NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!
Leaders of the Organization for Restoring Election Integrity and Trust in the wake of the 2020 presidential election announced Thursday the launch of a new website to help Americans better understand their initiative.
The organization, called Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), said in a press release that its “mission is to protect the rule of law in the qualification, administration and tabulation of U.S. voting.”
The organization, which was founded amid growing fears among Americans about the potential for voter fraud, was founded by hotel creator Steve Wynn, who will serve as the group’s national chief financial officer; Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush, serving as senior adviser; and Bobby Burchfield, a former election attorney who serves as the organization’s board chairman and interim president and CEO.
AMERICANS’ TRUST IN THE PRESIDENT, 15 MORE INSTITUTIONS TO SINK TO RECORD LOWS: THE QUESTION
After voting in the US election, voters receive a “I Voted” sticker.
(Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
“RITE addresses the critical need to protect the rights of individual voters, the integrity of the election process, and confidence in the conduct and results of elections across the United States,” Burchfield said in a release. “In recent years, voter confidence in the electoral process has suffered as the left and some on the right have made numerous, often baseless, allegations of election irregularities. By protecting the rule of law in the electoral process, RITE both ensures that elections are conducted according to the rules and that voter confidence in the results is restored.”
The organization said it has “already made significant efforts to protect the rule of law in elections, including litigation in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Montana Supreme Court.”
ARIZONA BALLOT MEETING LEADS TO PUNISHMENT OF 2 WOMEN
Rove, a Fox News contributor, also touted the organization’s efforts, noting that the group is working to get states to pass election security legislation.
Karl Rove participates in a panel discussion at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images)
“RITE exists to help protect the right of states to enact reasonable measures, such as voter ID and other election procedures, that make it easier to vote and harder to cheat,” Rove said. “It helps ensure confidence in our democratic process.”
The organization’s main efforts, according to its website, include: protecting properly enacted state laws that protect and promote election integrity, ensuring equal protection under the law for all voters, promoting domestic unity in the election process, opposing laws that threaten or promote elections. dilute the right of qualified citizens to vote by opposing illegal executive and administrative actions related to voting and advocating the right of states to determine their own election procedures.
Wynn said the organization, which was formed ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, works to protect “fair elections,” noting that it is “essential to strengthening public confidence in America’s democratic system.”
Former Attorney General William Barr has been appointed to the Commission on Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections.
(Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
