The Shadow Government Knew. They Lied. We’re Repairing the Damage — So Every American Can Believe in Elections Again.
By Sharon Bemis, President, Election Integrity Network
Following the President’s address to the nation, the truth is no longer deniable. U.S. intelligence knew since early 2020 that China had breached and exfiltrated the personal data of tens of millions of American voters, eventually reaching 220 million files across every state. They knew foreign powers had demonstrated the capability, on five separate assessments, to compromise U.S. voting machines in ways that could swap data and erase traces. They knew a Democrat-paid operation in Michigan was running industrial-scale voter registration fraud. They knew non-citizens were on the rolls in potentially massive numbers. And they deliberately hid it from the President, from Congress, and from the American people for political reasons.
This is the “shadow government” in action. Career officials created mechanisms to withhold critical intelligence. They violated standard notification requirements. They slow-walked cases until statutes of limitations expired. They are the real election deniers, the ones who denied the American people the truth about compromised systems, foreign data theft, and domestic fraud that undermined confidence in 2020 and beyond.
While others disputed the existence of these problems, we at the Election Integrity Network have been telling the truth all along. Our state coalitions have been documenting the problems, and the U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights is the result of those findings. Now the mask is off, and the path forward is clear.
The vulnerabilities the President detailed map directly onto the state-level reforms in our Model Election Laws Handbook.
The Chinese breach of 220 million voter files, names, addresses, party affiliation, driver’s licenses, Social Security numbers, and the identification of tens of thousands of non-citizens already on rolls in 18 states (with projections of 1–2 million nationwide) expose the fatal weakness in our registration systems. Principle I of the U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights demands proof of citizenship at registration and ongoing confirmation using federal data. Principle IV requires rigorous, continuous voter roll maintenance with citizenship, identity, and residency verification; exactly the kind of cross-checks the President’s revelations show were missing or ignored. The Handbook provides ready model language so states can mandate DHS and SSA data sharing, eliminate third-party registrations, and give citizens standing to challenge bad registrations. No more waiting for federal permission. States can and must clean their rolls now.
The industrial-scale Democratic voter registration fraud in Michigan, workers coached to invent names, sign for others, and chase volume bonuses, is stopped by the same principles plus Principle II: Voter ID that confirms citizenship for every ballot, in-person or absentee. Strict verification before any registration is accepted, with penalties for fraud and for officials who look the other way. The Handbook gives states the precise statutory tools to end this.
The confirmed vulnerabilities in voting machines, assessed five times by U.S. intelligence, with protocols transferable from foreign regimes, demand Principle V: Replace all vulnerable and insecure technology with only pre-printed, secure, hand-marked paper ballots. No touchscreens. No proprietary code that foreign actors or anyone else can exploit. No foreign ownership of equipment, software, or parts. Mandatory public pre-election testing and manual backups. The Handbook supplies the legislative language to make this transition, while Principle VI requires real pre-certification reconciliation and independent post-election audits that actually verify results, not the pretend audits we have seen. Electronic systems cannot be ripped out overnight, but every state can immediately harden what exists and move toward fully auditable paper.
The deliberate political withholding of information: the “shadow government” emails, the disbelief that the President wasn’t being told, and the slow-walking of justice is addressed by Principle VII (full transparency of every election record, chain of custody document, cast vote record, and ballot image as public records) and Principle X (citizen standing to enforce election laws, appeal administrative decisions, and impose real accountability and penalties on officials who hide information or fail their duty). The Handbook equips states to end the culture of secrecy and self-protection.
These are not abstract ideas. The Model Election Laws Handbook, released earlier this year and grounded in the ten principles of the U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights, gives lawmakers and citizens the exact legislative text to fix every vulnerability the President exposed. It was built by hundreds of volunteers who understand that election integrity is not partisan theater — it is the foundation of self-government.
This is what the Election Integrity Network was created for. We exist to turn outrage into permanent infrastructure: state coalitions with confirmed chairs and expert cabinets, Policy Authentication Groups that vet and advance model policies, training programs, voter education toolkits, and the practical roadmaps states need to compare their current laws against these principles and close the gaps. We are ready. Our coalitions are organized. The model language is written. The moment the President described is the moment we have been preparing for.
The damage done by compromised data, insecure machines, fraudulent registrations, and a cover-up can be repaired. But only if states act with urgency and precision. Every legislature should immediately benchmark its election code against the Model Election Laws Handbook and pass the reforms that match these principles. The federal government has a role in mitigation and enforcement, but the constitutional power and the practical speed lies with the states.
The shadow government knew the elections were compromised in 2020. They lied and hid the truth.
They are the real election deniers.
We have been telling the truth all along. We are repairing the damage they caused.
So we can all believe in elections again.
The tools are in your hands, state leaders. The citizens are ready. Let’s get to work.
https://www.electionintegritynetwork.org/campaigns/make-elections-believable-again
