July 16, 2021 03:14:36 pm
The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) held a media briefing on Thursday to discuss the ongoing denial of the 2020 US election results, which ousted former president Donald Trump and ushered Joe Biden into leadership. CEIR’s founder and executive director, David Becker (pictured left), spoke for about 45 minutes about current state efforts to delegitimize recent and future elections across the US, particularly in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Texas.
Becker stressed the importance of audit-able paper ballots to prevent this kind of frivolous activity. “Election officials must maintain custody and maintain the integrity of the evidence for a period of 22 months.” This mechanism is already in place under Federal law, but “it’s a question for the justice department as to where and how they are going to enforce that.” Becker noted that there have been several proposed rules to require minimum levels of
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By Bobby Harrison
Apr 19, 2021 8:15 AM
Unlike many other state legislatures, the Mississippi Legislature did not pass bills during the 2021 session that would make it more difficult to vote.
But the Mississippi Legislature also did not pass any bills that would make it easier to vote despite Mississippi being one of only seven states that do not allow no excuse early voting or no excuse voting by mail. The Mississippi Legislature essentially maintained the status quo in terms of voter access.
“I remain hopeful that states toward the bottom of this list like Mississippi will realize the integrity benefits of spreading out the voting over a series of days to determine any problems in the system before the polls close,” said David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research.
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