LAA Research Group: Analysis of Georgia Election Rule Changes
Today, Look Ahead America's Research Group released a summary analysis of two of recent rule changes regarding elections. 182-1-12 covers the preparation and conduct of elections, while 182-1-14 covers the eligibility of applications for absentee ballots. Download a PDF of this analysis here. [pdf-embedder url="https://lookaheadamerica.
LAA Releases Analysis of Arizona SB 1241
Today, Look Ahead America released its analysis of Arizona SB 1241. LAA's Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following statement on the analysis: This was a highly contentious voter integrity reform bill. While it failed, we thought it would be worthwhile to give a clear-eyed review of what exactly this legislation attempted to do. It's our conclusion that despite claims to the contrary, it was a reasonable attempt to improve how elections work in the Grand Canyon state.
9/25 State Rallies for #Justice4J6 Huge Success, More to Come Next Weekend
Washington, DC – Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following statement. Following on the success of our rallies in DC, North Carolina, and Washington on September 18th, our rallies across the country in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming were a huge success. Not only did passionate supporters turn out to hear speeches from elected officials, candidates, and victims of political persecution, but our message was heard far and wide thanks extensive media coverage of each of these rallies. We will continue our #JusticeforJ6 this coming weekend with rallies in Kansas and New York.
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Braynard: “September 18 #JusticeforJ6 Rallies in DC, NC, WA Massive Success, Many More to Come” [Schedule Below]
Washington, DC – Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following statement. Our rally at the US Capitol accomplished so much. It raised the profile of the nonviolent political prisoners who have been denied due process and justice on the basis of their political beliefs. It demonstrated that public spaces and the First Amendment are not off limits to the America First Right.
LAA Announcements Ahead of #JusticeforJ6 Rally at the US Capitol
Washington DC – Today, Look Ahead America’s Executive Director issued the following statement. There has been a lot of disinformation spread about our event, primarily by hostile, leftist media, so I want to make the following very clear: We condemn political violence in all its forms, especially violence perpetrated on January 6, and we believe those who are found guilty should be punished. This is a rally in support of those who have been charged with nonviolent offences to protest of their disparate treatment at the hands of the Department of Justice and the Judiciary. Our event on Saturday, like all of our other events, is a 100% peaceful First Amendment exercise.
LAA Announces Thirteen State Capitol Rallies for #JusticeforJ6
Washington DC – Today, Look Ahead America announced thirteen additional #JusticeforJ6 Rallies at state capitols across the country in addition to the rally at the US Capitol on September 18 at noon. LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following statement: The purpose of these peaceful protests is for patriotic Americans to educate their state legislators on the power they have to give instructions to their state’s federal legislators. We have composed a draft resolution a state legislature can pass to inform US Senators and Representative to oppose the tyrannical and inhumane treatment of the January 6 political prisoners who have been targeted by the Department of Justice and the FBI. The following is the initial list of the thirteen state rallies, and LAA expects to add additional states to the list soon.
LAA, CAPP File Formal Complaint with UN Human Rights Committee, Demand Sanctions Against Key Biden Administration Officials
Washington DC – At a press conference today at noon at the United Nations in New York, Look Ahead America and Citizens Against Political Persecution will present a joint letter to the United Nations Human Rights Committee to investigate and demand relief for the Biden Administration’s January 6 political prisoners. From the complaint: Today I write in support of basic human rights for a specific group of Americans who have been disparately and inhumanely treated by their government – singled out, imprisoned, and even physically abused – because of their political beliefs. As outlined herein, LAA has sought relief from several members of the United States government, as well as other U.S.
LAA Releases Legislative Analysis of MI HB 4838
Today, Look Ahead America released its analysis of Michigan's latest voter integrity legislation, H.B. 4838. From the report: There are concerns that H.
LAA Releases Updated J6 Prisoner Database
Look Ahead America has finished our revised January 6 Prisoner Database and we're happy to share it today. It is complete and includes a wealth of information on each arrestee, including contact info for their legal counsel. You can find it at https://lookaheadamerica.org/j6/.
LAA Announces #JusticeforJ6 Rally at US Capitol for Saturday, September 18
Look Ahead America is eager to announce that our next rally will take place at the US Capitol on Saturday, September 18, at noon. More details will follow. To learn more and sign up for updates, go to https://www.lookaheadamerica.
LAA Voter Integrity Project: 157,229+ Illegal Ballots Cast in Wisconsin
Washington DC – Today, Look Ahead America’s Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following announcement: Today we are releasing our final Wisconsin Report demonstrating that the number of illegal ballots is – at a minimum – over 157,000. This is about eight times the 20,000 vote margin of victory in the presidential election. This report is the product of the Voter Integrity Project (“VIP”), part of Look Ahead America’s Research Group. It builds on and supplements the initial analysis conducted by the VIP late last year and establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that the deserved winner of Wisconsin is unknowable.
LAA Ten-State Rally to #FreePoliticalPrisoners: An Important First Step
Washington DC – Today, Look Ahead America’s Executive Director made the following statement: We relaunched this organization from scratch six months ago. To have been able to mobilize on a national level and hold ten near-concurrent rallies across the country to #FreePoliticalPrisoners is a remarkable achievement. I am so proud of all of the brave patriots who participated in these rallies under the same threat to their rights of so many who are being held in prison now for a non-violent expression of their First Amendment rights. It required great courage participate in these rallies And as so many are still being persecuted by the FBI, denied bail by a corrupt judiciary fed lies by our Department of Justice, and while the death of Ashli Babbitt remains uninvestigated, we have much to do.
LAA Announces Satellite Rallies to #FreePoliticalPrisoners
Today Look Ahead America has announced its satellite rallies around the country to #FreePoliticalPrisoners. If you participate, please bring signs you can wave and share on social media with the hashtag #freepoliticalprisoners. Please also email your photos to rally@lookaheadamerica.org.
LAA Releases Autopsy of Pennsylvania’s Failed Voter Integrity Legislation (HB1300)
HB1300 implements three of LAA's six policy objectives, but also has some weaknesses. LAA's Research Group shares their analysis.
LAA Releases Complete Report on Backdoor HR1 Efforts Through State Legislatures
LAA's Research Group exposes over 900 attempts to pass dangerous elements of HR1 through state legislatures. We are rallying our volunteers and fellow patriots to make sure their state representatives know that attempts to tamper with election integrity by passing H.R.1 through the back door isn’t going unnoticed.
GA SOS Validates LAA Method For Detecting Fraud, But Probably Botched It and Removed Legit Voters
Atlanta, GA – Look Ahead Executive Director Matt Braynard made the following statement in response to the Georgia Secretary of State removing over one-hundred thousand voters from the state roles utilizing the NCOA database. Look Ahead America’s Voter Integrity Project identified thousands of illegal ballots cast in the 2020 general election and the Senate run-offs by people matched to either the National Change of Address Database or by finding other indicators they were no longer eligible to vote in Georgia. We provided this data to Secretary of State Raffensperger shortly after the election— data that he not only ignored but he lied about it both to President Trump and in public statements. Now he is validating our method of detecting individuals who should not have the right to vote in Georgia and removing them from the voter rolls — by matching them to the National Change of Address database.
LAA Declares #RallyAgainstPoliticalPersecution A Success, Announces Second Rally at DC Prison for July 17
Washington DC – On Saturday, June 19, Look Ahead America (LAA) led a successful rally in front of the Department of Justice in Washington DC. Speakers including Congressman Paul Gosar, Attorney John Pierce, activist leader Cara Castronuova, and the father of one of the political prisoners joined LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard in addressing the peaceful crowd. A team of a dozen private security agents retained by LAA reported no incidents. Video of the rally can be seen here: https://www.
LAA Announces Rep. Paul Gosar to Address #RallyAgainstPoliticalPersecution
Look Ahead America (LAA) is excited to announce that Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar is going to address the Rally Against Political Persecution at the Department of Justice this Saturday at noon in Washington. Also speaking will be John Pierce, an attorney representing over a half-dozen of those being persecuted for non-violent participation in the January 6 protest, and the father of one of those being imprisoned without charges or bail. Matt Braynard, Executive Director of Look Ahead America, made the following statement: Every day we learn more and more about the government’s duplicity and complicity in shaping a phony narrative of ‘insurrection’ and using it to persecute and imprison innocent, patriotic Americans for their political beliefs. We are honored that Representative Gosar is going to speak to us at the front door of the Department of Justice to put them and the FBI on notice that we will not ignore these blatant violations of the civil and legal rights of our brothers and sisters.
Braynard on Louisiana SB 221: “Is this a joke to you?”
Baton Rouge, Louisiana— LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard released the following statement on Louisiana’s Senate Bill 221. “We initially were very hopeful about Senate Bill 221 opening the door for the State of Louisiana to make the right choice on spending over $100 million of taxpayer money on voting equipment. However, the latest version of the bill replaces any meaningful substance it might have had with a puppet show that assumes the citizens of the state are too stupid to understand what the legislation does. Specifically: 1.
LAA Identifies Back-Door Attempt to Pass HR1
Today, the Look Ahead America (LAA) Research Group released a list of over 563 attempts to pass dangerous elements of HR1 through state legislatures. Matt Braynard, Executive Director of LAA, made the following statement: While H.R.1, the dangerous and unconstitutional so-called “election reform” bill has been blocked in the US Senate, our Research Group made a startling discovery: progressives in state legislatures are introducing hundreds of bills that mimic H.
LAA Announces Rally Against Political Persecution on June 19 at the DoJ
Today, Look Ahead America announced the Rally Against Political Persecution to take place at noon on Saturday, June 19, at the Department of Justice. This is a follow-up to the letter LAA's Executive Director sent to the Department of Justice and the FBI that was sent in January: https://www.lookaheadamerica.org/j6letter.
Look Ahead Lawyers Send Demand Letter to GA SOS Raffensperger
Today, Look Ahead America’s attorneys sent a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding that he retract defamatory claims against LAA’s Executive Director Matt Braynard and LAA’s Voter Integrity Project. The letter also demands that he preserve all documents and related information pertaining to Matt Braynard’s work. The letter, signed by renowned attorney Harmeet Dhillon, states: Given the baseless, defamatory, and malicious nature of your multiple false statements about our client, we demand that you retract your false statements regarding Mr. Braynard immediately.
VISAGE Report Released Grading Voter Integrity Legislation in Texas and Kansas
Today, Look Ahead America's Research Group released reports on two pieces of voter integrity legislation, Texas H.B. 3080 and Kansas H.B.
LAA Announces Lawsuit Against Stark County Elections Board Regarding Dominion Voting Equipment
Canton, Ohio – Today, Look Ahead America announced their lawsuit against the Stark County Board of Elections for violating Ohio’s Open Meetings Act in their consideration of the purchase of Dominion voting equipment. The suit was filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Stark County on behalf of Look Ahead America and Start County Resident Merry Lynne Rini of Massillon. Matt Braynard, Executive Director of Look Ahead America, made the following statement: The process engaged in by the Board of Elections was not transparent and open to the public. Right before voting on the contract with Dominion, the board excluded the public for eighteen minutes from their discussion and deliberations.
LAA Research Group Releases Voter Integrity Legislation Tracking Report
Today, LAA's Research Group published the initial release of the Voter Integrity Legislation Tracking Report. From the report: We documented a total of 1,143 bills related to election reforms across all fifty states. Both Democrats and Republicans introduced these bills in their state houses and state senates. We had initially used the Brennan Center’s state voting bills tracker as our guide, although we improved upon their findings by including the bills’ sponsors, the sponsors’ political parties, status of the bill (including as of date), and the link to the actual bill.
Look Ahead America Rates Florida SB 90: “D”, Passing, but Just Barely
Today, Look Ahead America released its first VISAGE report designed to analyze voter integrity reforms. The subject of this report is Florida’s Senate Bill 90. The Voter Integrity Summary, Analysis, Grading and Evaluation (VISAGE) Report has four major components: Summarizing the overall bill, Analyzing each section of the bill, Grading each section of the bill using Look Ahead America’s six objectives for voter integrity reform, and Evaluating the overall bill. Per the report, SB 90 got Ds and Fs by most of the VISAGE measures except for one area: it bans outside funding for election operations with the exception of allowing the use of a location for a polling location, such as a church or a social organization donating their premises.
LAA’s Voter Integrity Project Releases The Georgia Report
On July 30, LAA's Voter Integrity Project revised the report based on helpful feedback from outside groups that reviewed our data, provided at the bottom of this announcement. Today Look Ahead America released the long-awaited Georgia Report documenting the illegal ballots cast in that state's 2020 General Election. A non-redacted version is being made available to government officials and select journalists and other individuals upon request. Matt Braynard, Look Ahead America's executive director and founder of the Voter Integrity Project made the following statement: We are very glad to release this report and I could not be prouder of my team at Look Ahead America that produced it.
LAA Helps Secure Another Victory Against “Black Box” Voting Equipment in Stark County, Ohio
Washington DC— Yesterday, the Stark County Commissioners voted to reject proceeding with the purchase of black box voting equipment. This follows Look Ahead America’s public call to action against proceeding with this purchase on February 3. LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard issued the following statement: I am grateful to the elected officials of Stark County for heeding the calls to press the ‘pause’ button on proceeding with this purchase, and am even more grateful to the many citizens of Stark County for making their voices heard. The next step for Stark County is the need for public hearings on the dangers of black box voting equipment and the benefits of open-source alternatives for restoring faith in election integrity, lowering costs, and growing local jobs.
LAA Responds to SECOND Dominion Letter
Washington DC – On February 26, Dominion Voting Systems’ lawyers sent a second letter harassing Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard. Matt Braynard responded with the following statement: I would suggest that we are becoming pen pals, but I’m afraid that would result in another frivolous demand for retraction because these letters are not, in fact, written in pen. My lawyers at Dhillon Law Group submitted an appropriate response and I’ll let that letter speak for itself. And I will continue to speak out about black box voting equipment and Look Ahead America will continue to lead the way in getting it banned in the United States.
LAA Declares TOTAL VICTORY at CPAC 2021
ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Today, Look Ahead America is declaring total victory at CPAC 2021 for the following reasons: • By far the most diverse and abundant candy selection at the conference. • According to the conference’s technical team, LAA drew more visitors to their booth than any other exhibitor. • More photos (by far!) were taken at the LAA booth than any other exhibit thanks to our Surfer Trump statue that was loaned to us at no cost by artist Tommy Zegan.
LAA’s Braynard Responds to Dominion’s Legal ‘Assassins’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGJpQvu1Uo Washington DC - On February 11, Dominion Voting Systems’ lawyers sent a letter to Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard making several demands, including that he retracts statements about their voting machines.
LAA Releases Voter Integrity Reform Policy Objectives, Announces Free Online Activist Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ik2hkwOFw Washington DC - Today, LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard announced that the organization has released its policy objectives for state-level voter integrity reforms.
LAA’s Braynard Joins Steve Bannon’s “War Room” Podcast
Yesterday, Matt Braynard joined Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast to discuss the politics of impeachment, illegal ballots, and the persecution of peaceful Trump supporters. Matt's appearance begins at 43 minutes in.
LAA’s Braynard Calls on Stark County, OH to Reject ‘Black Box’ Voting Equipment Contract
https://youtu.be/sOCTQcnLXm4 Washington DC --- Today, Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard urged the public, particularly in Ohio, to warn the Board of Elections of Stark County, Ohio, not to move ahead with their $6 million dollar purchase of Dominion Voting Equipment. Said Braynard, “It is unconscionable for any free election to be run on “black box” voting equipment where both the software and hardware are proprietary and the code that runs them is not available for public inspection. And any elected official who thinks it is acceptable to purchase voting equipment is as qualified to have their job as a mechanic who thinks it is acceptable to put water in your Chevy’s gas tank.
LAA’s Braynard Discusses H.R.1 on OAN
LAA Executive Director joined Dan Ball last night to talk about the problems with H.R. 1, where he discusses problems with this legislation you haven't heard anywhere else.
LAA ED Braynard Calls on DOJ, FBI To Drop Charges Against Non-Violent Capitol Protestors
Today, LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Wilkinson and FBI Director Wray asking them to drop the charges against non-violent protestors from the January 6th rally at the U.S. Capitol. “There is no excuse for violence or destruction of property, and I support the prosecution of those individuals who engaged in such activity,” said Matt Braynard.
Over 1000 Trained at LAA’s First Grassroots Lobbying Seminar
We're pleased to announce that over 1000 viewers joined the Zoom meeting last night to learn the basics of grass roots lobbying as part of our Patriot Action on Free Speech States. A subsequent activist training has been scheduled for February 15th and will be focused on our voter integrity initiatives. You can watch the video from the training session here:
Braynard on Fighting Corporate Censorship: “We have a plan, and it’s time to act!”
Washington DC— Look Ahead America has released its plan for fighting corporate censorship and is calling on patriots everywhere to join the effort. “Social media networks, tech companies, and financial institutions are not entitled to tax dollars paid by citizens whom they censor, blacklist, and deplatform for engaging in legal speech and political activity,” said Look Ahead America Executive Director Matt Braynard. “So we’re calling on citizens to lobby state legislatures to declare government money and contracts off limits to such companies.” “We’ve released a list of policy objectives to guide legislation on this issue covering everything from marketing spending, technology contracts, and divestment.
LAA Relaunched and Fighting Corporate Censorship (VIDEO)
Today, Look Ahead America's Executive Director and Founder Matt Braynard made the following video announcement (text below): [embed]https://youtu.be/pFAjW4QFs3E[/embed] Today, January Twentieth, 2021 is a day of great importance for our nation…. Because today is the day we are relaunching Look Ahead America, an America First platform for registering, educating, and turning out to vote disaffected, patriotic Americans, and fighting for America First causes. I first started this organization four years ago with the help of over thirty former Trump campaign staffers.
Ballot Harvesting on Fox & Friends First
Our executive director discussed the problem with ballot harvesting this morning on Fox and Friends First. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Fox and Friends: Discussing the Voter Registration Deficit
Our executive director, Matt Braynard, was on Fox and Friends to discuss the tremendous and widening voter registration deficit. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
LAA Director on Fox and Friends First to Discuss Declassification
Our executive director, Matt Braynard, appeared on Fox and Friends First this morning to discuss the declassification order that AG Barr received from the President. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
LAA ED on Fox and Friends Discusses Sen. Harris’s Attack on Worker Rights
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LAA Executive Director Discusses Sanders Town Hall on Fox
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Matt Braynard on Fox and Friends discussing Democrat Field
Our executive director appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to discuss the Democrat presidential primary. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
LAA Executive Direct Appears on Cavuto to Discuss McCain Betrayal on Obamacare
LAA Executive Director joined Neil Cavuto to discuss McCain's betrayal on Obamacare.
LAA Executive Director Matt Braynard on Fox & Friends Discussing Illegals Voting and Iowa
The executive director of Look Ahead America appeared on Fox and Friends First yesterday to discuss the attempts of liberals to give illegals the right to vote in elections. The video is linked below. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Announcement: LAA Receives Official 501c3 Certification
Today, LAA's Executive Director Matt Braynard made the formal announcement: "I am pleased that after several back-and-forths with the IRS, we have succeeded in receiving our certification as a 501c3 non-profit organization. This is a tremendous benefit in that it allows us to solicit donations with the assurance to our donors that the contributions are, indeed, tax free. "While some organizations may struggle with the restraints that come with c3 status, we embrace them. Our primary objective to register, educate, and turnout disaffected, patriotic Americans is not beholden to any political party but to the idea of America where the border is secured, the law and order is enforced, and terrorist threats are crushed.
Virginia Election: Look Ahead America’s Disaffected Patriot GOTV and Ballot Integrity/Poll Monitoring Efforts
Arlington, Virginia— Look Ahead America engaged in two efforts for the Virginia statewide election: turning out inactive, patriotic voters and monitoring polling places on Election Day. “We engaged in a very experimental effort to turnout voters whom we identified as having patriotic beliefs but had not voted since 2009,” said Matt Braynard, LAA’s executive director. “We hit these people with a comprehensive package of direct mail, paid and volunteer phone calls, robocalls, social media ads, and door knocking to educate them on how and where to vote and why voting is so important. “I knocked on many doors in the Northern Virginia area and met face-to-face with citizens who’d fallen into the cynical trap of believing their vote doesn’t matter.
LAA Response to Ray Buckley Slur
Matt Braynard, Executive Director of Look Ahead America, has made this comment on Ray Buckley’s slur: “New Hampshire Democrat Chairman Ray Buckley’s “White supremacist” slur against disaffected rural and blue-collar Americans is despicable and unhinged. His suggestion that these patriotic citizens exercising their right to vote would be “detrimental to the culture” is fundamentally un-American. “Ray Buckley is a leader of one of the two major parties in this country, and he has had his say. The question now is whether the rest of his party stands with him in this assault on our most marginalized, most ignored, and most vulnerable citizens.
Launch Week Media Roundup
We were successful in getting good media for our first week! The New York Times: "Ex-Trump Aides Hunt for Untapped Voters, and Proof of Fraud." The Huffington Post: "Trump Campaign Alumni Start Group Focused On Voter Registration And Fraud." The Daily Beast: "Donald Trump Allies Push Legal Limits in Building the ‘ACORN of the Right'.