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MESA COUNTY, AZ - At least a dozen mail ballots were stolen, fraudulently filled out and submitted in Mesa County for the Nov. 5 election in a scheme announced Thursday by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

Authorities detected the scheme before most of the ballots were processed, she said. But three were successfully cast after clearing a signature-review process. A fourth ballot nearly made it through, but it was flagged after the legitimate voter received a notification that their ballot had been cast, Griswold said.

Election officials cannot retrieve the three fraudulent ballots, Griswold said, and they will be counted.

The ballots were all completed, including with a required signature on the back of the return envelope, and submitted via U.S. Postal Service boxes, rather than ballot drop-box locations.

Officials said the issue was identified via the signature verification process. Mesa County uses an electronic signature verification process, comparing it to signatures on file, and election judges also manually check the signatures on the back of the envelopes at times. Click here to read more.

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SALINE, Mich - A Michigan educator blamed a new algorithm for a 10-point drop in math scores in 2024.

Participants at an Oct. 8, Saline Area Schools Board of Education meeting reviewed the district’s performance on a test from the Northwest Education Association. Math scores for the district’s fifth grade students dropped 10 points between the spring and fall tests of 2024.

Board member Jennifer Steben asked about the decline in Rasch units, which the evaluation association uses to measure a student’s achievement in each subject.

Caroline Stout, a teaching and learning team member with the district, blamed the 10-point drop in the test’s algorithm. The test result is “not a 10-point drop in what we think of as student achievement,” Stout told those assembled.

The district, not the evaluation association, performed the analysis that used the new algorithm. She added that the new algorithm contributed to the 10-point drop between the spring and fall test. Click here to read more.

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF - The latest Trump accuser, who chose to fully roll out her accusations two weeks before the presidential election, is actually a Democrat activist.

An ex-model named Stacey Williams came forward with her story, alleging that former President Donald Trump touched her inappropriately 31 years ago.

Williams, who dated sexual abuser Jeffry Epstein, said the billionaire pedophile introduced her to Trump in 1992, and she claims the incident occurred at Trump Tower the following year, in 1993.

“It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together,” Williams said, according to the Guardian, which reported this story on Wednesday.

According to her story, Epstein suggested that they go for a stroll and stop by Trump Tower. She then claimed that upon greeting her, Trump “pulled her toward him and started groping her.” Click here to read more.

 

NASHVILLE, TN - Tennessee’s top prosecutor on Wednesday said his office uncovered a scheme by the Biden-Harris administration to release a massive number of illegal migrants into the state, but the plan was ultimately derailed.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to release illegal migrants into Tennessee, but those plans were scrapped following pushback from the governor and other lawmakers, according to documents obtained by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Federal immigration authorities had attempted to transport potentially thousands of single adult migrants from out-of-state detention facilities and release them into Tennessee in coordination with non-profit groups, Skrmetti alleged.

“The federal government’s single most important job is to keep dangerous people out of our country and instead it has let killers and rapists illegally cross our border and walk free on our streets,” Skrmetti stated in a press release.

“While the urgent work to fix our broken immigration system continues in Washington, my Office will keep fighting for transparency and accountability,” Skrmetti continued. Click here to read more.

 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Homeless voters have more options than in previous years this upcoming presidential election after a 2023 bill opened the possibility of using addresses for parks and intersections on voter registration forms.

November 5 will mark the first presidential election since a bill was passed in Utah last year allowing for several voting provisions. One change makes it possible for people without permanent housing to use a shelter, resource center, medical clinic, or even a park as their registered address.

Helen Moser, the director of voter services for the League of Women Voters of Utah, explained that this bill gives people experiencing homelessness options so they can still cast their ballot regardless of their living situation.

“We see the unhoused as a very important constituent group, and these are folks whose lives are greatly impacted by the decisions that are made by our elected officials,” Moser said. “So their voice needs to be heard, not just in this election, but every election.”

Moser said people experiencing homelessness can either register ahead of time or vote at a poll, options that each come with conveniences and challenges for people without housing. Click here to read more.

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ASHEVILLE, NC - A local ABC affiliate reported Sunday that the death toll in western North Carolina has reached 95, with the majority being caused by drowning and landslides. The total Helene death toll is nearly 250.

Gov. Roy Cooper (R) called the hurricane “the deadliest and most devastating storm” in the history of the state.

As the region fights to recover, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a “new initiative” to hire community liaisons to give people opportunities to work, administrator Deanne Criswell said Monday.

“We know that so many people have temporarily lost their jobs. We know that others just want to be able to give back, and we want to help keep people in these communities while they recover,” Criswell said, according to ABC News. “So these new community liaisons are going to work alongside us at FEMA to make sure that they are the local voice, the trusted voice in their community, and that they can share with us the local considerations and the concerns, so we can include them as part of this recovery.” Click here to read more.

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DETROIT, Mich - The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday it "regrets" a Muslim Democrat was kicked out of a rally featuring the Democratic nominee Monday evening in Royal Oak and said "he is welcome at future events."

Ahmed Ghanim of Ferndale, an activist who ran for U.S. House in the 11th District that covers parts of Oakland County, said he had RSVP'd, cleared security and was sitting in the auditorium at the Royal Oak Musical Theatre responding to emails on his phone when a staffer with the venue approached him and asked him to follow her.

At the theater's door, the staffer closed it behind him, and he was asked to leave or told he'd be put in the back of a police car. Ghanim said he questioned a Secret Service officer about why he was being removed, and the response was: "It's not us. It's the venue."

A day later, Ghanim said he still had not been provided an explanation for what happened and had heard from no one at the Harris campaign or with the Michigan Democratic Party. He felt targeted because he is Muslim, he said.

"They kicked me out without ― providing zero reasons provided to me. I didn't have anything. There is no provocation. I didn't even have any like a Palestinian kaffiyeh, any signs or a banner, nothing. None of that is allowed inside," Ghanim said.

 

LANSING, Mich - Michigan employers would have to provide suitable seats for employees or face a $250 fine under a new bill introduced in Lansing.

House Bill 5983, introduced by Dylan Wegela, D-Garden City, would require “employers to provide suitable seats for employees under certain circumstances.”

The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity could impose a $250 fine for each aggrieved employee covered by the law every two weeks.

The bill specifies ergonomic seating is required “at a location that is owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the employer.” The bill introduced in September does not stipulate that proper seating would be required for people working at home for a business.

”If you've ever worked a job where you stand for hours on end for no reason, you know how common sense reasonable seating is,” Wegela told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email. He asked why cashiers, for example, must stand when they could do the job seated.

“In an era of stock buy-backs and record corporate profits, I find it hard to believe there are businesses that can’t afford a chair or two for workers who generate their wealth in the first place,” Wegela wrote. Click here to read more.

 

LOGANSPORT, Indiana — Thousands of migrants from Haiti and dozens of other countries have arrived in this isolated Indiana city of 18,000 in just a few years.

Furious residents say they no longer feel safe in the once-sleepy downtown, and their kids are being muscled out of the schools by new students who don’t know English and need a lot of help.

They blame Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden.

“Do something. Our community cannot withstand this many people being here,” Candice Espinoza, 32, a local photographer, told The Post when asked what her message would be to the Democratic presidential candidate.

Nancy Baker, 44, a mother of two, was more blunt about what she would tell Harris: “Get off my property.”

“I don’t see how she can stand behind Biden the whole time and she keeps deflecting anytime they ask questions.”

It’s not entirely clear how many migrants have arrived in Logansport — but Cass County Health Department Administrator Serenity Alter told The Post that the surrounding area’s population has surged nearly 30%. Click here to read more.

 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The population at the Chattanooga Zoo has now grown by 2, and now zoo officials need your help giving this endangered pied tamarin pair a name.

The zoo announced Tuesday that 2 endangered pied tamarins were born back on September 19th, to parents Daphne and Dudley.

Pied tamarins are a critically endangered species native to a small area of the Brazilian rainforest. The zoo says pied tamarins face severe threats from habitat destruction and urban expansion around the port city of Manaus.

The species is also endangered by the exotic pet trade, with experts warning they could face extinction within decades.

Chattanooga Zoo has been home to pied tamarins since 2009, and the zoo's breeding program has seen several successes, including the births of Dudley and Dobby in 2016 and Crash and Eddy in 2021. Click here to read more.