RNC Sues Battleground States Over Absentee Ballots And Voter Rolls

The Republican National Committee (RNC) Lawyers are going State-to-State, seeking to influence what Laws and Procedures will Govern the November Election.

The RNC, which has been overhauled with Trump Loyalists, is reviving Failed Legal Arguments from 2020, as it seeks to get involved in Dozens of State and Federal Lawsuits. The Cases are in all the Major Battleground States for 2024, but also in Deep-Red and Deep-Blue States.

Some of the biggest ongoing Cases target how Absentee Ballots are Processed, and who should be Removed from Voter Rolls. These Cases could reduce the number of Voters in November, and fewer Absentee Ballots Counted.

In some Cases, the RNC joins with a State Party to Sue a State or County Official. In others, the RNC seeks to Intervene to Support or Oppose a Case that an Advocacy Group brought First.

The RNC also Files Friend-of-the-Court Briefs, seeks to get involved in Rulemaking Processes, or Announces when it seeks Public Records as part of its own Investigation.

The Cases often draw from the same False Information that has fueled the Myth that the 2020 Election was Stolen from Trump through Fraud. Lawyers have argued that RNC must be involved in Lawsuits in order to make sure that People can be Confident in the Outcome of the Election, Trust the Process, and inspire other Republicans to turn out to Vote.

“Their legal arguments are premised on misinformation and misrepresentations about election administration, the way that elections work, and election outcomes,” Eliza Sweren-Becker, Senior Counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, which is Representing an Opponent in RNC's Lawsuit over Michigan's Voter Rolls. “They are in large part fueled by the election denial movement and lies about the 2020 election.”

The RNC has been providing Updates on its Litigation Program for months through ProtectTheVote.com, a Website that it also used in conjunction with the Trump Campaign in 2020, to rally Supporters as they challenged Biden's Victory in Court. Judges, including Republican-leaning Ones appointed by Trump, overwhelmingly Rejected those Arguments.

“The RNC legal team will be working tirelessly to ensure that elections officials follow the rules in administering elections," RNC Chief Counsel Charlie Spies said in an April 19th Statement. "We will aggressively take them to court if they don’t follow rules or try to change them at the last minute.”

In Michigan and Nevada, the RNC is asking Courts to require the States to Remove more Registered Voters from the Rolls, under the National Voter Registration Act, a 1993 Law that requires States to wait years before Removing Registered Voters from their Files. But the Law states: If a Voter Misses Two Genersl Elections, they can be removed, after notifying them. After One General Election, they can be set as Inactive, after notifying them.

The RNC argued that there are simply too many People on Voter Registration Lists, including some Counties with more Registered Voters than Voters adults living there, and that means that the States are Not cleaning their Voter Roles.

Michigan and Nevada Secretaries of State, both Democrats, have asked Courts to Dismiss the RNC’s Cases. Both States say they have substantial Programs to Remove Ineligible People from Voter Rolls, and that the RNC is Wrong.

Michigan said the RNC’s Lawsuit uses “a questionable interpretation of Census data,” and provided its own Calculations showing that No County in Michigan has more Active Registered Voters than potential Voters.

“Let’s call this what it is: a PR campaign masquerading as a meritless lawsuit filled with baseless accusations that seek to diminish people’s faith in the security of our elections,” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) said in a Statement. “Shame on anyone who abuses the legal process to sow seeds of doubt in our democracy.”

Nevada Accused the RNC of using “statistical sleight of hand” that compares Voter Registration Numbers from 2024, in the growing Sstate to Population Data from 2020.

Celina Stewart, Chief Counsel for the League of Women Voters, said attempts to Purge Voters from the Rolls, are often a way to keep Black and Brown People from Voting. “What it comes down to is the election for president in this country could come down to a handful of states,” Stewart said. “I think Michigan and Nevada are part of that handful.”

In Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, RNC lLwyers have targeted when Absentee Ballots can be Requested, Submitted, Counted, and Fixed. In Three of those States, the RNC tried to Defend Voting Restrictions that Republican Legislatures Passed, but Liberal Groups want to Block.

A Record number of Americans Voted-by-Mail in 2020, after Democratic and Republican States alike made it easier to Fill-Out Ballots Remotel,y during the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Unfounded Allegations of Mail Ballot Fraud then became a popular Rallying Cry among Trump Supporters who believe the Election was Stolen.

The RNC is seeking to throw-out a Llawsuit in Georgia, that a Union brought in order to give Voters more time to Request an Absentee Ballot. At stake is whether Georgia Voters can have an additional Four Days to request Absentee Ballots.

Georgia’s sweeping Election Lw overhaul from 2021, said Voters could only Request the Ballots up to 11 days before the Election. The Union argues that Violates a Provision of the Voting Rights Act, allowing People to Request Absentee Ballots up to Seven Days before an Election. The RNC says the Federal Law is Unconstitutional.

A Federal Court in North Carolina said the RNC could Not Intervene in a Lawsuit Challenging a Law enacted in October, 2023, that requires Absentee Ballots to be received by the time Polls Close on Election Day. The Law also makes it easier to Challenge whether a Person’s Absentee Ballot can be Accepted.

The RNC said the Law provides “appropriate safeguards and transparency while still offering voters ample opportunities to cast a ballot” and said the Lawsuit should Not continue “without the participation of one of the nation’s two major political parties.”

A State Court in Wisconsin, said the RNC and its Affiliates couldn’t Intervene to Oppose a Lawsuit there, either. In the Suit, the Progressive Organization Priorities USA challenges, among other things, a State requirement that Absentee Ballots be returned by 8p.m. on Election Day. The Wisconsin Law also says that in the Event an Absentee Ballot has a Defect, the Ballot must be Cured, or Fixed, by that same Deadline.

The RNC argued that the Laws in question “protect Wisconsin’s elections and allow voters, groups, and candidates alike to trust and navigate the democratic process.”

In a Federal Court in Mississippi, the RNC joined the State Party to Sue a County Elections Official, who is a Republican, over a Law allowing Ballots Postmarked by Election Day, to be Counted up to Five days after the Election. The Ddefendant, Justin Wetzel, has asked for the Case to be Thrown-Out.

So has Secretary of State Michael Watson (R). He wrote in a Court Filing in March, that the RNC’s “entire case rests on a fiction that Mississippi law permits mail-in absentee voters to ‘cast’ their votes after Election Day. But the Mississippi Statute allows no such thing.”

The RNC and its Allies’ involvement in Lawsuits in: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan and Washington, seek to require Election Workers to make sure Voters’ Signatures on their Absentee Ballots, match specific Signatures-on-File with the Elections Office.

The vast Majority of States perform some sort of Signature Verification on Absentee Ballots, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, but States have been implementing Stricter Laws requiring Voters to provide Additional Identifying Information, such as a Social Security number, a Drivers License number, a Copy of an Identification Document, or even a Notary’s Signature.

In Colorado and Washington, an Advocacy Group called Vet Voice Foundation Filed Lawsuits asking Courts to Stop State Officials from performing Signature Matching, saying that Signature matching Disproportionately Disenfranchises Young Voters, Voters-of-Color, and People living in certain Counties.

Vera Ortegon, an RNC National Committeewoman, is Intervening in the Colorado Case. Her Lawyers wrote in Court Documents that She tries to Increase Voter Turnout in Colorado and Voters “who cannot rely on the signature verification requirement may not trust Colorado’s election procedures, and may ultimately lose interest in voting.”

A Court in Washington declined to let the RNC Intervene in a Case.

Sweren-Becker, from the Brennan Center, said Courts "should be extraordinarily skeptical of these claims and quickly and strongly dismiss them where they find that the evidence is lacking, and I think that will be in the vast majority of these cases."









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IL Election Confidence Rattled As Voters Receive Wrong Ballot

Amidst Record-Low Voter Turnout, a Voter says She has No Confidence in the Illinois Election system, after receiving the Wrong Ballot.

Tammy Burnham walked into Hher Polling Place, in Will County Crete Township Precinct 8 on March 19th, to Vote and realized Her Ballot did Not have the correct State House Candidate on it. She was given the Wrong Ballot. Burnham said She has No Confidence in Illinois Elections.

The Technician confirmed that the Judges were supposed to hand out Ballots, but there was Two different Formats. The Election Judges did Not know there were Two different Ballot Formats to Hand Out.

Charles Pelkie, Will County Clerk Chief-of-Staff, said there were instances where Judges handed out the Wrong Ballot, but felt none of the Races in this Precinct were Close enough to Trigger a Discovery Request.

“In a close race, within a 5% margin, the losing candidate can request a discovery of a certain number of precincts. In a situation like this it would open an investigation and give everyone the opportunity to unseal the ballots and take a look at every aspect of the election in the precincts selected by the candidate who requested the discovery,” said Pelkie. “That didn’t happen in this precinct.”

Sp All the Voters who Voted prior to 1:30 p.m. should have been Contacted if they received the Wrong Ballot. They rushed the Election Judge Training and the Election Judges, did not understanding the Process.

Pelkie said they tell their Election Judges to make sure they’re handing out the Right Ballot format and that they are going to utilize New Technology in the General Election, to notify Judges if their Precincts have multiple Ballot Formats.

“We are always thankful when a voter notifies us of a situation like this,” said Pelkie. “It’s important the voter remains alert and confirms at the checking station they have received the right ballot style before they even walk away from the check-in.”

Voter Turnout for the March 19th Illinois Primary Election was 19.07%, the Lowest in at least the last 50 years. Despite that, Will County had another Mistake in last Month's Election.

60 Faulty Vote-by-Mail Ballots were sent out that didn’t have the 19th State Senate Race on it. The Constant Mistakes create a Lack-of-Confidence in the Illinois Election system.

General Counsel to the Illinois GOP John Fogarty said Illinois’ Goal should be giving Everyone Confidence in how the Election is run and that the Result is a True Result.

“Adding a layer of complexity will detract from what should be the goal of everyone, and that is to give confidence in how the election is run and that the result is a true result,” said Fogarty to the Illinois Ranked-Choice Voting and Election Systems Task Force.

A Task Force in Illinois, is studying Ranked-Choice-Voting (RCV) and Illinois could see the system Implemented by 2028 for the Presidential Primary. Fogarty said Ballots trickling in 14 days after the Election is both a Victory for Vvoters’ Rights, and yet One of the longest time periods in the Nnation to accept Ballots. “There are real concerns that arise when ballots come in via vote by mail after the election,” said Fogarty.

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-12th District) and Republican Co-Plaintiffs, are represented by the Legal Group Judicial Watch. They contend that the Two-Week Deadline for Mail-in-Ballots burdens their Right-to-Vote, by allowing “illegal ballots” to “dilute the value of timely ballots cast and received on or before Election Day.”









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NJ Installs Solar Panels

Deep in the Pine Barrens is a Project being called the First of its kind. “This is more historic than even I thought it was,” said Governor Phil Murphy (D).

On Friday, Murphy touted His Administration’s investments in Solar Energy at Berkeley Township’s Eagle Solar Field.

It’s a 10MW Project, that the State says is able to power 1,600 Homes. It’s all but complete, turning away from its old life as a Landfill.

“There’s nothing else that’s going to go on top of this. It might as well be solar panels,” said Murphy. “We can do this around the State.”

The 40 acres of Land, went unused for Decades until last year when Construction began, turning this into One of the biggest Community Solar Projects in the State.

“The energy is ready to go this minute,” said Berkeley Mayor John Bacchione. “The switch has been turned on.”

Bacchione says details are being Finalized on how Residents will be able to Sign-Up to receive the Solar Energy.

“This is energy that is renewable energy that’s going to save people in Berkeley Township money,” He said.

Governor Murphy says He will meet with Officials from the State Department of Environmental Protection next week, to take Inventory of other Open Landfills in the State, and consider using them for Future Projects.









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Federal Judge Reinstates Special Counsel's Trump Gag Order

Special Counsel Jack Smith asked a Federal Judge to Reinstate a Gag Order on Trump, arguing that He has used a brief reprieve from the Restrictions to Pressure and Attack Witnesses, like His former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

The 32-page filing is a remarkable portrayal of Trump as an Active Danger who must be Restricted by a Court to Not only Protect the integrity of the upcoming Trial but also the Physical Safety of Government Witnesses.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over Trump’s Federal Criminal Case on Charges related to Trump's efforts to Subvert the 2020 Election, imposed the Gag Order last week, only to pause it a few days later, at Trump’s request after He filed an Appeal.

As soon as it was paused, Trump immediately unleashed a torrent of Public Invective that would have Violated the Order if it were in effect, the Special Counsel’s team argued in the New Brief.

“The defendant has returned to the very sort of targeting that the Order prohibits, including attempting to intimidate and influence foreseeable witnesses, and commenting on the substance of their testimony,” Senior Assistant Special Counsels Molly Gaston and Thomas Windom wrote.

The Brief describes Trump as an ongoing Danger to Witnesses in His forthcoming Trial, scheduled to begin in March. Prosecutors say He is keenly aware of His influence on Extremist Followers who are often motivated by His Comments to Threaten or Attack His perceived Enemies. And they say He intentionally Stokes the Fury of His Followers while maintaining distance from the Consequences.

“He well knows that, by publicly targeting perceived adversaries with inflammatory language, he can maintain a plausible deniability while ensuring the desired results,” Gaston and Windom wrote. “The defendant knows the effect of his targeting and seeks to use it to his strategic advantage while simultaneously disclaiming any responsibility for the very acts he causes.”

The Filing represents the starkest Case yet painted by Federal Prosecutors that Trump poses an ongoing Threat to Witnesses, Senior Government Officials, and the Justice system as a whole.

To support the Claim, Gaston and Windom noted the recent Prosecution of a Jan. 6 Defendant who was Arrested in Barack Obama’s neighborhood shortly after Trump Reposted a News Article that included Obama’s Home Address.

And they noted that Marc Short, the former Chief-of-Staff to Trump’s Vice President Mike Pence, Alerted the Secret Service after Trump warned He would have to Criticize Pence for breaking with Him, on efforts to Overturn the Election.

The Special Counsel’s argument to U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan also draws heavily on Trump’s recent Conduct, including His Comments on Meadows.

On Tuesday, after ABC News reported that Meadows had taken an Immunity Deal and Testified that He repeatedly told Trump the 2020 Election was Not Stolen, Trump took to Truth Social and, after naming Meadows, said only “Weaklings” or “cowards” would make a Deal with Federal Prosecutors to say Harmful things about Him.

“I don’t think Mark Meadows is one of them, but who really knows?” Trump said. Prosecutors called that “an unmistakable and threatening message to a foreseeable witness in this case.”









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Federal Student Aid Head Stepping Down

The Head of the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Office, which has faced Criticism for the botched Rollout of this year’s College Financial Aid Form, will be Stepping down.

According to a Letter to Staff, Richard Cordray said Friday that He will Not be continuing in His Role for another Three-year Term. He has served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of FSA, in the Department of Education since May 4th, 2021, and will stay on through June to help with the Transition.

The Announcement of Cordray’s Departure, comes as His Office has been under fire for Problems with a New Version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), released late last year. Delays and Technical glitches have kept Millions of Students, waiting to hear how much Ccollege will Cost them this Fall, and have raised concerns that some Low-Income Students won’t Enroll-at-All.

Earlier this month, Cordray became a Focus of a Hearing held by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about the FAFSA Rollout.

“If there was a financial aid director, or even a college president, that delayed financial aid on their campus for up to six months, the professional price that would be paid for that would be pretty steep,” Justin Draeger, President of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, told Lawmakers.

The Committee, led by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC, 5th District), later posted to X that “It’s time for Richard Cordray to go.”

In a Statement Friday, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (D), applauded Cordray’s Work to make Improvements to the Student Loan Program, Administering a Record Amount of Student Debt Forgiveness, and holding Schools that Defrauded Students accountable, but did Not mention the FAFSA Overhaul.

“We are grateful for Rich Cordray’s three years of service, in which he accomplished more transformational changes to the student aid system than any of his predecessors,” Cardona said. “It’s no exaggeration to say that Rich helped change millions of lives for the better,” He added.

Previously, Cordray was the First Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which launched during the Obama Administration. Before that, He served as Ohio’s Attorney General, and was the Democratic Nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2018.

“Over my tenure, we provided student loan forgiveness to more than 4,000,000 borrowers and their families; made it easier for people to apply for and manage federal student aid; and took strong actions to hold schools accountable for defrauding students,” Cordray said in a Statement.

The Congressionally Mandated Overhaul of FAFSA, was Authorized through Two different pieces of Legislation passed in 2019 and 2020. The Changes were Long Overdue and are meant to Simplify the Form and to make more Low-Income Students eligible for Federal Student Aid, such as Pell Grants.

While the New Version of the Form is much Shorter, the Rollout has been plagued by Problems, that have created Major Delays for Students planning to go to College this Fall. First, the Form wasn’t available until the very End-of-December 2023, about Tthree months later than usual, and was Offline for many hours of the Day, during the First week of January, 2024.

Since then, many Families and Students have experienced Problems and Glitches when Submitting the Form. FAFSA Completions among High School Seniors are currently down 36% compared with the prior Class, according to the National College Attainment Network.

Further Problems on the Back-End and a last-minute Change to the Aid Calculation, meant that Colleges did Not receive any FAFSA Information until March, even if a Student submitted the Form back in January. Once Colleges received the Data from the Department of Education, there were Errors with some of the Information, and many Forms must be Reprocessed.

As a Result, many Financial Aid Applicants are still waiting to hear how much College will Cost them next year, even as the typical May 1st College Decision Deadline approaches.

The Biden Administration has said that the Overhaul of the FAFSA was a huge Undertaking, One that Not only transformed the Form itself, but also the Calculations and Back-End Processing system, and that its Requests for more Funding from Congress were Not Met. But Republicans have Argued that the Department of Education was too focused on Implementing Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Policies, and let the FAFSA Work fall to the wayside.

The Department of Education has been facing Criticism from Lawmakers on both sides of the Aisle for the Delays, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has started an Investigation into the New Form’s Implementation.

As the Head of FSA, Cordray oversaw Not only the FAFSA but also the entire $1.6 trillion Federal Student Loan system.

During Cordray’s Tenure, the Department of Education authorized the Cancellation of about $153 billion in Federal Student Loan debt for 4 million Borrowers. FSA tackled a Backlog of Debt Relief Applications, which built up during the Trump Administration, from Borrowers who said they were Ddefrauded by their For-Profit Colleges.

The Office also expanded the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, and Streamlined Debt Cancellation for Permanently Disabled Borrowers. Last year, the FSA launched a Nnew Income-Driven Rrepayment Plan, known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education), which offers generous Terms for Low-Income Student Loan borrowers.

Cordray also oversaw the Unprecedented Return to Repayment, after the Three-plus-year Pandemic Pause Ended last year. When the Biden Administration tapped Cordray to run FSA, it was viewed as a Win for Progressives.

During Cordray’s Tenure at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Agency spearheaded by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), He made it a Priority to Protect Student Loan Borrowers. The Agency secured more than $480 million in Debt Forgiveness for Borrowers, who had taken out Loans to go to Corinthian Colleges, a Now-Defunct, For-Profit School.

It also Sued Navient, Oone of the biggest Federal Student Loan Servicers, for allegedly Processing Payments incorrectly. Navient has Denied the Allegations, and the Lawsuit is ongoing.

“I’m grateful to Rich for his commitment to building a country that doesn’t just work for the wealthy and well connected, but for all Americans,” Warren said in a Statement on Friday.









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U.S. Tightens Gun Export Regulations

Seeking to stem the flow of American Firearms to Mexican Cartels and other Unauthorized Groups, the Biden Administration has rolled out a Series of Stringent New Restrictions on Firearm Exports.

Aimed at significantly Reducing the use of U.S. Firearms in International Crimes and Violence, the Initiative marks a robust effort to Control Arms Trafficking.

In response to Increasing concerns over American-made Firearms being implicated in Crimes and Human Rights abuses Worldwide, the U.S. is toughening its Export Controls.

Such Alterations signify a Major Shift in Policy, with a Renewed focus on Halting the International Misuse of U.S. Civilian Firearms. Recently Updated Regulations now identify 36 Countries as 'High Risk' for Firearm Diversion and Misuse.

American Weapons have a High likelihood of ending up with International Criminal Organizations in these Nations, necessitating rigorous Scrutiny from U.S. Authorities.

Recently, a Senior Commerce Department Official, disclosed Plans to Enhance Scrutiny of Firearm transactions and establish Stricter Export Rules for Non-Government Recipients in High-Risk areas. This Strategic move is geared toward Halting the Supply of Ffirearms to notorious Groups like Drug Cartels.

On October 27th, 2023, the Commerce Department made a Decisive move by Temporarily Halting most Firearm Exports. The Pause enabled an Assessment of Risks, such as Regional Iinstability and potential Human Rights violations. Scheduled to End on May 30th, the Suspension of Rirearm Exports coincides with the Enforcement of New Guidelines.

Following a Structured Review Period, this Resumption lays the Groundwork for Stricter and more Secure Export Practices. A Commerce Department Official emphasized the necessity of Robust Measures to "prevent exported firearms from being diverted for harmful purposes and hurting U.S. national security."

Enhanced Protocols are expected to significantly bolster both U.S. and International Security Frameworks. Predictions from the Commerce Department suggest that the New Export Controls will Decrease U.S. Firearm Exports by approximately 7%, translating to a $40 million Reduction from the usual $600 million Annually.

This anticipated Decrease reflects Dedicated efforts to ensure Ethical and Legal use of Firearms. Recent Policy Adjustments include the Cancellation of some Export Licenses and the Reduction of others from Four years to One. These Changes are designed to Improve the Management and Oversight of U.S. Firearm Destinations Globally.

The U.S. is intensifying its Scrutiny of each Firearm Transaction, especially Targeting Countries that were part of the former Soviet Union. This Detailed approach aims to Prevent U.S. Firearms from exacerbating Conflicts or Contributing to International Abuses.

Despite the New Stringent Rules, Exemptions for Key Allies will remain, allowing them to continue receiving Firearms under Specific Agreements. These Exceptions demonstrate the U.S.'s Commitment to supporting its Allies while Enforcing Strict Export Controls.

The Implementation of New Export Controls has sparked significant Political Debate.

In November, 46 Republican Senators expressed "significant concerns" over the Impact on U.S. Commercial Interests and National Security, underscoring the Complex Balance between regulating Firearm Eexports and Maintaining Essential International Relations.

The Key Changes being Implemented:

- The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS): Will intensify Scrutiny on a Ttransaction-by-Transaction Level. This Measure aims to prevent Firearms from falling into the hands of Foreign Criminals, Gangs, Terrorists, or other Malign Actors.

- Presumption of Denial for High-Risk Countries: Applications involving Nongovernmental Recipients located in Countries identified as High-Risk by the State Department, will face a “Presumption of Denial.” This sStandard applies when there is substantial Risk that Firearm Exports will be Diverted or Misused, contrary to National Security and Foreign Policy Interests.

- Data Collection and Transparency: BIS will Improve Data Collection on Firearms Exports, by Tracking Specific types-of-Firearms using New Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs). This includes creating New ECCNs for Semi-Automatic Pirearms and Related Items.









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Anorher House Republican Retirement

Another, Longtime House Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL, 8th District) said Friday, He will leave Congress at the end of this year rather than seek Re-Election.

It's part of a wave of Congressional Retirements in both Parties, as Lawmakers complain of chronic Chaos and a Lack of Productivity.

Republicans in particular have seen an Exodus of Members in recent months, many of whom have voiced Frustration about the Party's Infighting.

Posey said in a Statement that "circumstances beyond my control now require me to suspend my re-election campaign."

Posey said He is supporting Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos (R-8th District), who jumped into the Race on Friday, just ahead of Florida's Filing Deadline.

"Without going into a lot of personal details, stars aligned during the past week and Mike decided he was ready for Congress. I enthusiastically endorse him and will do everything I can to help him get elected," Posey said.

A former State Legislator, Posey was First Elected to Congress in 2008, and is a Member of the Right-Wing House Freedom Caucus.

Posey is a Senior Member of the House Financial Services and Science, and the Space & Technology Committees.

Posey joins nearly Two Dozen House Republicans planning to Retire from the House this year, only a handful of whom are running for Higher Office.

The List includes several Powerful Committee Chairs and Longtime Lawmakers, as well as Young rising Stars such as 36-year-old, Two-Term Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS, 2nd District).

This week, 40-year-old China Select Committee Chair Mike Gallagher (R-WI, 8th District) became the latest, in a series of Republicans to Resign from Congress without Serving-Out their Full Term.









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