Election Security Is on the Ballot in November and December
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Election Security Is on the Ballot in November and December
By: Jeff Johnston
Voters in seven states have a choice on election integrity on their ballots this November. In addition, Louisiana will vote on an election-related issue in December. While several of the initiatives would make elections more secure, others would seem to do the opposite – loosening election security.
Hans Von Spakovsky is an attorney who manages the Heritage Foundation’s Election Law Reform Initiative. A senior legal fellow in Heritage’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, he also served as a member of the Federal Election Commission.
Von Spakovsky believes citizens should have equal, free access to the voting process and elections should be secure, free from voter fraud. Heritage maintains a list of 1,384 proven instances of voter fraud from the past 40 years, demonstrating why this is an important issue.
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An Open Letter to Pro-Life Candidates: Don’t Shy Away From the Abortion Issue
By: Zachary Mettler
The 2022 midterm elections are exactly three weeks away. On November 8, voters will go to the polls in all 50 states to choose the next 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 35 senators, 36 governors, numerous statewide and local races, as well as the fate of various ballot measures.
In fact, voters in several states have already begun voting, whether through in-person early voting or via vote-by-mail; two million people have already voted.
When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision on June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overturned Roe v. Wade, many pro-abortion candidates – though disappointed at the decision – were relieved. They felt that the decision would galvanize pro-abortion voters to support them.
In contrast, pro-life candidates became very nervous. Several candidates for federal office quietly updated their campaign websites and backed away from their previous statements in support of federal laws protecting preborn babies from the moment of conception.
These moves are tragically misguided.
Pro-life candidates should embrace, not shy away from, their pro-life values – and they should do so for several reasons.
First, favoring protections for preborn Americans is the right thing to do.
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Polls Say Abortion Won’t Be the Deciding Electoral Issue the Left is Hoping For
By: Bruce Hausknecht
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its June Dobbs decision, the Left seized upon the issue in what it hoped would be a pivotal midterm election issue. As recently as this week, for example, President Joe Biden promised to send a bill to Congress on the anniversary of the 1973 Roe decision in January that would enshrine abortion into federal law, if only enough pro-abortion candidates could be elected to both houses of Congress to ensure its passage.
Multiple pollsters are currently showing that the issue of abortion isn’t high on the list of voters’ concerns, however, as economic issues once again appear to be preeminent in the minds of those who will be casting their ballots this November.
CBS News reports the results of its own polling on the subject of abortion as a disappointment for pro-abortion candidates:
“For two months the Democrats chipped away at the Republicans’ lead in the battle for House control, helped by motivated abortion-rights voters and what turned out to be fleeting glimmers of optimism about the economy. But that momentum has stalled, at least for now, and the Republicans’ House lead has stabilized today at 224 seats to the Democrats’ 211.”
The Washington Examiner, reporting on the results of a New York Times/Sienna College poll, said, “But as of mid-October, nearly every data point trotted out to show that abortion was going to sink Republicans has evaporated.”
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Don’t Forget to Honor the Shepherds Who Shepherd Us
By: Paul Batura
From his office in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, thirty-years ago, the Reverend H.B. London could see for miles, including the summit of Pikes Peak, as well as up and down the Front Range.
But what he couldn’t see was the future success of Clergy Appreciation Month – an initiative he would launch in October of 1992 from that same Focus on the Family office, and an occasion that even Hallmark Cards would eventually acknowledge and even help popularize.
As the son of a pastor, and a longtime one himself, the Reverend London was intimately familiar with the challenges of shepherding the flock. In fact, when he resigned his role as senior pastor at Pasadena Nazarene Church, he joined the Focus staff with the sole purpose of lightening the clergy’s burden. Setting aside the month of October for people to encourage their pastor was a natural manifestation of this desire – and now three decades later, and four years since the Reverend London’s death, the tradition lives on.
“H.B.’s Salem (Oregon) congregation were the original clergy appreciators,” recalled Sue McFadden, the Reverend London’s longtime assistant at two churches and for his entire twenty-year tenure at Focus on the Family. “The encouragement and love meant so much to him, that he was eager to share it with everyone else.”
Pastors serve an oversized role in many Christians’ lives.
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‘Every Single Vote Matters’ in the Upcoming Midterm Elections, Dr. Al Mohler Says
By: Zachary Mettler
On Tuesday’s Focus on the Family Broadcast, Dr. Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and former Focus board member, encourages all Christians to get out and vote in the upcoming midterm elections.
Dr. Mohler speaks with Focus President Jim Daly about the importance of voting, and how Christians can influence society towards the Common Good.
“It is government’s responsibility to respect and protect unborn life and the institution of marriage,” Mohler said.
“If you are an American citizen, then you are voting one way or the other. God’s given you the stewardship of the vote and if you don’t use it, you’re just strengthening every vote against what you would say you stand for,” he added. “If you’re not voting your convictions, if you just stay out of the process, you’re actually giving additional weight to the votes against your convictions.”
Daly and Mohler also discussed five measure that are on several states’ ballots this fall, including in California, Montana, Kentucky, Michigan and Vermont. You can read the Daily Citizen’s summary of the ballot measures here. Speaking of the overturning of Roe, and the fight to protect preborn life, Mohler pointed out, “Now we’ve got 50 battles in 50 states.”
“There is big money in abortion. There is huge money by the hundreds of millions of dollars in abortion. And what a tragic reality it is that abortion is a death industry in this country,” Dr. Mohler said.
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