The Oversight Committee raised serious concerns that Eisen’s organization has been running a pay-to-play operation, exploiting its tax-exempt charitable status to reward donors while conducting political lobbying that far exceeds what the law allows. This latest inquiry is part of a sweeping congressional investigation into IRS failures to enforce the rules governing 501(c)(3) entities, which dates back to 2024.

Fair Election Fund released the following statement:

“The House Oversight Committee’s investigation reveals a deeply troubling pattern: a tax-exempt organization weaponizing its charitable status to enrich its own donors rather than serving any legitimate public purpose. That is not advocacy; it’s a shakedown dressed up as charity, and it is an abuse of the tax code.

Organizations that exploit nonprofit status for political and financial gain undermine public trust in our institutions. We commend Chairman Comer for his continued oversight and urge swift action from the IRS.”

BACKGROUND:

• In April, called attention to a report revealing ActBlue potentially misled Congress on foreign donation vetting, corroborating FEF’s own 2024 findings of potential cases of donor fraud within ActBlue.
• Last year, FEF launched a report series grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.
• In 2024, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud.
• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country.
• In June 2024, FEF awarded $50,000 in bounties to whistleblowers with first-hand knowledge of voter fraud or election administration issues in Michigan, Connecticut, Georgia, and North Carolina.

The Fair Election Fund is a watchdog group that was formed to shine a light on fraud and abuse still occurring in our election system.

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New York Times Report Confirms More Fraud Concerns From Democrat Money Machine

The Fair Election Fund (FEF), a nonpartisan national election integrity watchdog group, is calling attention to bombshell reporting revealing ActBlue potentially misled Congress on foreign donation vetting, corroborating FEF’s own 2024 findings of potential cases of donor fraud within ActBlue.

According to the New York Times, ActBlue is now facing investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans over potential illegal foreign donations. 

In August 2024, FEF announced findings in its initial investigation into ActBlue and the Biden-Harris campaign, uncovering over 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud. Instances where individuals listed as small-dollar donors on FEC reports had no recollection of making those donations. FEF spent $250,000 to obtain and verify its leads and immediately turned over hundreds of verified cases to Republican Attorneys General across the country, including in Alabama, Nebraska, Kansas, Virginia, and Texas.

BACKGROUND:

• Last year, FEF launched a report series grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.
• In 2024, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud. 
• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country. 
• In June 2024, FEF awarded $50,000 in bounties to whistleblowers with first-hand knowledge of voter fraud or election administration issues in Michigan, Connecticut, Georgia, and North Carolina.

The Fair Election Fund is a watchdog group that was formed to shine a light on fraud and abuse still occurring in our election system.

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FEF’s investigation uncovered numerous statewide issues and infringements of the Elections Procedure Manual (EPM), which is intended to ensure consistent and efficient election practices across the state. Secretary Fontes was found to be weakening safeguards against noncitizen voting, improperly handling voter rolls, and undermining voter security.

Offenses include:

• Unauthorized unstaffed drop boxes
  • Fontes’ 2023 EPM created a fifth, illegal method for returning early ballots, unstaffed drop boxes not allowed under Arizona law.
• Delayed election results 
  • Chronic slow ballot tabulation in major counties, especially Maricopa, over 290,000 “late early” ballots in 2022 caused weeks-long certification delays.
• Printer failures
  • In 2022, 70 of 223 Maricopa voting sites suffered on-demand printer malfunctions due to paper change, causing ballot rejections and long lines. The Secretary of State’s office failed to ensure proper pre-election testing.
• Inaccurate voter roll data
  • In 2024, around 218,000 voters were found to be missing citizenship documentation and on a private call, Arizona’s leaders, including Fontes, debated the ‘dire’ ballot dilemma.
  • A federal lawsuit claims that AZ’s list of registered voters contains up to 1.27 million voters who have either died or moved out of state, which violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

Click here to read the full report.

BACKGROUND:

• In April, FEF launched a new initiative, grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.
  • The first report card graded Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson a “D” for her failures to bring confidence to Michigan voters.
  • The second report evaluated the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE), which received a “C” grade for its election administration.
  • FEF’s third report examined Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who received a “D+” for shifting guidelines that hindered third-party candidate ballot access.
  • The fourth report reviewed the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which received a “D+” grade on its election administration processes.
  • FEF’s fifth report graded Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt a “C-”.
• In March, the Fair Election Fund filed commentary with the FCC on the issue raised against CBS for unlawful news distortion and coordination with the Harris 2024 Presidential Campaign in the network’s 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country.
• Last year, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud.

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FAIR ELECTION FUND LAUNCHES DIGITAL AD CAMPAIGN IN D.C. HIGHLIGHTING MICROSOFT’S CENSORSHIP AND IMPACT ON FREE ELECTIONS 

Five-Figure Ad Buy Amplifies Groundbreaking Report on Political Bias, Censorship, and Foreign Ties

WASHINGTON – The Fair Election Fund (FEF), a non-partisan public interest organization committed to promoting effective administration of elections in a transparent way that instills public confidence in electoral results, today announced a five-figure digital ad campaign to amplify its explosive report on Microsoft’s censorship practices and the impact on free and fair U.S. elections, in addition to its recent reports grading election commissions and secretaries of state in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan.

The campaign will run on major social media platforms and target policymakers, media and influencers in the nation’s capital. The Microsoft component of the effort aims to pressure the company on reforms following FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s August warning about companies “censoring or weakening the data security of Americans at the behest of foreign powers.”

The ads spotlight Microsoft’s pattern of political bias and national security vulnerabilities, urging accountability and action by lawmakers and regulators to investigate the company’s practices. This initiative builds on FEF’s mission to restore voter trust by exposing systemic threats to our elections. 

“Microsoft has a history of censoring conservatives, aligning with foreign adversaries, and risking our national security, and their actions demand immediate scrutiny. This ad campaign is a wake-up call to D.C. to hold bad actors accountable and prevent future partisan abuses of the electoral process.” – The Fair Election Fund

Key findings from the report include:

• LinkedIn’s content moderation spiked under the Biden Administration, removing hundreds of thousands of posts labeled as “misinformation” or “hate speech,” potentially censoring good-faith conservative discussions.
• Microsoft’s deep China ties, including source code sharing and use of Chinese engineers for U.S. federal contracts, pose national security risks that could compromise election infrastructure.
• Microsoft’s leadership shows clear partisan leanings, with Bill Gates’ $50 million donation to support Kamala Harris in 2024 and LinkedIn co-founder and Microsoft board member Reid Hoffman’s call for President Trump to become an “actual martyr” days before the July assassination attempt.
• The company’s PAC suspended donations to 147 Republicans who objected to the 2020 election certification, while ignoring similar actions by Democrats in past cycles.
• Partnerships with NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index target conservative media, suppressing diverse viewpoints.

FEF calls for independent audits, balanced contributions, and a federal contract review to protect American elections from corporate overreach and foreign interference.

The full report is available HERE. The series of four reports on election administration in battleground states is available HERE. For additional information, contact info@thefairelectionfund.com

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Prompted by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s August 2025 letter warning tech giants against censorship and data security lapses under foreign pressure, the report details Microsoft’s aggressive suppression of conservative voices, partisan election initiatives, and risky national security practices that erode voter trust.

The Fair Election Fund report “reveals a troubling pattern of bias that tilts the scales against conservatives, empowers America’s adversaries, and undermines the integrity of our democratic process. As we work to restore confidence in elections, it’s clear that Microsoft is part of the problem.”

Key findings from the report include:

• Microsoft’s leadership shows clear partisan leanings, with Bill Gates’ $50 million donation to support Kamala Harris in 2024 and LinkedIn co-founder and Microsoft board member Reid Hoffman’s call for President Trump to become an “actual martyr” days before the July assassination attempt.
• The company’s PAC suspended donations to 147 Republicans who objected to the 2020 election certification, while ignoring similar actions by Democrats in past cycles.
• Microsoft’s deep China ties, including source code sharing and use of Chinese engineers for U.S. federal contracts, pose national security risks that could compromise election infrastructure.
• Election programs like “Defending Democracy” risk partisanship due to DNC-linked leadership.
• Partnerships with NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index target conservative media, suppressing diverse viewpoints.
• LinkedIn’s content moderation spiked under the Biden Administration, removing hundreds of thousands of posts labeled as “misinformation” or “hate speech,” potentially censoring good-faith conservative discussions.

The Fair Election Fund calls for immediate reforms, including independent audits of Microsoft’s platforms, balanced political contributions, and a review of federal contracts to protect American data from foreign influence.

The full report is available HERE. For additional information, contact info@thefairelectionfund.com

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WASHINGTON – The Fair Election Fund (FEF), a nonpartisan national election integrity watchdog group, has released its fifth report in a series evaluating election administration officials in key battleground states. This latest report gives Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt a C- grade for his poor record of handling the Commonwealth’s elections, citing mail-in ballot concerns, decentralized election practices, and legal inconsistencies across counties.

While the Pennsylvania Constitution mandates that elections be held by ballot, Act 77 (2019) allows no-excuse mail-in voting, allowing any voter to request and cast an absentee/mail ballot with no excuse or reason. In 2020 alone, more than 2.7 million mail ballots were requested, up from just 266,000 in 2016.

Pennsylvania also grants wide discretion to its 67 counties. From drop box placement to ballot curing, counties often set their own rules, leading to a patchwork of procedures and voter confusion. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court frequently steps in to resolve election disputes, underscoring the lack of legislative clarity.

This decentralized system was on full display during the 2024 U.S. Senate race between Bob Casey and David McCormick, when ballot disputes and legal challenges dragged the recount on for 17 days.

Other offenses include:

• Weak leadership

  • SOS Schmidt was accused of acting as a political operative after inconsistently enforcing election laws across counties, undermining uniformity and trust in Pennsylvania’s election process.

• Undated ballot counting

  • In Pennsylvania, the counting of undated mail-in ballots has been a subject of significant legal debate in the 2024 election cycle.

  • Montgomery and Bucks County attempted to count 405 undated ballots in 2024 before being blocked by a court order.

• Confirmed voter fraud

  • In 2025, three Delaware County politicians pleaded guilty to forging mail-in ballots in a 2021 mayoral race.

  • Double voting: A Pennsylvania man was convicted for voting in both Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in 2022.

• Poll watcher confusion

  • Pennsylvania lacks standardized training for poll watchers, leaving legal responsibilities unclear and enforcement inconsistent.

Click here to read the full report.

BACKGROUND:

• In April FEF launched a new initiative, grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.

  • The first report card graded Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson a “D” for her failures to bring confidence to Michigan voters.

  • The second report evaluated the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE), which received a “C” grade for its election administration.

  • FEF’s third report examined Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who received a D+ for shifting guidelines that hindered third-party candidate ballot access.

  • The fourth report reviewed the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which received a “D+” grade on its election administration processes.

• In March, the Fair Election Fund filed commentary with the FCC on the issue raised against CBS for unlawful news distortion and coordination with the Harris 2024 Presidential Campaign in the network’s 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.

• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country.

• The Fair Election Fund successfully stopped national Democrats’ voter suppression scheme in states across the country last year. In October 2024, FEF launched a six-figure paid media campaign that exposed Marc Elias’s failed racist lawsuits that tried to disenfranchise thousands of black voters who signed petitions to get Cornel West on the ballot in their respective battleground states.

• The Fair Election Fund invested over $750,000 in paid media efforts last year to expose the Democrats’ attempts to block Kamala Harris’s competition from the ballot. The Fair Election Fund invested in states such as North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Click here to learn more about the Democrats’ failed election interference scheme and how the Fair Election Fund stood up for voting rights.

• Last year, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud.

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The Fair Election Fund (FEF), a nonpartisan national election integrity watchdog group, today has released its fourth in a series of reports examining election administration in key battleground states. The latest report evaluates the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s (WEC) management of previous elections, giving the agency a “D+” grade due to multiple administrative failures in recent elections that undermined public trust in the state’s electoral process and voter confidence, as outlined below.

In 2023, the WEC approved the use of a National Mail Voter Registration Form that did not meet the legal requirements outlined in Wis. Stat. § 6.33(1). The form omitted several mandatory elements such as residency duration, felony status, and voter ID fields, and improperly asked for race and party affiliation, which state law does not authorize. A court ruled that WEC had overstepped its authority and ordered the form withdrawn.

The WEC’s past offences also include an incident in 2020 where WEC staff, not the appointed commissioners, blocked Green Party presidential candidates from appearing on the ballot, despite the candidates meeting all legal requirements. The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the decision in a narrow 4–3 vote, but dissenting justices criticized the move as procedurally flawed and politically biased. This incident deepened concerns about partisanship and lack of accountability within the Commission.

The WEC’s other alarming offenses are as follows:

• Illegal Absentee Ballot Handling
  • In 2020, WEC instructed clerks to fill in missing witness address information on absentee ballots, violating Wis. Stat. § 6.87(6d), which requires voters to correct such errors themselves.
  • In 2022, a state court issued a permanent injunction against WEC, ruling that it had exceeded its authority.
• Improper Use of Absentee Ballot Sites
  • The Milwaukee Election Commission only fully opened 4 of 27 designated absentee voting locations, restricting access and imposing appointment-only conditions, which are unauthorized.
• Limiting Election Observation
  • WEC limited observers to 2 per polling site (1 per party) at multiple large venues.
  • This contravened Wisconsin laws requiring open access for all observers.
• Faulty Voter Registration List
  • Citizen audit in 2024 found:
  • 50,000+ potentially invalid registrations
  • 2,250 at commercial addresses
  • 24 with incomplete addresses
  • 32 at non-deliverable addresses
  • 13 listed USPS office as residence
  • 5,080 where voters no longer lived at address
  • 6,187 moved out of state
  • 4,907 moved out of country

Click here to read the full report.

BACKGROUND:

• In April, FEF launched a new initiative, grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.
  • The first report card graded Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson a “D” for her failure to bring confidence to Michigan voters.
  • The second report evaluated the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE), which received a “C” grade for its election administration.
  • FEF’s third report examined Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who received a D+ for shifting guidelines that hindered third-party candidate ballot access.
• In March, the Fair Election Fund filed commentary with the FCC on the issue raised against CBS for unlawful news distortion and coordination with the Harris 2024 Presidential Campaign in the network’s 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country.
• The Fair Election Fund successfully stopped national Democrats’ voter suppression scheme in states across the country last year. In October 2024, FEF launched a six-figure paid media campaign that exposed Marc Elias’s failed racist lawsuits that tried to disenfranchise thousands of black voters who signed petitions to get Cornel West on the ballot in their respective battleground states.
• The Fair Election Fund invested over $750,000 in paid media efforts last year to expose the Democrats’ attempts to block Kamala Harris’s competition from the ballot. The Fair Election Fund invested in states such as North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Click here to learn more about the Democrats’ failed election interference scheme and how the Fair Election Fund stood up for voting rights.
• Last year, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud.

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The Fair Election Fund (FEF), a nonpartisan national election integrity watchdog group, today has released its third report in a series reviewing election administration in key battleground states. The latest report evaluates Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s handling of the 2024 election, awarding him a “D+” grade for numerous administrative failures that have eroded voter confidence in the state.

In 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s third-party campaign faced difficulties due to unclear Nevada laws and shifting guidance from Secretary Aguilar’s office. Initially, RFK Jr. was told his vice-presidential nominee wasn’t required on petitions, but the campaign was later told the opposite after collecting 20,000 signatures. RFK Jr. filed a federal lawsuit and had to restart the petition process multiple times due to technicalities, eventually gaining ballot access. These inconsistencies highlight concerns over the professionalism and neutrality of Nevada’s election administration.

Also in 2024, the Nevada Green Party (NGP) met the signature requirement for ballot access using a petition form provided by Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar. However, the Nevada Democratic Party challenged this, arguing that the wrong form was used. Though the NGP followed Aguilar’s explicit instructions, the Nevada Supreme Court ultimately removed the party from the ballot, calling the error caused by Aguilar’s guidance an “unfortunate mistake.”

Just some of the other examples of Aguilar’s alarming incompetence are as follows:

• Inaccurate Voter Registration Roll
  • In March 2024, the Republican National Committee, the Nevada Republican Party, and a Nevada voter filed a lawsuit challenging Secretary Aguilar’s handling of Nevada voter registration lists. Numerous counties in Nevada had more registered voters than voting-eligible citizens.
  • 6,136 non-citizens were listed as active voters in Nevada’s 2024 voter registration list.
  • 359,403 inactive voter registrations (16.3% of total), above national average (11.1%).
• Campaign Finance Discrepancies
  • Judges and candidates accepted $10,000+ contributions, despite a $5,000 limit.
  • Secretary Aguilar’s office gave inconsistent answers on special election donation limits.
•  Counting Undated Ballots
  • In 2024, the Secretary of State’s office counted ballots without postmarks, contrary to Nevada law.
  • The Republican National Committee and the Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit to stop the practice.

Click here to read the full report.

BACKGROUND:

• In April FEF launched a new initiative, grading election administration officials in battleground states across the U.S.
  • The first report card graded Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson a “D” for her failures to bring confidence to Michigan voters.
  • The second report evaluated the North Carolina Board of Elections (NCSBE), which received a “C” grade for its election administration.
• In March, the Fair Election Fund filed commentary with the FCC on the issue raised against CBS for unlawful news distortion and coordination with the Harris 2024 Presidential Campaign in the network’s 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
• In August of 2024, the Fair Election Fund uncovered 60,000 potential cases of donor fraud involving the Biden-Harris campaign and ActBlue and turned over the data to Republican attorneys general across the country.
• The Fair Election Fund successfully stopped national Democrats’ voter suppression scheme in states across the country last year. In October 2024, FEF launched a six-figure paid media campaign that exposed Marc Elias’s failed racist lawsuits that tried to disenfranchise thousands of black voters who signed petitions to get Cornel West on the ballot in their respective battleground states.
• The Fair Election Fund invested over $750,000 in paid media efforts last year to expose the Democrats’ attempts to block Kamala Harris’s competition from the ballot. The Fair Election Fund invested in states such as North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Click here to learn more about the Democrats’ failed election interference scheme and how the Fair Election Fund stood up for voting rights.
• Last year, the Fair Election Fund launched an investigation examining the jury summons responses and voter rolls in key swing state counties to identify voter fraud.

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