by Editor | May 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
To reside or not reside: Overseas citizens sudden desire to participate in US elections while living abroad The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act set up the requirements and guidelines to participate in federal and state elections for both military...
by Editor | Apr 4, 2023 | Featured, Uncategorized
ERIC says it helps maintain voter rolls. The data shows otherwise. Hayden Ludwig The “progressive” media take it as an article of faith that the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is the essential ingredient for immaculate voter rolls. Without ERIC...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, is a 501(c)3 organization comprised of 26 member states and the District of Columbia. In concept, ERIC is a convenient way for states to compare their data to ensure voter registration maintenance is done in...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week the Utah legislature passed a bill to give themselves more access to voter registration information while leaving the public behind in the dark. But to really understand the bill, a history of Utah’s complicated relationship with transparency is necessary....
by Editor | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Check out Hayden Ludwig’s article in The American Conservative highlighting information from the Voter Reference Foundation’s Data Transparency research. A Growing Tide of Election Transparency...
by Gina Swoboda | Oct 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
OCTOBER 7, 2022 — DOWNERS GROVE, IL – The Voter Reference Foundation absentee ballot tracker tool now includes data from 9 states as the midterm elections near. The absentee ballot tracker allows the public to see data including ballots requested and returned,...
by Gina Swoboda | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
From The Federalist: …Combined with the altering of state election laws through unconstitutional means, the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of the 2020 contest have resulted in many voters feeling uneasy about the security of America’s elections. In spite of such...
by Gina Swoboda | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sept. 2, 2022, Downers Grove, IL — Voter Reference Foundation added voter registration data from South Carolina to its public, searchable database at VoteRef.com. The database now covers 31 states and the District of Columbia, and represents 62.5 percent of the...
by Editor | Aug 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
The AZ version of HR1, the ‘Free & Fair Elections’ initiative has failed to make the ballot after a flurry of activity in AZ Superior and State Supreme Court. Election Integrity advocates, citizens of Arizona and court watchers on both sides were hanging by the...
by Editor | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Maricopa County Republican Chairman has reported that one of two ballot dropboxes in the county was not properly surveilled during the primary. When footage from the dropbox was requested, Maricopa County acknowledged that due to an error the video was...
by Editor | Aug 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
VRF is dedicated to transparency in our elections process. Voter rolls are where the elections process begins, when one registers to vote, and where it ends, when a vote credit is entered into the voter registration record for a voter who has cast a ballot. It is...
by Editor | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
UPDATE 08/22/2022: The AZ version of the Federalized take-over of elections, HR1, is on the verge of missing the signature cutoff to make the ballot. AZ Free Enterprise has successfully disqualified almost 100,000 signatures, leaving the initiative an estimated 15k...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In a resounding victory for election integrity in WI, the State Supreme Court has ruled that unmanned dropboxes are unlawful and that the guidance issued by the Wisconsin Elections Commission in 2021 permitting their use was invalid. From the ruling: …We hold the...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gina Swoboda, Executive Director, VRF: “In today’s ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the right of state legislatures to intervene in litigation to protect the election integrity measures duly enacted in their state. The people of NC voted yes on a referendum to...
by Editor | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, is a 501(c)3 organization comprised of 31 member states and the District of Columbia. In concept, ERIC is a convenient way for states to compare their data to ensure voter registration maintenance is done in an...
by Editor | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
May 31, 2022-Downers Grove, IL- Voter Reference Foundation added voter registration data from Missouri, Rhode Island and Washington to its searchable database at VoteRef.com. Missouri, Rhode Island and Washington join Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,...
by Editor | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
To date in the North Carolina primary, Republican ballot requests by Independents are surging to levels that far outpace those seen in 2020 and 2018. This represents a HUGE shift in the party ballots as a % of total ballots between 2020 and 2022, with 63.25% of...
by Editor | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Voter Reference Foundation today added 2020 voter registration data from West Virginia into the searchable database at VoteRef.com.West Virginia joins Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New...
by Editor | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
DOWNERS GROVE, IL — The Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) — which is breaking new ground in America providing transparency and accountability to voter rolls by allowing the public to see them — is adding the ability to track absentee ballots in...
by Editor | Apr 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Voter Reference Foundation today added 2020 voter registration and election data from District of Columbia into the searchable database at VoteRef.com.The District of Columbia will join Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,...
by Editor | Apr 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Voter Reference Foundation today added 2020 election data from Oklahoma into the searchable database at VoteRef.com.As the 20th state to be added to VoteRef.com, Oklahoma will join Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,...
by Gina Swoboda | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
As part of our work at the Voter Reference Foundation, we compare the Total Ballots Cast in an election (total turnout or TBC) with the number of Registered Voters whose Vote History shows they have credit for voting in an election (RVBC). To accomplish this, we...
by Gina Swoboda | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has responded to VRF’s request for the total number of voters who cast a ballot in the 11/3/2020 General Election and who had registered as Indefinitely Confined and not provided ID prior to the 11/3/2020 General Election. The report...
by Editor | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
VRF NM Complaint01Download DOWNERS GROVE, IL — The groundbreaking Voter Reference Foundation (VRF), which has ushered in a new era of American election transparency at VoteRef.com, today filed a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court against top Democrat...
by Gina Swoboda | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is attempting to take control of elections away from the counties and place power into the hands of the Executive branch and specifically, the Secretary of State’s Office. Senate Bill 22-153 contains numerous provisions that...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
The following is a response by Voter Reference Foundation to the ProPublica story today on us. The leftwing activists at ProPublica epically indicted themselves with their cartoonishly headlined smear piece on us. Four months ago, two things began simultaneously:...
by Gina Swoboda | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Voter Reference Foundation has added the land of the sky blue waters to its VoteRef.com website. With the addition of Minnesota, VRF has 16 states available on its public, searchable site. “Minnesota represents a significant addition to our website and we’re excited...
by Gina Swoboda | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Voter Reference Foundation has added the state of Florida to its database. Estimated to be the 3rd largest state in the country by population, Florida is the largest state added to VoteRef.com to date. With this addition, one third of the voting population of the...
by Gina Swoboda | Feb 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
What if you could go online, anytime, and find out exactly who is eligible to vote in the next election? A new person registers, the name appears. A person dies or moves, the name is removed. All in real time. We are accustomed to such transparency in many walks of...
by Gina Swoboda | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Voter registration data is manually entered by poll workers, county recorder and county clerk staff, and temporary workers hired during busy election seasons. In the process of data entry, typos are made that can lead to voter registration records presenting...
