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Recent reporting has revealed that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains a little-noticed provision with direct implications for election administration, raising alarms about transparency and federal involvement in state-run elections. The disclosure comes amid ongoing concerns first highlighted in a federal complaint filed by Senator Mark Finchem, now Director of the Election Fairness Institute, […]

Last month, Law Enforcement Today published Part 1 of an investigative report on ActBlue, the fundraising arm of the Democratic National Committee, regarding the alleged use of donor money to commit real estate fraud and facilitate money laundering. A former assistant police chief in Tennessee, Shawn Taylor, senior research analyst for theElection Fairness Institute(EFI), has been working

On August 7, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a landmark victory: ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising giant, had been forced to upgrade its security protocols after revelations of a massive money laundering network. The scandal, uncovered by the Election Fairness Institute (EFI), traces back to a brazen scheme in which ActBlue’s officers allegedly orchestrated $200 million

Sen. Mark Finchem updates Stinchfield Tonight on the ongoing ActBlue mortgage fraud investigation. He reveals that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is interested in moving forward and that new evidence is expanding the probe’s scope. Investigators have also uncovered similar fraudulent activity in the health care sector, with more intelligence being gathered daily. Watch now:

The Election Fairness Institute (EFI), led by State Senator Mark Finchem (R-Prescott), identified what it believes is a money laundering scheme involving the Democratic political fundraising platform ActBlue, which EFI is referring to as “magic mortgages.” EFI, a public interest nonprofit, said bad actors have potentially committed campaign finance violations and tax evasion, with possible ties

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Election Fairness Institute Uncovers NEW Nationwide “Magic Mortgage” Money Laundering Scheme Linked to ActBlue & “Donors.”The years-long research product has been referred to the U.S. Department of Justice. Phoenix, AZ – July 28, 2025 – The Election Fairness Institute (EFI) has identified a money laundering scheme, known as “magic mortgages,” involving ActBlue,

Hidden Infrastructure of Voter Surveillance:Potential Evidence of an Unlawful Relational Database Linking Ballots to Voters By the Election Fairness Institute Executive Summary This report details extensive findings suggesting the unlawful construction and use of a relational database that can track ballots back to individual voters, thereby violating federal and state protections of ballot secrecy. We

Prescott, AZ: Early in 2024, Election Fairness Institute launched the highly successful Precinct Mapping Project. The project, run by Seth Keshel, Director of Data Analysis, mapped every precinct of every county in every single battleground state, plus several other states and hundreds of other counties, in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Many donors contributed to that vast project, which provided election participant information to all interested parties. The end product appeared in the type

Prescott, AZ: On Thursday, October 17, the Election Fairness Institute joined forces with political science researcher Dr. Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. and Dr. Andrew Paquette, a subject matter expert in the field of cryptographic algorithms, to examine the most recent Arizona Voter Rolls for potential defects. A defect could be in the form of a fictitious voter

Not all those that can’t beat the winning party actually join them — some look to undermine them. A newly-launched group, Conservative Agenda for Arizona (“CAA”), hopes to steer Republicans away from a Donald Trump-led party. Much of their messaging in this election focused on criticizing challenges to the recent past elections and fighting “election