. If the design doesn't change, neither will the results.
We never took a deep dive into theories surrounding the exploitation of voting machines, but with the recent release of declassified election-related intelligence, it's worth taking a closer look. This second installment from the Election Oversight Group compares documented election incidents with vulnerabilities described in the released intelligence, examining questions around election systems, chain of custody, auditability, and unauthorized access. Great work—and we have a hunch there's more to come.
Just days after a criminal referral involving Fulton County's 2020 election, the FBI sent a letter requesting election records—including ballots, tally sheets, and poll tapes. The document has reignited questions about how the investigation was handled and why transparency remains essential. At long last, in many ways, from many directions, here comes the sun.
Remember: you don't need a title, a law degree, or anyone's permission to get involved. You need awareness, courage, and the resolve to stay in it when others walk away.
True the Vote will keep doing our part. With faith as our foundation and patriots like you standing in the gap, we'll keep pressing for transparency, accountability, and an America we leave stronger than we found it.
We can't do this without you — and we wouldn't want to.
Thank you for your support!
Grounded in Truth
A weekly word from the TTV team. Want one every day? Join us in TTV Now.
Father, Thank You for giving us the unchanging truth of Your Word in a world filled with constantly changing opinions and messages. When the world tells us to follow our hearts, teach us to follow You. When the world labels us by our past, remind us that we are new creations in Christ. When the world tells us to live only for today, help us to number our days and invest in eternity. And when the world encourages us to follow our feelings, graciously give us the wisdom and courage to follow Your Word instead.
Strengthen our discernment so that we will faithfully test every message we hear against Your Word. Help us take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ. Teach us to recognize truth from error, wisdom from deception, and Your voice above every other voice competing for our attention. Give us hearts that continually seek You and lives that are built upon Your firm foundation.
Thank You that Your truth never changes because Your character never changes. May our thoughts, our words, our decisions, and our lives increasingly reflect Jesus so that others may see You and give You glory.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
~ Jenna Riggs
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