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Voting Dogs, Habeas Corpus and Fake Electors: Updates on Election Deniers and Their Legal Jeopardy

September 10, 2025September 11, 2025

Did the dog catch the car? We have election denier legal trouble involving voting dogs, former election officials claiming they’re political prisoners, and 2020 fake electors who claim they didn’t know what they were doing was wrong.

Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

A Federal appeals court panel ruled August 26th that Pennsylvania counties must count mail-in ballots with a missing or incorrect date. The decision could protect the vote of as many as 10,000 voters each election.

President Trump Agitates for Release of Convicted Colorado Election Clerk Tina Peters; Federal Judge Won’t Dismiss Class Action Suit Against Elon Musk

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025

We have updates on two stories we brought you last year, as President Donald Trump attempts to get convicted Colorado county clerk Tina Peters released, and Elon Musk faces a class action suit over alleged empty promises made to swing state petition signers.

Texas House Passes Further Gerrymandered Districts After Democrats Stalling Quorum Return and are Placed Under Guard

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Two dozen Texas Democrats who fled the state to prevent a quorum in the Texas House returned to the chamber August 18th, resulting in the August 20th passage of further gerrymandered Congressional districts requested by President Donald Trump. Passage by the Senate is expected by the weekend.

As Trump Proposes Baseless Ban of Voting Machines, Newsmax Settles Defamation Suit with Dominion Voting Systems

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025

As we’ve reported, President Donald Trump said August 18th he would end the use of voting machines in the U.S., claiming without evidence they contributed to widespread election fraud. The same day, conservative media company Newsmax settled a defamation lawsuit for $67 million dollars with Dominion Voting Systems for airing similar conspiracy theories.