Biden’s Backdoor Election Takeover: Florida Nonprofit Sues DOJ for
Transforming Federal Agencies Into Democrat Get Out the Vote Operations |
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The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) sued the Justice Department after it ignored its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about an executive order directing federal agencies to promote “access to voting.”
In March 2021, Joe Biden issued an
executive order directing the heads of all federal executive agencies to submit a strategic plan to his Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice detailing their efforts to
increase voter registration and voting even though their agencies have no statutory authority to have anything to do with voting.
The order states that obstacles exist for many voters, including long lines, disabilities, “
voter identification laws and limited opportunities to vote by mail,” limited access to language assistance, and being denied the “ability to vote privately and independently.”
It states, “Executive departments and agencies … should partner with State, local, Tribal, and territorial election officials to protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting, and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information ...”
One section of the order urges “federal agencies to take over voter registrations by acting as requesting States’ designated voter registration agency,” the
complaint states.
On July 30, 2021, the FGA requested copies of the strategic plans. Eight months, or 240 days later, it had received no documents, it said.
“FOIA requests are meant to provide Americans with transparency and reassurance that governing agencies using taxpayer dollars are acting thoughtfully, lawfully, and in the best interest of the American people,” Stewart Whitson, FGA’s legal director, said. “DOJ’s decision to stonewall our lawful request under FOIA raises grave concerns that the Biden administration may be hiding the full details of these plans from the public and Congress.
“With the mid-term elections mere months away, the American people have a right to know the full details of this unprecedented effort by the president before it is too late,” he added. “FGA will not rest until we get the American people the answers they deserve. If we cannot get those answers through FOIA requests, we will use the power of the courts instead.”
The lawsuit comes four months after several dozen members of Congress expressed alarm about Biden’s order.
It’s “nearly identical to a federal election takeover plan crafted by the radical left-leaning group known as Demos,” they argued.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) said that in January,
the Small Business Administration announced it was the first federal agency to apply to be a voter agency. Through its district offices, “small business owners and others will have the services they need to ensure their voices are heard at the ballot box and fair representation for their communities,” the SBA said.
In March,
the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service sent letters to state agencies encouraging them to provide local program operators with voter registration information. Many receiving food subsidies are low-income non-citizens and non-native English speakers.
Non-citizens can also apply for and receive valid driver’s licenses and state IDs. In most states, both driver’s licenses and ID cards are accepted proof of identification to vote. Also in most states, state and local authorities don’t cross check citizenship status with voter registration and identification, meaning there are few safeguards in place to prevent noncitizens who have driver’s licenses and IDs from registering to vote and voting.
Biden’s directive creates an opportunity for fraud on a massive scale and is “a backdoor plan for Biden to influence elections,” U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) warned.
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