Aloha Fellow Hawaii Republicans,

Every citizen’s vote is sacred.  If we expect to have a government, of the people, by the people and for the people, then we must do all we can to ensure a fair and secure election process.  Here in Hawai’i we should especially be focused on pressing our state legislators to ensure that it is easy to vote, but hard to cheat.  As many of you know, in February of 2021, our Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced the formation of a new Committee on Election Integrity dedicated to restoring election transparency.

“Election integrity is one of the most critical issues we face as a Party and as a country. What we saw this past election – states undoing important safeguards, bypassing the proper legislative processes, and changing election laws in the eleventh hour – was deeply troubling and brought chaos and uncertainty to our sacred democratic processes. The RNC will play a crucial role in restoring confidence in our elections, promoting election integrity, and recommending best practices to ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent.” – RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

Read on to get the latest updates on the effort to ensure that every legal vote is counted, to understand how Red States are leading the way in this critical time of recovery and why it's so important that you get involved.  I ask each and every one of you to encourage your family, friends and neighbors to get informed, get empowered and join us at The Hawaii GOP!

Mahalo,

Laura


Laura Nakanelua
National Committeewoman, Hawai'i
Republican National Committee 
[email protected]
END OF THE ROAD: Democrat Election Lies Have Run Their Course
Election Integrity Rundown – Thursday, January 20th
The GOP’s historic election integrity operation is already paying dividends. Want to get involved? Visit gopvictory.com.

With Democrat takeover bills dead in the Senate, the left still wants non-citizens to vote in American elections. The RNC is taking the fight to the far-left – earlier this month, we sued New York City for allowing non-citizens to vote in mayoral elections.
 

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Only American citizens should decide American elections.
Democrat Senate Failures
  • Democrats’ attempts to seize control of state elections died on the Senate floor.
  • Despite attempts to break the Senate by destroying the filibuster, Democrats failed to gain the required support for their bills.
  • Breaking centuries of Senate precedent to try and pass unpopular bills is the height of radicalism.
  • Democrats’ bills would have eviscerated voter ID and consolidated control over local elections with Washington, DC bureaucrats.
  • Polling shows that Americans simply don’t endorse those ideas, and that’s why Democrats have lost the election integrity fight.
  • Joe Biden’s divisive, lie-filled speech in Georgia last week was the final straw: calling Americans racist for wanting voter ID is not a winning strategy.
  • Now, Biden is openly questioning the upcoming midterm elections because he was unable to seize control of state elections.
  • Democrats lost this fight. Maybe now they’ll focus on issues that actually matter to the American people, like crime and inflation.
  • Meanwhile, Republicans will continue our work to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.
LISTEN AND SHARE: Paris Dennard calls Democrats out
 
RNC National Spokesperson Paris Dennard joined Fox Business to discuss Democrat lies about election integrity and attempts to let noncitizens vote.

 

“What I see Republicans trying to do is to make sure the vote that my ancestors fought for…is protected.”

Watch HERE.
DEMOCRATS DECEIVE IN GEORGIA: Biden and Kamala Harris double down on election takeover lies
  • Last week, Biden traveled to Georgia to back Senate Democrats’ plans to eviscerate the Senate filibuster and pass their election takeover bills - H.R. 4 - the Election Suppression Act – and S.2747 – the Freedom To Cheat Act.
    • These two bills are a blatant Democrat power grab designed to take over elections, weaponize the Department of Justice, and unravel popular election integrity reforms. 
  • Biden’s speech in Atlanta was riddled with lies about Republican efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.
    • Biden claimed that Republicans are enacting “voter suppression” in states like Georgia, yet turnout in Atlanta’s 2021 mayoral elections rose by 17%.
    • Biden cast Republican election laws as extreme and narrowly supported, but polling shows 79% support voter ID, and 87% oppose ballot harvesting.
    • Biden called a majority of Senators opposing his plans “minority rule,” but even 68% of Americans want local officials, not DC, to set election rules.
  • Biden’s trip was a disaster, Democrats and left-wing election groups criticized him, and the Democrats’ frontrunner in the Georgia gubernatorial race, Stacey Abrams, refused to show up.
  • Despite Democrats’ attempts to delegitimize election integrity laws, voters are seeing the results of making it easier to vote and harder to cheat.

LISTEN AND SHARE: Even CNN is fact-checking Joe Biden’s election lies.
You know it’s bad when you’ve lost CNN. Erin Burnett devoted time on a recent segment to pointing out that the Georgia voting laws Biden eagerly lies about are less restrictive than voting rights in blue states like Delaware and New York.


Watch HERE.
State Litigation Highlights

Arizona
A lawsuit, Mi Familia Vota et al v. Hobbs et al., was filed in AZ challenging SB1485, which removes voters from the permanent mail ballot list if a voter does not vote by mail in two straight election cycles, and SB1003, which requires voters to “cure” signature-less ballots by 7PM on election day. The RNC and the NRSC were granted intervention to defend the laws. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss on November 18.

Florida
The RNC and NRSC were granted intervention in all four lawsuits challenging provisions of SB90. Judge Walker entered orders granting in part and denying in part defendants’ motions to dismiss. The court dismissed the claim challenging ballot harvesting provisions based on lack of standing. On December 17, the court denied all motions for summary judgment in the cases and set a trial date of January 31, 2022. The trial will be held virtually.

Georgia
The RNC, NRSC, NRCC, and GA GOP were granted intervention in eight lawsuits, including the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state, challenging provisions of SB202.  Previously, the court denied motions to dismiss for lack of standing and on the merits, filed by the RNC, other Republican organizations, and Republican lawmakers in Georgia in eight of the lawsuits. In December, the court denied the Motions to Dismiss filed by the State, RNC, RNSC, RNCC, and the GA GOP. The RNC, NRSC, and GA GOP have also moved to intervene in a ninth lawsuit also challenging provisions of SB202 which is still pending.

Iowa
The RNC, Iowa GOP, NRCC, and NRSC were granted intervention to defend against a lawsuit challenging provisions of SF413 and SF568.  The trial is set for March 14, 2022.

Nevada
In December, Marc Elias filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed ballot initiative “Nevada Voters First” that would create open primaries and institute ranked-choice voting for general elections. The court rejected Elias’s plaintiff’s challenges to the ballot initiative and entered a final judgment against the plaintiff. The order can be found here.

New York
The RNC and NY GOP, leading a broad bipartisan coalition of officeholders and concerned citizens, including Congresswoman Malliotakis and naturalized citizen voters, sued Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Council, and the New York City Board of Elections in state court for illegally allowing noncitizens to vote in city elections. The complaint is available here . The NYC Board of Elections has since requested that the state review the law and issue an opinion on its legality.

The “Non-Citizen Voting Law” was passed by the New York City Council on December 9, 2021 and became law when Mayor Adams failed to veto the legislation. The law purports to give over 800,000 New York City non-citizens the right to vote in local municipal elections. This is much larger than the margin in last year’s New York Mayor Democrat primary, meaning these non-citizen votes could have swung the race to another candidate.

The lawsuit argues the Non-Citizen Voting Law is unconstitutional and violates Articles II and IX of the New York State Constitution, state election statutes, and the state’s Municipal Home Rule Law.
  • Multiple provisions of the New York State Constitution and election statutes explicitly require voters to be citizens.
  • Specifically, Article II, Section 5 of the New York State Constitution provides, in relevant part, that “laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters.”
  • Likewise, Section 5-102(1) of Chapter 17 of the Laws of New York, states: “No person shall be qualified to register for and vote at any election unless he is a citizen of the United States.”
North Carolina
The trial in the federal NC voter ID case has been put on hold by the trial judge until the U.S. Supreme Court decides if the GOP legislators can intervene in the case. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to determine whether GOP legislators in NC have a right to intervene in a case to defend SB824, which requires in-person voters to show photo identification. Previously, the 4th Circuit en banc panel affirmed the lower court’s order denying intervention, holding that the lower court did not abuse its discretion by denying permissive intervention or intervention as of right. The en banc court was nearly evenly divided. There is also pending litigation in state court challenging the photo ID law. The RNC filed an Amicus in support of the GOP Legislators. A copy can be found here.

Pennsylvania
In July, a member of the Bradford County Board of Elections filed a lawsuit against the State of Pennsylvania challenging Act 77, which made sweeping changes to PA's election law including allowing no excuse vote by mail. The lawsuit argues that Act 77 violates the PA Constitution. In October, the DNC and multiple Republican groups were granted intervention.

Republican David Ritter, a candidate for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, appealed the Lehigh County Board of Election’s 3-0 decision to count 261 challenged mail-in ballots that were undated or improperly dated. On November 30, 2021, the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County denied Ritter’s appeal and ordered the Lehigh County Board of Elections to include the 261 mail-in ballots in its canvass. The case was then appealed to the Commonwealth Court and briefs were filed by the parties on December 8. In a 2-1 decision , the Commonwealth Court reversed and remanded the case concluding that the 257 ballots that do not contain a date must be set aside and not counted in the Municipal Election. Democratic candidate Zachary Cohen filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Texas
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State challenging certain provisions in the recently enacted election integrity bill: SB1. The DOJ claims that the law violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act and Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act. The RNC, NRCC, NRSC, and Dallas and Harris County Republican Parties moved to intervene in the DOJ suit and others challenging SB1. The court denied the party committees’ motion to intervene and the party committees promptly appealed the ruling to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Department of Justice is actively opposing the party committees’ intervention. Oral arguments are set for the week of March 7.

Vermont
The RNC sued the cities of Montpelier and Winooski over their new town charters that allow non-citizens to vote in their municipal elections. The lawsuit also raises important concerns about how the laws will be implemented and whether non-citizens will end up on the same voter registration lists used for state-level and federal elections. The RNC is joined in the suit by the Vermont Republican Party and several concerned Vermont voters.
  • In May, the town charters were approved by Vermont’s Democrat state senate.
  • In June, Vermont’s Republican governor vetoed the legislation.
  • That same month, the legislature overrode the governor's veto. 
Motions to dismiss have been filed in the case and the state of Vermont moved to intervene to defend the charters. The RNC filed its opposition to the motion to dismiss on January 21, 2022.

Virginia
The Democratic Party of Virginia and the DCCC sued members of the Virginia Board of Elections over the state’s law requiring voters to disclose their social security number when registering to vote. The Democrats allege the registration requirement violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the federal Privacy Act. The lawsuit also challenges the state’s absentee ballot curing process arguing that the deadline by which voters receive notice of defects of their absentee ballots is arbitrary. The Republican Party of Virginia and the Public Interest Legal Foundation have moved to intervene as defendants.

Wisconsin
In Teigen v. WEC, the WI Circuit ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are not permitted under Wisconsin law and ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) to retract its instructions on the use of drop boxes. The WEC is appealing the ruling. The court also denied a request to stay the ruling for the Feb 15 primary while the Defendants pursue an appeal.
 

Campaign Finance
 
This past Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Cruz v. FEC. Click here to read the Republican National Committee’s amicus curiae brief in support of Ted Cruz for Senate.

This past Friday, the White House announced President Biden intends to nominate election law attorney Dara Lindenbaum to the FEC. Lindenbaum will replace Vice Chair Steven Walther; click here to read Commissioner Walther’s statement.

Twelve years after super PACs came into existence, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) updated its registration forms to reflect reality. Prior to this update, if you wanted to start a super PAC, “get your stapler ready. ” The old process required super PACs to submit the regular political action committee registration form and then attach a cover letter stating their intention to operate as an independent expenditure-only committee.
 

Other News
  • Federal: Last Thursday, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee held a hearing on Securing Democracy: Protecting Against Threats to Election Infrastructure and Voter Confidence.
  • Federal: Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill to reform the Electoral Count Act.
  • National: Last Friday, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite announced the Department of Justice Election Threats Task Force.
  • National: January 25th is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, to find more information go to https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote.
  • AZ: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann has asked Cyber Ninjas whether public records are being stored at a data center.
  • GA: GA issues contract to build a new voter-registration system which officials hope will help polling places avoid long lines.
  • GA: A Texas man was arrested and charged with threatening election and other government officials in Georgia, this is the first case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • ID: Governor Little has recommended that $500,000 be allocated for election integrity audits.
  • MI: Michigan Republicans are working to recruit and training poll watchers across the state, with the recently hired RNC Michigan Election Integrity Director.
  • MI: Appeals court reinstates 4 election fraud charges against Southfield clerk
  • Op-ed: J. Christian Adams, wrote about Big Tech’s censorship on social media.
  • Opinion: Former Vice President Pence wrote about how to restore voter confidence through election integrity, and the Democrats plan to end the filibuster.
  • Opinion: Hans von Spakovsky and Ashley Wilson wrote about how New York City’s new voting law allowing non-citizens to vote violates the New York Constitution and state election law.
  • Opinion: Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell wrote about the Democrats’ attempts at a federal takeover of elections.
  • Opinion: RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote about the Democrats’ election lies and their attempt to end the filibuster.
Chairman McDaniel: Republicans Want Elections To Be Secure
 

Chairman McDaniel: Republicans Want Elections To Be Secure

HARRIS FAULKNER: Talk with me about the baseline politics being played here, and is there a risk factor for the left?

RNC CHAIRMAN RONNA MCDANIEL: I will say, I know what Stacey Abrams conflict is: It is Biden’s very bad poll numbers. She doesn’t want to be seen with him anywhere in the state of Georgia. Listen, this is a total overreach by the left. It is so hypocritical to hear the left talk about vaccine mandates. You can't go to a restaurant without showing your vaccine card, but they want to strip away showing your ID to vote - which 80% of the American people agree with according to NPR. This is something that most of us think should happen just to make sure our elections are secure. They are overreaching here. Joe Biden is in Georgia; he should actually be in New York where they just allowed non-citizens to vote in elections. Maybe he should be fighting that instead.

 

 

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Releases New Episode of “Real America” Podcast Featuring House Minority Whip Steve Scalise
 
Watch Here
“It is so critical to realize it's not incompetence. This is intentional. This is their worldview. Biden does not want a stronger America. He is running our country, and the policies he's putting in place are intentional,” said Chairwoman McDaniel. “They like to blame COVID for everything. But not everything is COVID’s fault. When you shut down our energy producing ability in this country, it's why gas prices are up, and I think the American people are getting it.”

“If pipelines were bad, why did Biden kill the Keystone Pipeline, but then turn around and green light the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany?,” questioned Scalise. “It's American jobs he is going after and he is hurting our country.”

In the podcast, Chairwoman McDaniel and Whip Scalise discussed the importance of getting out to vote and how Republicans are leading the fight for election integrity. 

“Nobody has an excuse to stay at home. We need people out voting and when they go out voting, also making sure that they're protecting the integrity, the voting system, you get the right outcome. And we saw that in Virginia. We're going to take that model on the road too, and it helps people to remind them, look at what they did in Virginia,” said Scalise. “Everybody's got a vote and we fight for that right for everybody to vote.”  

“The only vote that doesn't count is the one you don't cast,” said Chairwoman McDaniel. “In Virginia, the RNC was the key and we had 3,500 shifts of poll watchers before the election, during the 45 day early voting period. We had 500 lawyers on the ground, and we had 98 percent coverage of polling locations from volunteers.”

“Real America” features stories from outside the beltway, highlights Republican leadership and shows how Republican policies are leading America’s comeback and working for real Americans. Chairwoman McDaniel is offering the platform for Republican leaders to share their successes and for listeners to hear real stories from the exciting, leading voices in our Party. Season Two launched this month with the premiere episode featuring House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. 

 Highlights from the podcast
 
In this episode, Chairwoman McDaniel sat down with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise to discuss:
  • The real-life consequences of Biden and Democrats’ policies
  • Election integrity
  • Biden’s weakness on the global stage
  • The importance of Republicans taking back the House; and
  • Rep. Scalise’s role as Whip.
Whip Scalise was first elected to Congress in 2008 after serving in Louisiana’s State Legislature for 12 years.  In 2017, Whip Scalise was critically wounded by a left-wing gunman who targeted Republicans practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game. Rep. Scalise narrowly survived, and credits U.S. Capitol Police Special Agents and Alexandria Police Officers for their heroic actions.  
 
Watch the podcast here or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever podcasts are available. 
 
 
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National Poll Worker Recruitment Week
  • A Poll Worker is an individual who works inside a polling location for the local elections office during early voting and/or on Election Day.
    • Individuals must be trained by the local elections office on their specific role.
  • There is a severe shortage of election and poll workers throughout the country.
  • Poll workers increase confidence in the election process by ensuring elections are free and fair of any election related irregularities, violations, and disruptions.
  • National Poll Worker Recruitment week is a great opportunity to engage citizens who want to ensure transparency in our elections.
  • For the RNC, every week is poll worker week – we have made significant investments in ensuring election integrity nationwide.
  • From 1982 to 2019, the RNC was prohibited from taking part in poll-watching and other election monitoring activities due to a consent decree filed by the DNC. 
    • This meant we were unable to actively take part in election integrity, from boots on the ground to legal efforts. 
  • The decree’s removal in 2019 allowed us to begin building an election integrity operation, which now leads the way for the entire Republican ecosystem.
  • We have hired fifteen election integrity directors in key states and twelve election integrity state counsels.
    • Election integrity state directors are tasked with recruiting and training election integrity volunteers to poll-watch, collaborating with state parties and local stakeholders, and promoting best practices for fair, secure elections.
    • Election integrity state counsels are tasked with providing counsel to the state directors, submitting public information requests, recruiting and organizing volunteer attorneys, and assisting in initiating strategic litigation.
  • Our recent efforts in Virginia’s November election proved the effectiveness of our program.
    • We put 11 paid election integrity staffers on the ground in Virginia.
    • We held over 50 poll-watching trainings with over 3,200 attendees.
    • We scheduled over 7,150 poll-watching shifts.
  • Poll workers are important because they promote transparency for both parties.
  • Americans deserve to have faith that their elections are free, fair, and transparent, and Americans who volunteer to work at polls play a crucial part in ensuring that transparency.

Red States Are Booming
  • Newly released December data from the Labor Department confirms Republican governors and legislatures are leading the way in getting Americans back to work.
    • More jobs are being recovered and unemployment is lower in red states.
    • 16 of the top 20 states for jobs recovered since the coronavirus pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and 18 of the top 20 states have Republican-controlled legislatures.
    • The top nine states for jobs recovered are all led by Republicans.
  • Out of the top 20 states with the lowest unemployment rates, 16 are led by Republican governors and 17 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
    • The ten states with the lowest unemployment rates are all led by Republicans.
    • The seven states with the highest unemployment rates are all led by Democrat governors.
  • 12 states hit new record low unemployment rates, ten of which have Republican governors and all 12 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
  • It’s no surprise voters are flocking to Republican-led states, with populations growing in red states like Texas and Florida, while the populations of blue states like Illinois and New York are shrinking.
  • Biden’s disastrous policies are wreaking havoc on families, consumers, and businesses.
  • Despite overseeing the worst jobs report of the year, the highest inflation rate in  nearly four decades , and a supply chain crisis, Biden has doubled down on his job-killing vaccine mandates and  inflationary “Build Back Broke” agenda.
  • As prices continue to skyrocket, Americans are  purchasing cheaper foods , switching brands, and walking away from what they used to buy. 
    • In Pennsylvania, there’s “empty shelves left and right.”
    • In Texas, there’s “near empty” shelves as residents have to go to as many as “three different stores” to find products. 
    • In Georgia, families say they have to “strategize their [grocery] trips and think on the fly” in order to find specific items at “the right price.”
    • The president of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association described the current supply chain crisis as “just wreaking havoc on the entire retail world.”
    • A Ohio shopper said empty shelves seem to be “getting worse” in her local supermarkets.
    • Parents across the country report a baby formula shortage, leaving moms and dads “worried” and scrambling for alternatives.
Democrat policies just don’t work – and the American people know it.
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