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Submit your reports here Given these concerning reports, we are issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to solicit information from stakeholders and the public to help the Committee better understand and evaluate the activities of certain organizations that are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 501(c)(3) and Section 501(c)(4). Please submit your responses to the questions below to waysandmeansRFI@mail.house.gov by September 4, 2023. Link here . AUGUST 14, 2023 — BLOG — OVERSIGHT — PRESS RELEASES WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Committee on Ways and Means is conducting an examination into whether entities that qualify as tax-exempt under Section 501 of the U.S. Code are abiding by the statutory and regulatory prohibitions against certain activities and whether foreign sources of funding are being funneled through such organizations to influence America’s elections. As a part of that effort, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (AZ-01) have released an open letter to groups organized under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) requesting information and input on existing rules and regulations governing them and foreign sources of funding for tax-exempt organizations and what, if any, policy changes Congress should consider. “Public reporting has raised questions about whether tax-exempt sectors are operating in a manner consistent with the laws and regulations that govern such organizations and whether foreign funds are flowing through these organizations to influence American politics,” writes Ways and Means Committee Chairman Smith and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Schweikert. “For example, the Committee has learned that a Super Political Action Committee (PAC) recommended donations to 501(c)(3) organizations as ‘the single most effective tactic for ensuring Democratic victories’ and that large donations from a wealthy donor to state election offices in 2020 may have been done in a manner that helps one political party over another. Additionally, the Committee has also found that significant amounts of foreign money is flowing through 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations to influence elections.” Read more here.

Here it comes! https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/north-carolina-governor-vetoes-gop-election-bill-setting-up-override-clash-5480296?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=special-coverage-19 North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a Republican-led bill on Thursday that would make sweeping changes to the state’s election laws, including the rules for absentee voting and same-day registration. The veto is likely to be overridden by the state’s GOP-controlled General Assembly. “Right now, legislative Republicans in North Carolina are pushing an all-out assault on the right to vote,” the governor charged in a Thursday video message. absentee ballots but would extend the period for challenging such ballots to five days after the election. The law would also impose new requirements for same-day registrants, including the use of a “retrievable ballot” with a unique identifier, and would allow election observers to move freely about voting locations instead of being confined to a specific area. Criticizing the bill, Mr. Cooper accused Republicans of attempting to disenfranchise young and minority voters with the new absentee ballot restrictions. “They know that younger and nonwhite voters tend to vote more by absentee ballot or by early voting, so they shortened the time your absentee ballots can arrive and still count. And they made it easier to throw them out,” he said. The governor also vowed to veto another elections-related bill, Senate Bill 749, if it reaches his desk. That piece of legislation would shift the power to select members of the state’s elections board from the governor to the legislature and would restructure the board to have an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. Republicans have argued that the bills strengthen North Carolina’s elections and help to prevent fraud. “We are creating a secure election system that makes it easy to vote and protects election integrity,” said Republican state Sen. Warren Daniel of Burke County. “But Gov. Cooper wants his handpicked partisans running our elections, and he apparently feels threatened by North Carolinians observing what happens in their polling places.” Republicans hold a veto-proof supermajority in the state’s legislature—a power they have used in recent weeks to override the governor’s rejection of legislation banning sex-reassignment surgeries for minors and male participation in female sports, among other bills. If enacted, most of the election bills’ changes are likely to take effect in early 2024, before voters weigh in on the presidential race. The Tar Heel state is expected to be a fierce battleground in the contest, and races for governor, Congress, the General Assembly, and state and local offices will also dot voters’ ballots. Mr. Cooper, who is term-limited, will not be on that ballot. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

(Copy/paste this into a 'clean' email. Provide your local county BOE information: Director/Address/Phone/Email/CC BOE Members. This provides an electronic footprint. Keep track of a response. We need to continue to shine the light on the leftist false narrative of lies disparaging poll observers.) Send to jane.bilello@gmail.com and to ned@electionintegrity.network ================================================================================= ATTN: (Local BOE DIrector) Address Phone Email Date cc: Board of Election Members Pursuant to the North Carolina Freedom of Information Act, releasable under the provisions of NCGS 132-1, Public Records, I am requesting the following information. SUBJECT: any reports, documentation of Intimidation, Harassment, or Threats of Violence against any Election Workers, Office Staff, or Officials. The request will also include reports, documentation to the DOJ Election Officials Task Force, the FBI Election Officials Hot Line, the DHS/CISA Election Official Report Portal and the USPS Inspection Service from 1 July 2022 to the Present, 2023. Since early in 2021, Election Officials and the Media have been reporting a dramatic increase in incidents of intimidation, harassment, and even threats of violence against Election Officials and Workers. The period of interest for these records is from 1 July 2022 through the Present, 2023. "Public records" shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions. For any records found that are deemed non-releasable because of confidentiality or security restrictions, the County BOE’s response shall indicate the existence of those other records that are not releasable and identify all local officials who are authorized to review that documentation. I am requesting this documentation be provided to me at no charge in an electronic format that is commonly machine readable (such as pdf, jpg, etc.) and in a common media form such as a thumb drive or DVD. Thank you. Your Name Address Phone Email

Citizens Research Project Center For Internet Security 4/18/23 EIN The Center for Internet Security is a Non-Profit, 501(c)(3), founded in 2000 to make the connected world a safer place by developing, validating, and promoting timely best practice solutions that help people, businesses, and governments protect themselves against pervasive cyber threats, according to their mission statement. In 2020 they received nearly $16 Million in government grants from DHS, working with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide cyber security and information sharing by operating the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). There are many questions about the election system monitoring operations performed by CIS. Why is DHS partnering with a Non-Profit to perform services that could be performed by CISA? According to the Memorandum of Agreement with CIS, election offices give them everything about their IT system with this provision “Computer Users have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding communications or data transiting, stored on or traveling to or from Entity’s information system”. What are the vulnerabilities of the Albert Sensors that CIS deploys for their network security monitoring and management services? What is the relationship between CIS, EI-ISAC and the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP)? In the 2020 Election, CIS was reporting incidents of Misinformation, Disinformation & Malinformation (MDM) to EIP, who then sent the information to social media companies. Censorship? What is the relationship between CIS and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), who shares their address, and some of the members are CTCL, Brennan Center, Facebook and CEIR according to Influence Watch? What is the relationship between CIS and the Democracy Fund (Pierre Omidyar) a Left-wing, partisan donor operation? According to the CIS 990’s, the Democracy Fund donation has grown from $51,581 in 2018 to $290,555 in 2020. Why does CIS need 308 employees, 184 volunteers and 21 officers and directors, with payroll/benefits of $33 Million, and other costs of $18 Million, according to the 2020-990? CIS 2020 revenue $16 Million Government Grants, $36 Million Program Services, total $52 Million. So, a Non-Profit made a profit $468,764, what happens? At a recent Congressional Hearing, Jen Easterly, Director of CISA, was asked by Representative Cloud to submit all contracts, grants and funding for any Non-Profits that are working with her agency. She said she would, but nothing so far. We’ll keep following up. There is a robust debate about CIS and its election system monitoring operations. There too many unanswered questions to say that it is a passive, non-partisan election office internet traffic monitoring operation. And, there is no absolute proof that the CIS monitoring system was used to affect the outcome of the 2020 Election. The lack of transparency from the federal government regarding the CIS and CISA involvement in our elections has contributed to the latter. We need to continue our research into CIS and CISA to learn as much as we can about this monitoring program, and keep the pressure on the federal government to provide the requested documentation. =========================================================================== Response from Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)/Department of Homeland Security to questions from Representative Cloud in an appropriations committee hearing. Provide confirmation on whether CISA provided a “voter registration and voter education plan” to the White House in response to Executive Order 14019. And if so, provide a copy of CISA’s submitted plan. Response: The Department of Homeland Security only submitted one draft plan responsive to Executive Order 14019 to the White House which was provided by the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Currently, there is no final Department of Homeland Security plan responsive to the Executive Order No. 14019. Additionally, the draft plan is a matter of current litigation (AFL v. USDA, et al., 1:22-cv-3029) (D.D.C. 2022) whereby the Department of Homeland Security has asserted the deliberative process privilege and the presidential communications privilege and, therefore, the draft plan is not available for release. 2. An accounting of the recipients of all CISA grants over the last two fiscal years. Response: In FY21, FY22, CISA awarded the following grants using appropriated funds: Fiscal Year (FY) Grant or Cooperative Agreement Name Grant or Cooperative Agreement Recipient Grant or Cooperative Agreement Amount FY 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign Grant National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) – staysafeonline.org $549,996 FY 2022 Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project (REMCDP) University of Mississippi Medical Center – Jackson, MS $1,892,500 FY 2022 Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP) Cyber Innovation Center – Bossier City, Louisiana $6,800,000 FY 2022 State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Security Operations Center – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) program Center for Internet Security, Inc. - East Greenbush, NY $38,003,000 FY 2021 Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP) Cyber Innovation Center – Bossier City, Louisiana $6,000,000 FY 2021 State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Security Operations Center – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) program Center for Internet Security, Inc. - East Greenbush, NY $26,344,000 FY 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign Grant National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) – staysafeonline.org $549,996 FY 2021 National Information Exchange (NIEM) Project Cybersecurity Support Network $625,000 FY 2021 Threat SLTT Sharing Program Cybersecurity Support Network $625,000 FY 2021 SLTT Indicators of Compromise Johns Hopkins University $500,000

CREATE NEW INCIDENT REPORT FOR: (Please type – preferred - or print.) DATE OF REPORT USER NAME USER EMAIL USER PHONE COUNTY CHIEF JUDGE ASSIST JUDGE (optional) NARRATIVE FIELD (If you see something, say something to the Chief Judge. Write up the report regardless of whether the problem was corrected or not. Include the time of incident.) Keep it factual, not emotional. Example Factual: Judge's face turned red and said, "it is none of my concern. I rule and what I say goes." She threatened to throw me out. Example Emotional: The Judge was really mad and got very huffy and nasty. She scared me. Be polite and Be Right! ADD CATEGORY (Optional. Helps us categorize incidents.) Ballot Curbside Voting Election Staff Electioneering Equipment Legal Issue Other (Explain in Description.) Security Shutdown Procedures Startup Procedures Voter Registration Voter Suppression/Obstruction Voting Machine Set up and Testing ADD STATUS (Regardless or whether the incident was resolved by the Chief Judge or not, please indicate below: Assigned Closed Degraded Voting or Potential for Fraud - Closed Degraded Voting or Potential for Fraud - Open Disrupted or Fraudulent Voting - Open Open Priority Problem Resolved Processing System Critical WITNESSES? (Other observers/persons there who witnessed the incident? ALSO, ADD AS MANY WITNESSES AS YOUR LIKE) WITNESS NAME WITNESS PHONE NUMBER ADD EXHIBIT FILES IF YOU HAVE THEM

NCSBE link https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voter-id ID Exceptions If any voter is unable to show photo ID when voting (whether in person or by mail), they may fill out an ID Exception Form and vote their ballot. The voter will choose from the following permitted exceptions. The voter has a “reasonable impediment” to showing photo ID. This means that something is preventing the voter from showing ID. The voter must provide their reason by selecting from the following choices on the form. Lack of transportation Disability or illness Lack of birth certificate or other documents needed to obtain ID Work schedule Family responsibilities Lost or stolen photo ID Photo ID applied for but not yet received (For mail voters only) Unable to attach a copy of photo ID Other reasonable impediment (if selected, the voter must write the reason on the form) The voter has a religious objection to being photographed. The voter was a victim of a natural disaster within 100 days before Election Day. County boards of elections must count provisional ballots with properly completed ID Exception Forms. FAQ Find answers to questions about North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting at FAQ: Voter ID. Related Content State IDs | NCDMV Voters Can Now Get Free Photo ID Cards from County Boards of Elections County Boards of Elections Search Infosheet: North Carolina Voter Photo ID Requirement (PDF) 10 Facts About NC’s Photo ID Requirement for Voting State Board Approves Student and Public Employee ID Cards for Use in Upcoming E… FAQ: Voter ID Infosheet: Voting as a College Student in North Carolina (PDF) Voting Side Nav Voting Upcoming Election Your Voter Record Voter ID Student & Public Employee IDs Approved for Voting FAQ: Voter ID Vote Early in Person Vote in Person on Election Day Vote By Mail Help for Voters with Disabilities Voter Tools & Forms Provisional Voting Voting Equipment Vote in Honor of a Veteran

Raleigh, N.C. — The State Board of Elections offers the following 10 tips for early voters in those two cities: Eligible voters may cast a ballot at any early voting site in their county. For sites and hours, use the One-Stop Early Voting Site Search or read One-Stop Voting Sites for the September 12, 2023 Election (PDF). Sample ballots are available for eligible voters through the Voter Search tool. To be eligible to vote in a municipal election, the voter must be registered and live in that municipality – and, in some cases, the ward or district with a seat up for election. Voters will be asked to show photo ID when checking in at the voting site. Most voters will simply show their driver’s license, but there are many other acceptable photo IDs. For more information, including the full list of acceptable IDs, visit Voter ID. If a voter cannot show a photo ID, they can still vote by filling out an ID Exception Form and voting a provisional ballot. County boards of elections must count provisional ballots with properly completed ID Exception Forms. Don’t have an ID? All county boards of elections can issue free voter photo IDs to registered voters in their county through the last day of early voting, which is September 9. To be issued a free voter photo ID card, the voter must provide their name, date of birth, and the last four numbers of their Social Security number, and have their photo taken. Additionally, any North Carolina resident can get a free non-driver’s ID card from the DMV. Find more information under “No-Fee ID Cards” at State IDs | NCDMV. Individuals who missed the regular voter registration deadline for their municipality’s election may register and vote at the same time during the early voting period. Same-day registrants must attest to their eligibility and provide proof of where they live. For more information, visit Register in Person During Early Voting. Voters who receive an absentee ballot by mail may deliver their completed ballot to an election official at an early voting site in their county during early voting hours. Ballots will be kept securely and delivered to the county board of elections for processing. The State Board asks that all voters respect the rights of others to participate in the election. Every eligible voter is entitled to cast their ballot freely, without harassment or intimidation. Voters who feel harassed or intimidated should notify an election official immediately. Voters at one-stop early voting sites are entitled to the same assistance as voters at a voting place on Election Day. Curbside voting is available for eligible individuals at all early voting sites. For more information, visit Curbside Voting. The State Board of Elections and county boards of elections do not generally provide information about candidates. However, candidates’ websites, political parties, media outlets, and advocacy groups often compile information about candidates for voters.

Foundation Maps here. Keep clicking on the tabs. The layers tell the horrid story. https://maps.foundationcenter.org/#/list/?subjects=all&popgroups=all&years=all&location=6252001&excludeLocation=0&geoScale=ADM0&layer=recip&boundingBox=-188.7890625,-66.65297740055277,189.140625,76.10079606754579&gmOrgs=all&recipOrgs=all&tags=all&keywords=&pathwaysOrg=&pathwaysType=&acct=democracy&typesOfSupport=all&transactionTypes=all&amtRanges=all&minGrantAmt=0&maxGrantAmt=0&gmTypes=all&minAssetsAmt=0&maxAssetsAmt=0&minGivingAmt=0&maxGivingAmt=0&andOr=0&includeGov=1&custom=all&customArea=all&indicator=&dataSource=oecd&chartType=bars&multiSubject=1&listType=gm&windRoseAnd=undefined&zoom=0 •Charts: Compare funding for different activities by selecting from the subject areas drop-down or scrolling to view all categories. Click on a bar or number to view a grants list. •Map: Visualize funding flows by recipient location (purple bubbles) or foundation location (orange bubbles). Select a bubble for a summary view. Select foundations, recipients, or grants for more information. •List: View and sort foundation, recipients, and grants data in table form. Select details for more information. •Advanced Search: Type in a particular location or subject area to see funding in a region and/or for specific fields of interest. •Constellations: Generate a hub-and-spokes view of a universe of funders and recipients. Refine your search by selecting from the criteria in the top navigation.

Announcing Adoption of the House Proposed Committee Substitute (PCS) to Senate Bill 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill) This evening (August 16th) the House passed its proposed committee substitute (PCS) to Senate Bill 747 with two minor amendments that were run from the House floor. The bill now moves back to the Senate for consideration and adoption, as is, or for conference to work out the differences in the two chamber versions. NCEIT believes this bill is reasonably sound to support because it enacts several important changes to NC election law. However, two important deficiencies persist in the bill and merit the atttention of legislators: Section 17 of the PCS bill was a last minute addition that permanently opens up all primary elections to Unaffiliated voters. This robs the political parties of the option of closing their primaries. It is a power grab by the legislature to prevent republicans from exclusively choosing their republican candidates for each general election. The measure does not measurably contribute to election integrity. NCEIT vigorously opposes this addition to the Elections Bill and seeks to have it sticken from the bill prior to its final passage. Senate Bill 747 fails to address public access to Cast Vote Records (CVRs), a vitally important artifact from tabulation machines. In 28 of the 50 states, CVRs are publicly available electronic files that are used to validate election tallies after each election. In North Carolina, the CVRs are available from machines, but are not accessible to the public as an election record. Language authorizing access ot CVRs as public records was contained in House BIll 770, which is not likely to pass out of the House. NCEIT believes it appropriate to add the H770 language, authorizing public access to CVRs, to S747 so it can become law this session. Please call or email your respective legislators to inform them you support passage of the House PCS to S747 with the above two changes. Find your rep here https://ncleg.gov/Members/MemberList/H About the Bill as Adopted: What Election Law Improvements are in the House PCS to Senate Bill 747? *Prohibition of private, non-governmental funding (including in-kind donations) of election activities (Sections 2, 4-5) *Retention of election records for 22 months to comply with the NVRA (Sections 2 and 4); *Provides some clarifications to authority and restrictions for poll observers (Section 7.b) *Same Day Registrant addresses are checked and returned mailings will trigger retrieval of voted regular ballots (Section 10.a); *Extends Absentee Ballot Challenge Period to five days after election day (Section 15); *Allows for Chief Judges and Judges at Early Voting Sites (other than Board of Election sites), although it lacks parity requirements for judges (Section 27) *Polls will close at 7:30PM on election day and all absentee/mail-in ballots must be received by that time (Section 35) *Makes it a misdemeanor crime for anyone other than a Board of Elections to affix a tracking code to absentee ballot request forms (Section 37.a) *Provides a new process for removing non-citizens from voter lists (Section 44). *Implements a pilot test for signature verification on mail-in ballot envelopes (Section 48). What are the Deficiencies in the House PCS to Senate Bill 747? *Section 17 of the PCS eliminates the state party’s authority to open or close its primaries to unaffiliated voters, permanently opening the partisan primaries to unaffiliated voters *Still lacks clarification for some Poll Observer permitted activities in performing their duties as prescribed by law (NCGS 163-45)- Freedom to move about the facility; Ability to freely inspect ATVs; Ability to closely monitor tabulation machines; Ability to speak with other election officials than Chief Judge *No requirement for local Boards of Elections to accept citizen affidavits or other evidence to investigate and correct known deficiencies on county voter lists *No partisan parity required among numbers of Chief Judges and Judges working at voting sites *Does not require that all voters using same day registration and voting be issued a provisional ballot to allow optimal time for address verification and to make it easier to retrieve the ballot *Does not provide a means for observers or citizens to inspect container return envelopes or to reasonably challenge voters who do not live in their counties (or the state) prior to canvass *The bill fails to specify that machine Cast Vote Records (CVRs) are publicly releasable immediately after election day as they are in 28 other states *Section 35 of the bill allows for “curing” of mail-in ballot envelopes for acceptance after poll closure on election day- no curing should occur after the polls close and the votes are being tallied. NCEIT | PO Box 146, Sanford, NC 27331, Sanford, NC 27330

(NC is on the list!) https://capitalresearch.org/article/report-how-charities-secretly-help-win-elections/ Capital Research Center. Parker Thayer This investigation reveals the shocking true story of the Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in American history—that may have decided the 2020 presidential election and could decide 2024. Commissioned by Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, funded by the Democratic Party’s biggest donors, and coordinated with cutthroat Democratic consultants, the Everybody Votes campaign used the guise of civic-minded charity to selectively register millions of “non-white” swing-state voters in the hopes of getting out the Democratic vote for a 2020 presidential win. It worked. The Voter Registration Project Our exclusive research reveals how a little-known organization called the Voter Registration Project (VRP) leveraged connections with billionaire private foundations, Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother, and foreign billionaires with a history of breaking U.S. election law to raise $190 million for the Everybody Votes campaign and register 5.1 million people. Using data from leaked copies of the campaign’s secret plans, as well as 2020 exit polls, our researchers have discovered that the VRP’s 5.1 million new registrations provided Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden with somewhere between 1 million to 2.7 million votes across eight specially chosen swing states during the 2020 election. If the state-by-state projections of the campaign’s Democratic consultants held true into 2020, the Everybody Votes campaign’s “massive registration surge” would have provided Democrats more votes than the total margins of victory in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Biden ultimately won each of these states in 2020, netting him 53 electoral college votes. Misusing Tax-Exempt Money Our investigation proves, once and for all, that Democrats used truckloads of money from private foundations and public charities to give their donors enormous tax breaks and pad their electoral margins in 2020, even though charities and foundations are strictly forbidden by law to operate with the effect, much less the intent, of benefiting a political party. The investigation also proves that the campaign’s supposed concerns for the “civic participation” of “underrepresented communities” were nothing more than a convenient lie. Unearthed drafts of the Everybody Votes campaign’s original partisan schematics prove that the campaign was designed to win elections first and worry about “civic participation” later. Changing the electorate’s racial composition was only ever a secondary concern. If the Everybody Votes campaign was a political action committee (PAC) or a 501(c)(4) “dark money” group and if the organizers had just admitted they cared more about electoral results than inequality, then there would be no scandal. But it wasn’t, and they didn’t, and the result is an enormous scandal entangling some of the Left’s biggest political donors and many of its most powerful nonprofit activist groups. What’s Next It’s not just a scandal of the past either. The operation was so successful in 2020 that the Everybody Votes campaign has announced it will continue on through 2024, registering millions more. New job listings suggest that this cycle’s operations will target Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin—each a must-win presidential swing state. Only time will tell if the campaign is a repeat success. Read the full report here.Tags: Corridor Partners, election integrity, Everybody Votes, John Podesta, nonprofit, voter registration, Voter Registration Project Parker Thayer Parker Thayer is a Investigative Researcher at Capital Research Center. A native of Election Integrity

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE AND BILL SPONSOR NOTIFICATION 2023-2024 SESSION You are hereby notified that the House Committee on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform will meet as follows: DAY & DATE: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 TIME: 2:30 PM LOCATION: 1228/1327 LB PRESIDING: Representative Grey Mills, Chair COMMENTS: Pursuant to House Rule 28.2, a WebEx link will be provided to Committee Members and staff the day of the meeting. A link to the Audio/Video livestream will be posted on the NCGA Legislative Calendar: https://www.ncleg.gov/LegislativeCalendar. Amendment Requests are due to Erika Churchill in Legislative Analysis Division by Monday 8/14/2023 at 3:00 PM. In order for Amendment Requests to be considered, please copy Representative Mills on all requests. The following bills will be considered: BILL NO. SHORT TITLE SPONSORS SB 747 Elections Law Changes. PCS – To Be Considered Senator Hise Senator P. Newton Senator Daniel Respectfully, Representative Grey Mills, Chair For questions, please contact Mason Barefoot (Committee Assistant) at mason.barefoot@ncleg.gov.

Today, Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 at 6PM, Ned Jones of the Election Integrity Network will be having his weekly Citizen Research Project national Zoom call. He will be reviewing the information on the FOIA requests for the leftist organizations that we need to expose at our local BOEs. Please try to make the call. I will put together a blurb for each one in the next few days as requested on our Tuesday call. Thanks. This is the link. You have to register to get into the call. Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 weekly call. * 6 p.m. | EIN: Citizen's Research Project | https://virginiainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuf--rrD8sHdzRTe66AgWBqCiijOrfc6S0#/registration We'll be discussing the Six Left-wing initiatives that we're researching. 1. The US Alliance for Election Excellence (USAEE) 2. The Committee For Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE) 3. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) 4. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (and partners) 5. The High School Registration/Lower The Voting Age Groups 6. The Center for Voter Information/The Voter Participation Center These are links to info about the above n nefarious organizations. Center for Voter Information/Voter Participation Center https://www.restorationofamerica.com/uncategorized/inside-democrats-best-kept-secret-mass-nonprofit-voter-registration-pt-1/ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/09/activists_are_screwing_up_wisconsins_elections_its_time_to_stop_them_148960.html https://www.wizmnews.com/2023/03/07/wisconsin-voters-warned-about-misleading-mailers-with-false-absentee-ballot-info/ https://www.npr.org/2008/05/01/90114863/group-with-clinton-ties-behind-dubious-robocalls Kansas Lawsuit with Center for Voter Information https://watchdoglab.substack.com/p/does-freedom-of-speech-allow-interference?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=998138&post_id=131216404&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1680588/how-simpson-thacher-beat-kansas-vote-by-mail-restrictions Call To Action: We need to submit FOIA/Public Records Requests to every local Election Office and every state Election Department to get their communications with the Center for Voter Information/Voter Participation Center. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) See Attached Manual https://www.cisecurity.org/ https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/dhs-funded-nonprofit-censoring-election-info-also-provides-cybersecurity Documents from Virginia. https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZwBuPVZ042YCFbOJ2BR8nIcIf8zI57Gq1x7 Press release from ES&S and Albert Sensors https://www.essvote.com/blog/our-technology/partnerships-to-further-election-security/ Link to list of CIS Locations. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122215430/https://www.cisecurity.org/ei-isac/partners-ei-isac/ Here's a link to an interesting report about possible censorship using the CIS, EI-ISAC network. https://report.foundationforfreedomonline.com/11-9-22.htm These subpoenas, one for CISA, were issued this week. https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/chairman-jordan-subpoenas-cdc-cisa-and-gec-documents-and-communications The Center for Internet Security to develop a testing system for non-voting equipment. https://www.heraldstandard.com/elections_ap/national-push-to-bolster-security-of-key-election-technology/article_fbaf666d-7c2b-5974-bac0-1296d64f0cf5.html CISA response to questions from Representative Cloud. See attached document Lawsuit filed on behalf of Jim Hoft and Jill Hines seeking information about the Government Censorship Program with Social Media in elections. https://aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Doc-1-Complaint.pdf America First Legal (AFL) DHS FOIA Documents https://aflegal.org/case/2022-npfo-00105/ DHS Cyber Agency, CISA, Labels Our Thoughts 'Critical Infrastructure' to Justify Censoring Us https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/02/dhs-cybersecurity-agency-labels-your-private-thoughts-critical-infrastructure-to-justify-censoring-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dhs-cybersecurity-agency-labels-your-private-thoughts-critical-infrastructure-to-justify-censoring-you&utm_term=2023-06-03 Center for Internet Security connection to the Democracy Fund https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/09/left-wing-billionaires-nonprofit-funded-dhs-linked-portal-used-to-censor-social-media-platforms/ Center for Internet Security Report on 2020 Election MDM - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23834944/cis-2020-report.pdf Center for Internet Security https://www.judicialwatch.org/hunter-biden-sham-plea-deal/ Center for Internet Security - Letter from Congress https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/catherine-salgado/2023/06/23/gop-reps-issue-blistering-letter-2020-election Congressional Staff Report on CISA https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/cisa-staff-report6-26-23.pdf Judgement in Government Censorship case. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23867004-08917380420?responsive=1&title=1 Judge denies government appeal. Doughty-denies-DOJ-censorship-motion.pdf (justthenews.com) Censorship Injunction https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/tech/election-disinformation-chilling-effect-injunction/index.html Call To Action: We need to submit FOIA/Public Records Requests to every local Election Office and every state Election Department to get their communications with the Center for Internet Security, particularly, their Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with CIS."Alliance " partners. The Committee For Safe and Secure Elections - See the report that I sent out on 2/22/23. Here are links to CSSE (It doesn't always work), Fusion Centers and the longer version of the "Staged" R Street video that was played at the conference. https://safeelections.org/members https://www.dhs.gov/fusion-centers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYF8V5t-L4 Link to the Elections Assistance Commission Webinar - "Committee for Safe and Secure Elections" on March 2, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVpnCzMB878 https://www.eac.gov/Election-Official-Security-discussion-with-CSSE Two articles about The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections and the Left's false narrative about threats to Election Workers. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/behind-curtain-policies-could-intimidate-citizens-election-worker-threat https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/lincolnbrown/2023/04/18/monitoring-an-election-could-get-you-into-trouble-n1688127 New articles about the Left-wing false narrative about threats to Election Workers. https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/24/corrupt-media-fight-election-accountability-with-democrat-manufactured-lies/ https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/securing-2024-election CEIR (David Becker) Summit https://www.summit.electioninnovation.org/live-stream Klobuchar/Durbin Threats to Election Officials Legislation https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/4/klobuchar-durbin-colleagues-reintroduce-comprehensive-legislation-to-address-threats-targeting-election-workers Hayden's article on the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/09/democrats-far-reaching-reforms-are-the-real-threat-to-election-security-not-violent-conservatives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=democrats-far-reaching-reforms-are-the-real-threat-to-election-security-not-violent-conservatives&utm_term=2023-05-09 "The Trust Project" / New Venture Fund https://gazette.com/news/wex/democratic-tied-dark-money-kingmaker-behind-nonpartisan-group-fighting-misinformation/article_5c9149fb-9f0d-5721-ae3d-7d1697e04f63.html Becker/Gates in Arizona https://www.azmirror.com/2023/06/15/preparing-for-the-fight-against-2024-election-misinformation/ Call to Action: Meet with your local election official, or file a FOIA/Open Records Request, if necessary, to learn as much as you can about any communications with CSSE, Fusion Centers, and DHS. Every state has an association of election officials, and they all have an annual convention. Another call to action is to find out if CSSE and EAC made, or are making, a presentation at the annual convention in your state. The US Alliance for Election Excellence - "Push Back" against The "Alliance" in Brunswick County, NC https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2023/03/25/brunswick-commissioners-spurn-private-money-running-boe-cite-zuckerburg-and-tech-billionaires-influence/