2026 elections will be highly rigged

The Huntington Beach [California] City Council passed a resolution last week using false data from the election conspiracy group Unite4Freedom to stoke baseless fears about the integrity of elections.

The measure aims to “ensure a legally valid and transparent 2026 General Election” by empowering election officials to withhold the ballots of voters whose U.S. citizenship is in question, enforce strict chain-of-custody protocols and “investigate and resolve, or if necessary, re-administer any election that cannot be proven accurate and compliant,” among other provisions.

It underscores how conspiracy-driven anti-voting groups have made inroads at the state and local level, where they are working to infiltrate election administration in order to take steps that tighten voting rules and legitimize their false claims.

  Democracy Docket