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The Republican National Committee elected new leadership a week ago, naming Michael Whatley to replace embattled Ronna McDaniel as Chair, and Lara Trump as co-chair. The shake-up extends to more than top leadership with the RNC announcing it has hired Fairfax County local, Scott Presler to help with ballot chase operations. The Daily Caller outlines the plans here, Lara Trump Announces RNC Hiring Scott Presler To Lead Legal Ballot Chasing Operations.
Here in Virginia, Governor Youngkin recently vetoed key election integrity bills, but there’s a lot of work remaining on the national level. The Democrat Party is way ahead in terms of legal challenges to election processes, but Newsweek reports that the RNC Begins Spending Money on Legal Challenges. The Hill writes about the new focus here, Lara Trump says top priority at RNC is ‘protecting the vote’.
Ranked Choice Voting:
Last year, the RNC and separately, the Fairfax GOP, under the leadership of our Election Integrity Working Group, both adopted resolutions to oppose ranked choice voting. This voting format has been met with mixed reviews from voters, and Sharyl Attkisson did a segment about the pros and cons of ranked choice voting on her Sunday show, The Full Measure. You can watch the video and read the transcript here, https://fullmeasure.news/newest-videos/the-vote#