Local Republican officials across the country are taking aggressive steps to probe prior elections — from seizing ballots to making sweeping claims of noncitizens on the voter rolls — that mimic actions from the Trump administration’s hunt for 2020 voter fraud.
In Arizona’s Maricopa County, the official responsible for voter registration referred for prosecution more than 200 people suspected of being registered to vote as noncitizens, based on a database that’s turned up false positives elsewhere. The clerk in Macomb County, Michigan, touted noncitizen voters he claimed to have uncovered using jury records as he runs for secretary of state. And in California, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — a Republican candidate for governor — last month seized 650,000 ballots from the state’s 2025 special election to investigate a processing discrepancy alleged by conservative…
PROCUREMENT & EXPENDITURE (STOPPING KICKBACKS)
Procurement fraud usually involves inflated invoices or “fictitious” vendors.
- The Three-Way Match: Never pay an invoice unless you have matched the Purchase Order (PO), the Delivery Note (signed), and the Supplier Invoice.
- Vendor Master File Review: Review your vendor list annually. Look for suppliers with the same bank details or physical addresses as your employees.
- Dual Authorization: Implement a “Two-to-Sign” rule for all EFT payments above a certain threshold (e.g., R5,000).
- No “Cashing” of Checks: If you still use physical checks, strictly prohibit “Cash” as a payee and store blank checks in a dual-lock safe.