In November, nearly a week before the mayoral general election in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a judge overturned the results of the election's Democrat mayoral primary and ordered a new election in connection to allegations of absentee ballot abuse.
The Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas affirmed a lower court's ruling to flip the outcome of the 2022 District II Laredo City Council election, from Daisy Campos-Rodriguez being declared the winner to Ricardo Rangel Jr. In February, a Texas district court judge ruled that 11 votes were illegally cast for Campos-Rodriguez in the November 2022 general election.
On Tuesday, Rangel petitioned the state's high court to "Shorten time to file a petition for review" and "Deny the motion for rehearing." In September, a Vilas County Circuit Court judge in Wisconsin set aside the results of a town board election in April because of votes that were illegally cast.
Former Presque Isle Town Board Chair John MacLean and former Town Clerk Lorine Walters, who was the clerk at the time of the election and oversaw its administration, received 483 votes in the election.
According to the Heritage Foundation's Voter Fraud Map: Election Fraud Database, 2018 is the only other year since 1992 in which as many as four elections have been overturned by courts.
There is a "System in place to intimidate people from raising questions" about elections, which "Reduces faith in the election process," Kline continued.
Since the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have raised concerns about election irregularities and are often called "Election deniers" by Democrats and the media.
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