Jason Snead is executive director of the Honest Elections Project. He is a former senior policy analyst in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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Civil asset forfeiture is facing renewed pressure for reform from members in Congress concerned about its abuse, and the Justice Department appears to be pushing… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database just got a major upgrade. With the addition of powerful new search functions, Heritage is giving Americans a quick… Read More
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In a shocking report last week, The Intercept—an investigative reporting outlet—released portions of an internal government manual detailing how and why federal agents should seize cash and… Read More
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Amid headline-grabbing exchanges on Russia and sanctuary cities, Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced tough questions on civil asset forfeiture at Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee oversight… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation added another round of cases this week to its ever-growing Voter Fraud Database. Accounting for these new additions, the database now documents… Read More
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The House of Representatives has moved to defund the controversial civil forfeiture practice known as “adoptive” seizures. Last week, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to approve three… Read More
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On Sept. 8, the Brennan Center for Justice released a misleading report purporting to debunk The Heritage Foundation Voter Fraud Database. Needless to say, the… Read More
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An “Oregon Trail”-style “Op-Doc” video game released by The New York Times just days before the 2016 election asks readers to “find out if your… Read More
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One of the most important swing states in the nation, Florida, was hit with election fraud in 2016, harming voters on both sides of the… Read More
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This week, the Department of Justice unveiled a new directive ramping up federal civil forfeiture. The new policy restarts so-called “adoptive” forfeitures as part of… Read More
