Nice! Election Denier Hired by Trump Admin for New Election Integrity Role

"According to an org chart on the Department of Homeland Security's website, and first reported by Democracy Docket, Heather Honey was recently named the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. The position did not exist under the Biden administration. ProPublica reports that deputy assistant secretaries are considered experts in their departments."

"Honey is obviously not an expert in election integrity, but she's pretty good at skewing incomplete statistics to convince people-including the most important person of all, Trump-that the 2020 election was stolen. The former private investigator founded the anti-voting group Pennsylvania Fair Elections (PFE) and is most infamous for peddling the conspiracy theory that in 2020, Pennsylvania had more votes than voters. Trump repeated her false claim while speaking to supporters on January 6, 2021, saying, "Pennsylvania had 205,000 more votes than you had voters.""

"Democracy Docket further reports that Honey also founded the Election Research Institute, another far-right organization trying to pass off as a legitimate operation while promoting election conspiracy theories. ERI previously published a bogus report claiming Iran hacked Alaska's election machines in 2020-but they merely twisted a 2020 report from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that said Iran was considered a "threat actor." She also used her far-right influence to go after Pennsylvania for being a member of the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonpartisan group committed to sharing accurate voter registration between states."

Heather Honey was named deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, a role not present under the previous administration. Honey built a career promoting claims that the 2020 election was stolen, including the allegation that Pennsylvania had more votes than voters. She founded Pennsylvania Fair Elections and the Election Research Institute, organizations linked to misleading and debunked reports. ERI published a twisted claim about Iran and Alaska's machines and Honey targeted Pennsylvania's participation in ERIC. Deputy assistant secretaries are considered experts within their departments.

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