Karen Raines, Pres of Conservative Advancement Network (CAN) with Jenny Beth Martin, CEO Tea Party Patriots, and Karl from Liberty First At the rally in Raleigh with our Election Integrity Warriors, August 29th, 2025. US Senate, Pass the SAVE Act!   Speakers: Tea Party Patriots President, Jenny Beth Martin Representative Mark Harris NCEIT CEO Jim Womack EZ AZ Ceo Merissa Hamilton Wake Count GOP Chair Sandy Joiner   Grassroots groups represented who turned in sign petitions included: Conservative Advancement Network with Pres Karen Raines and member, April Pennisi Liberty First Grassroots: Linda Harper and Wayne Franklin County NCEIT Coordinator Teri Sparrow with Rose Holmes, Carol Knedgen, Dee Sams, Sid Reynolds Asheville Tea Party (had 300+) Thank you, Karen, for delivering them.   (If I missed anyone, please send me your name and group. I was not there. These are notes from some who were. Thanks. Jane Bilello)

https://www.regulations.gov/document/EAC-2025-0236-0001 ? Petition of America First Legal Foundation for Rulemaking "On July 16, 2025, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC or Commission) received a petition for rulemaking submitted by America First Legal Foundation asking the Commission to amend EAC Regulations and the National Mail Voter Registration Form to require documentary proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in federal elections." Comments must be submitted on or before October 20, 2025. We ALL should comment!  Information thanks to United Sovereign Americans newsletter: https://43534789.hs-sites.com/08.28.25-empowering-our-movement-and-more-news ? Saving our Republic...one step at a time. Bound by a common goal, together we succeed. ​Joan Roan

https://carolinapublicpress.org/72308/omnibus-elections-bill-nc-still-shaping/ Feedback still shaping NC omnibus elections bill, but Democrats wary of GOP majority’s goals. If it passes, expect veto override battle. by Sarah Michels August 26, 2025 You Can Vote executive director Kate Fellman breathed a sigh of relief when a bill effectively banning voter registration drives died earlier this legislative session after bipartisan pushback . But now, one of a multitude of provisions in the latest version of this year’s elections omnibus bill would do the same thing, albeit in a different way.  The omnibus bill would require registrants to provide their full Social Security number on their voter applications. Under current law, applicants have an option between giving the last four digits of their Social Security number or their North Carolina driver’s license number.  This session’s elections bill began as a “correction to the rush job” the legislature passed last year after the elections, Senate Bill 382 , said Mark Swallow , an advocate for left-leaning Democracy Out Loud. Last year’s bill tightened ballot counting and curing deadlines, amongst other election changes , while this year’s bill loosens them a bit.  [ Subscribe for FREE to Carolina Public Press’ alerts and weekend roundup newsletters ] However, as the session progressed, it quickly became a grab bag for the Republican majority’s election priorities.  While much of the legislature’s policy work is paused until next year, the elections omnibus is on a different timeline. It may see movement as early as September, according to bill sponsor Rep. Hugh Blackwell , R-Burke.  In Swallow’s view, it’s come a long way, but still has a ways to go.  And in an increasingly uncommon move in North Carolina’s GOP-led legislature, Blackwell is taking in everyone’s feedback on the omnibus before moving forward.  Social Security number, please Fellman does a lot of voter registration as part of You Can Vote, a civic organization focused on voter education and empowerment.  She already hears concerns about the security of providing the last four digits of registrants’ Social Security numbers. Some of the younger registrants don’t know their number offhand, and have to call or text their parents to get the information, which raises further security issues, she added.  “Nobody would give (their full SSN) to a stranger just out on the street,” Fellman said. “… I just don’t know how you could actually do paper voter registration form collection.”  Jim Womack , president of the conservative North Carolina Election Integrity Team, said having a full Social Security number, as the omnibus would require, would make list maintenance easier, as the only true unique data point among voter registrants.  NCEIT is a chapter of the Election Integrity Network, founded by former Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell . Mitchell helped Trump in his failed bid to overturn the 2020 election. Now Rep. Pricey Harrison , D-Guilford, and several others think North Carolina lawmakers are following her election policy playbook.  Womack, for his part, said providing a full Social Security number is no more dangerous than providing any other information at a voter registration drive.  “If it’s the full Social, they’ve got to protect it the same way they do the last four (of the SSN) or the driver’s license number, because both of those are protected as well,” he said. “So I mean, there’s always risk in allowing voter registration drives.”  ‘How it should be’ At a late June House Election Law committee meeting, Harrison posed a concern to Blackwell about a provision of the omnibus bill that would have barred boards of election from “encouraging or promoting voter turnout in any election.”  The provision seemed “a bit vague” to her. Didn’t they want the county boards to encourage turnout? Wasn’t part of their job to promote voting?  Blackwell assured Harrison that there was more work to do on the bill before it was ready for a vote.  “The idea is that we want the State Board to focus on the conduct of the election, and that the responsibility for turnout is better handled by other folks,” he said. “We were trying to draw a line, and we may not have gotten it just at the sweet spot.”  The next time the omnibus bill was heard in committee, the turnout provision was axed. And instead of moving straight from the elections committee to rules, where the bill would have likely been expedited to a floor vote, the bill was assigned an additional committee hearing.  After that committee meeting, where Harrison raised other concerns, Blackwell’s staff emailed her to ask further questions. While Harrison still has a list of issues with the omnibus bill, she gave credit to Blackwell for being amenable to changes, and giving the bill time to improve.  “I’d rather them do it out in the open, in a committee, than to go into a back room and figure out what’s going to work,” she said. “This is actually a better, more public process. This is how it should be.”  The omnibus bill has undergone a number of other changes since its debut. Instead of offering State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes the ability to make 25 political hires — which he said were needed to ensure “ the folks that are surrounding me, certainly my direct reports and I, are aligned on the vision for the agency” — the latest version gives him five positions.  An initial campaign finance provision limiting foreign nationals’ ability to contribute to referendum committees has turned into a broader ban on foreign national contributions for any candidate, political committee, party or treasurer.  The latest version officially takes back the ability of so-called “Never Residents” to vote in state elections, in line with recent court rulings , and limits the acceptable photo ID documents for overseas and military voters.  And of course, it changes some deadlines. ‘Humanly not possible’  Last Election Day, the Wake County Board of Elections received 4,800 absentee ballots before the 7:30 p.m. cutoff. Staff checked ballots, conducted data entry and reviewed the voter and two required witness signatures on each envelope before adding them to the tally.  If last year’s Senate Bill 382 had been in effect, Wake County’s count would have begun at 5 p.m. on Election Day and run continuously until there were no ballots left, with no leaving the room allowed, except in case of an emergency.  That would have meant spending one or two nights in the office, Wake County Board of Elections Democrat Gerry Cohen said. It wasn’t a realistic ask.  Last year’s bill also moved up deadlines for counting and curing provisional and absentee ballots. Before its passage, county elections staff had until the day before county canvass, nine calendar days after the election, to count and cure all the ballots. Senate Bill 382 gave staff just three business days after the election to do so.  This year’s omnibus bill takes it back — kind of. It would give election officials five business days after the election to complete the job.  Lee County Board of Elections Republican Jay DeLancy , who founded the right-leaning Voter Integrity Project, said the deadlines set under SB382 were “humanly not possible” without a hiring surge.  As an election integrity advocate, DeLancy liked the idea of the count being “continuous,” but as a board member, his perspective has shifted slightly.  “The things election integrity people like me have been complaining about were not all put there for nefarious purposes,” he said. “Now we’re having to see, oh, it was done for a pragmatic purpose, just so we have time to count them.”  However, DeLancy wants stronger penalties for those who share ballot count results before the polls close to avoid any possibility of fraud.  What else is in the omnibus bill?  North Carolina absentee voters must attach a copy of their photo ID to their ballot, and either get two witnesses or a notary to sign the envelope.  Last year, the State Board of Elections was supposed to try a third security measure — signature verification — but the pilot program never quite got off the ground due to issues finding an acceptable vendor.  Signature verification requires the use of a machine to detect whether a voter’s signature belongs to them. If North Carolina implemented it through the omnibus bill, it would be the only state to require three security measures for absentee voters.  Hayes’ chief of staff Brian LiVecchi told lawmakers they’ve discussed potential vendors to avoid and seek out with other states. The pilot program wasn’t made a priority under the previous State Board of Election administration, he said. They would like to change that.  Harrison isn’t a fan of the idea.  “They’ve been wanting to go down this road for a while, but we know that there’s a long history of folks getting thrown out because of their signature,” she said. “And anybody who’s watched their signature change from age 18 to 40 or to even 80. I mean, nothing looks the same.”  Hayes, who worked in the legislature as House Speaker general counsel until a few months ago, has fingerprints all over the elections omnibus bill.  Besides the signature verification piece, Hayes was clear that securing positions exempt from the North Carolina Human Resources Act, which bans political hiring and firing, was a top concern. Under the current bill, the State Board would also be able to hire private counsel for legal matters, removing the Democratic attorney general from the picture and shielding any documents from the public records law.  Swallow trains elections workers, and he said these provisions violate one of his golden rules.  “One of the things we tell our poll workers is that the only people that can be partisan in our elections are the candidates, and that’s changing with this bill,” he said.  Even bipartisan sections of the elections omnibus bill face obstacles. The provisions attempting to block foreign influence in elections and campaign finance aren’t quite across the finish line yet, according to Womack.  “They’re struggling to find language that would allow them to restrict referendums or foreign funding of referendums and that sort of thing without infringing on First Amendment rights,” Womack said.  No language change is going to be effective unless the legislature repeals two recent laws that make it easier to cover up the origins of funds, Harrison said.  And some of the omnibus bill’s provisions don’t do anything at all, except maybe send a message, Cohen said.  The omnibus bill bans ranked choice voting, a process by which voters rank candidates instead of choosing just one, and no winner is crowned until they earn a majority. The election method is lauded by supporters for producing more moderate consensus winners and criticized by opponents for being too confusing for voters. But ranked choice voting already doesn’t happen in the state, and it would take express permission by the legislature for any localities to allow it. Laws that allowed ranked choice voting experiments in Cary and Hendersonville years ago have expired, Cohen said.  A ways to go on omnibus Fellman is concerned about the timeline. If the elections omnibus becomes law, most of it goes into effect Jan. 1, 2026. That’s just a few months before the 2026 primary election, which isn’t much runway to implement changes and educate voters, she said.  There will likely be legal challenges, which may make things murkier, she added.  At the end of the day, House Democrats have a leg — or seat — up. If they decide they’re not satisfied with the bill, they can block a veto override. Generally, Democrats tend to stick together on election matters, Harrison said.  Swallow isn’t so confident after swing Democrats have sided with Republicans on several veto overrides so far this session. “There are things in this bill that fix issues, like the curing of ballots timeframe,” he said. “But I hope that doesn’t convince Democrats that this is something they should be voting for.”

Congratulations, Heather! Great job. Election systems expert Heather Honey has been sworn in at the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) as a deputy assistant secretary, leading elections integrity for the Trump Administration, and the left is losing its mind . Honey, a long-time open-source investigator, has spent years analyzing every aspect of how elections are administered, looking for vulnerabilities that leave election systems open to exploitation. Her investigations have led to lawsuits aimed at changing or clarifying election laws in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Maine, and Tennessee, where she helped rewrite election legislation. Read more here. https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/26/left-wing-media-spreads-falsehoods-about-trumps-new-election-integrity-watchdog/

https://www.dailyfly.com/2025/08/21/education-department-ends-federal-work-study-funding-for-campus-political-activism-including-voter-registration-jobs/ WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The U.S. Department of Education announced this week it is ending taxpayer-funded programs that supported political activism jobs on college campuses. The Department of Education will no longer fund the Federal Work-Study, a Biden administration program that paid students to engage in political activities. The department issued a  guidance letter  clarifying that institutions should focus FWS funding on jobs that will give students real opportunities. “Federal Work-Study is meant to provide students opportunities to gain real-world experience that prepares them to succeed in the workforce, not as a way to fund political activism on our college and university campuses,”  said   Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent. The FWS program provides part-time jobs to students involving voter registration, voter assistance at polling locations, voter hotline services or other political activism roles. The jobs could take place either on or off campus. Following the letter from the Education Department, 16 Republican attorneys general outlined in a letter in April 2024 how the Biden administration violated federal law by allowing FWS to support partisan activism on college campuses. “Unfortunately, spending tax money to get more Democrat voters to the polls this fall looks to be this administration’s policy,” the letter  stated. In addition, the department’s new guidance makes clear that the Higher Education Act of 1965 does not require institutions to distribute registration forms to students known to be ineligible to vote, to avoid voter fraud. “Under the HEA, institutions are required to make a ‘good faith’ effort to distribute voter registration forms to students,” the press release said. Additionally, the Education Department has requested institutions to tell students that only citizens of the U.S. may vote in federal elections, voting twice and providing false information is prohibited under federal law, and an individual can only be registered to vote where they are permanently living. The Department of Education’s actions of rescinding federal funds from political activism on college campuses follow President Donald Trump’s executive order,  “ Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. ”

It was a great honor to have hosted US Senate Candidate, Don Brown, at our Tea Time meeting on August 21st at Bay Breeze Restaurant. Don was his usual dynamic self touching upon every issue and his many accomplishments. If you truly want a Patriot who has a proven record of standing up to the RINO establishment and winning and you're sick of the likes of Tillis and Whatley, please sign up to help us with Don't campaign here. Don Brown on Fox News Business Report 8/ 20/2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RlKvFmMxWk You tube Videos: Don Brown Interviews on major networks

We will hear no “CANNED SPEECHES” by Don Brown! The MOST INTELLIGENT, WELL-SPOKEN and STRONGEST TRUMP SUPPORTER to go against Michael Whatley in the Primary (RINO) and then Democrat Cooper! Senate Candidate Don Brown was at the Asheville Tea Party Tea Time meeting on Thursday, August 21 at the Bay Breeze Restaurant in Hendersonville, NC. Jane Bilello: “Don's ready to take on his opponent who has been on the wrong side of every issue you care about! Don's proven record stands as testimony to his qualifications and experience to lead on every major MAGA issue and to be a representative of WE THE PEOPLE. We deserve better than what's running and what we've had.” https://rumble.com/v6xxsa4-the-most-intelligent-well-spoken-and-strongest-trump-supporter-to-go-agains.html

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The RNC and NCGOP are once again putting their finger on the scale for one of their RINOs by brazenly violating their own plan of organization doctrine of 'do not endorse in the primary.' Have you had enough of this hypocrisy? They falsely convince county GOP precinct chairs/executive board members not to get involved in the primary, effectively getting YOU to voluntarily suspend your First Amendment rights. How convenient for this private good ol' boys club that has given us the likes of Thom Tillis, Lindsay Graham, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins! Isn't it bad enough that Whatley has been on the wrong side of every issue you care about! Will you get out there in the primary as a proud US Patriotic Engaged Citizen and finally support an America First Candidate and put your COUNTRY before a flawed political party? Case in Point - The fine print at the bottom of the fundraising invitation below tells the tale. Paid for by Whatley Victory Committee, a joint fundraising committee authorized by and composed of Whatley for Senate, North Carolina First, Republican National Committee, NRSC, and North Carolina Republican Party. PO Box 97275, Raleigh, NC 27624 Let's elect a candidate we deserve. Get out there and campaign for your American First Candidate, Don Brown for US Senate. https://brownfornc.com/about/ Don Brown August 20, 2025 @donbrownfornc · 3h Michael Whatley's record with the NC GOP is one of waste, fraud, and abuse. Ronna Romney promoted Whatley to RNC General Counsel. He had no bar license. Ronna has purchased Whatley. The RNC contributed $2.4 MILLION to the NCGOP in 2024. Over HALF of funds raised. He BLEW IT. ###

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/18/nolte-trump-to-sign-executive-order-outlawing-mail-in-ballots/ Nolte: Trump to Sign Executive Order Outlawing Mail-in Ballots 259 John Nolte 18 Aug 2025 2,088 3:50 President Trump released a Truth Social statement Monday morning announcing he will sign an executive order outlawing mail-in ballots nationwide. He’s also targeting the easily-manipulated voting machines that leave no paper trail to back them up. “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES,” wrote the president. He added that these machines “cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.” “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED,” he continued. “WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”

Letter to NC Legislature:  Sign the Petition to Support the SAVE Act.  Only US Citizens Vote in US Elections Please copy/paste/paraphrase the letter below to email to your Raleigh Representatives and Senators regarding their support and commitment to the SAVE Act that has been passed by the US House twice but not the US Senate. Passing the SAVE Act will compel all 50 states to demand proof of citizenship on their voter registration. They need to show that they are with WE THE PEOPLE. Thank you. NC House Emails https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/post/nc-house-emails-2022 NC Senate Emails: https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/post/nc-senate-emails-2022 Don't know who your reps are, click here https://www.ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators Don't know who your senators are, click here: https://www.ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators Dear _______: As your constituent, I urge you to take immediate action to secure our elections and protect the integrity of every American's vote by urging the US Senate to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and any other legislation necessary to ensure that only U.S. citizens are allowed to register and vote in U.S. elections.     The SAVE Act, which has already passed the US House, mandates proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration—closing loopholes that currently allow noncitizens to register and possibly vote in our elections. This legislation is supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans across the political spectrum.According to recent polling, more than 80% of Americans—including the vast majority of Republicans, Democrats, and independents—agree that proof of citizenship should be required to register to vote. Protecting the right of American citizens to determine the future of our country is not a partisan issue; it is a fundamental duty of Congress. Because the NVRA is silent on any requirement to submit proof of citizenship when registering to vote, states have been unable to require such proof. Whether intentionally or not, noncitizens are being added to our voter rolls. These include both lawful resident aliens and illegal immigrants. Therefore, I respectfully request that you: Commit your support for SAVE Act championed by President Trump by signing the petition that will be delivered to the US Senate on September 10 th .  The US House has passed the SAVE Act twice.  It’s now up to the Senate. Passing the SAVE Act will compel all fifty states – including NC - to demand proof of citizenship to vote. Will you support this election reform that guarantees only citizens vote in US elections?  Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our constitutional republic. I expect you to act decisively to protect them. Sincerely, Resources: EIN:  Only Citizens Vote:  https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Firp.cdn-website.com%2Ffbb6c7eb%2Ffiles%2Fuploaded%2FCDM_Power_Point_-_State_Leaders.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK   America First Legal: https://aflegal.org/press-release/america-first-legal-sends-all-50-states-a-plan-for-how-to-use-existing-federal-law-to-prevent-foreign-nationals-from-illegally-voting-in-american-elections/   Speaker Mike Johnson Report https://mikejohnson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/save_act_white_paper.pdf ALEC Model Policy https://irp.cdn-website.com/fbb6c7eb/files/uploaded/Model_Policy_%281%29.png

Urge our Senators to Pass the SAVE Act . (The US House passed it twice. It's now up to the Senate.) Please take 4 or 5 points from the letter below and email them to our NC senators below. Also, call their offices. We expect the vote to be in September. Thanks. Senator Ted Budd                               Senator Thom Tillis 202-224-3154 (202) 224-6342 https://www.budd.senate.gov/contact/            https://www.tillis.senate.gov/email-me      Dear ____________________:      As your constituent, I urge you to take immediate action to secure our elections and protect the integrity of every American's vote by passing the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and any other legislation necessary to ensure that only U.S. citizens are allowed to register and vote in U.S. elections.     The SAVE Act, which has already passed the House, mandates proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration—closing loopholes that currently allow noncitizens to register and possibly vote in our elections. This legislation is supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans across the political spectrum.     I call on you to include the SAVE Act—or stronger America First election integrity measures championed by President Trump—as part of the upcoming Continuing Resolution or any must-pass legislation. Our election systems must be safeguarded before the 2026 midterm election and beyond.      According to recent polling, more than 80% of Americans—including the vast majority of Republicans, Democrats, and independents—agree that proof of citizenship should be required to register to vote. Protecting the right of American citizens to determine the future of our country is not a partisan issue; it is a fundamental duty of Congress.Therefore, I respectfully request that you: * Cosponsor and vote YES on the SAVE Act and related election integrity legislation;* * D emand the inclusion of these measures in the Continuing Resolution or any legislative vehicle moving through Congress; * Publicly advocate for election reforms that guarantee only U.S. citizens can vote in our elections. Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our constitutional republic. I expect you to act decisively to protect them. Sincerely, _______________________________________