RITE PUTS MARYLAND ON ALERT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION ACT VIOLATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC – On behalf of two Maryland residents, Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) has issued a litigation notice to the Maryland State Board of Elections highlighting violations of the National Voter Registration Act, the First Amendment, and state law. In particular, the State Board of Elections has adopted illegal policies that block […]
IN THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT, RITE ARGUES LOWER COURT ABUSED ITS ROLE IN FORBIDDING THE LEGISLATURE FROM REGULATING MAIL-IN VOTING

WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, RITE filed an amicus brief in the Kansas Supreme Court supporting the state in League of Women Voters v. Schwab. RITE’s brief counters the Court of Appeals’ decision in favor of activist plaintiffs, which prohibits the Kansas legislature from requiring signature matching for mail-in ballots and limiting ballot harvesting to […]
RITE Backs Coalitions Challenging Unconstitutional No-Excuse Voting Bill in New York

WASHINGTON, DC – RITE has helped organize a coalition of voters, election officials, candidates, and national and New York-based political parties and committees to challenge New York Democrats’ unconstitutional expansion of the state’s absentee voting law, which Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law today. New York’s constitution has long limited absentee voting to those individuals […]
FORMER WHITE HOUSE LEGAL AND POLICY ADVISOR MAY DAVIS MAILMAN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF RITE

WASHINGTON, DC – Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), the active counterweight to activist election-debasing efforts, is pleased to announce the arrival of May Davis Mailman as Vice President for Legal, Strategy, and Communications. Ms. Mailman joins RITE after serving in multiple high-profile roles in federal and state government, including as Deputy Solicitor General […]
RITE SCORES IMPORTANT COURT VICTORY IN ARIZONA AGAINST THE STATE’S UNLAWFUL SIGNATURE MATCHING PROCESS

WASHINGTON, DC – Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) secured a massive win to restore the integrity of signature matching to authenticate mail-in ballots in Arizona last Friday, enhancing Arizona’s ability to trust its election results. In March, RITE sued the Arizona Secretary of State, challenging the state’s unlawful signature-match process. While state law […]
RITE URGES ARIZONA ELECTION MANUAL REVISION TO BRING THE STATE’S SIGNATURE VERIFICATION WITHIN THE LAW

WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections filed a public comment with the Arizona Secretary of State noting several legal problems with the state’s proposed revision to the election procedures manual, including its failure to address illegalities in the current version. RITE is currently in court challenging the current manual’s illegal […]
RITE BACKS APPEAL IN KANSAS PRE-FILLED BALLOT CASE AGAINST GROUP WITH HISTORY OF CAUSING VOTER CONFUSION

WASHINGTON, DC – RITE has submitted an amicus brief in an important appeal underway in the Tenth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling that said that prohibiting third-parties from mailing prefilled ballot applications violates the First Amendment. This prohibition was sensibly designed to prevent private parties from injecting chaos into elections, including by sending prefilled […]
RULING IN OHIO IS A WIN FOR VOTERS

WASHINGTON, DC – Derek Lyons, CEO and President of RITE, released the following statement today reacting to the Ohio Supreme Court ruling that rejected a partisan attempt to torpedo Ohio’s upcoming ballot initiative. “Today’s win for Ohio is a win for the democratic process. The Ohio Supreme Court has put an end to an out-of-state, […]
RITE STANDS UP FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT IN OHIO, CONFRONTS ACTIVISTS TRYING TO SIDESTEP THE PEOPLE

WASHINGTON, DC – In Ohio, RITE is standing up for self-government by confronting an activist attempt to muddle the language of an important ballot initiative. In an amicus brief filed today in One Person One Vote v. Ohio Ballot Board, RITE is arguing dark money partisans are trying to “wrest control of the [ballot initiative] […]
IN MONTANA, RITE URGES STATE SUPREME COURT TO BACK VOTER ID REQUIREMENT, PAID BALLOT HARVESTING BAN

WASHINGTON, DC – RITE is returning to the Montana Supreme Court in support of the state’s commonsense voting laws, including a paid ballot harvesting ban and voter photo ID law. On Monday, RITE filed its second friend of the court brief in this case, Montana Democratic Party v. Jacobsen, arguing that state and federal law […]