April 10, 2026 | Press Release

ICYMI: National Review Highlights Landmark Case Watson v. RNC

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. This week, the National Review conducted an exclusive interview with Republican Party Chairman Joe Gruters, discussing the landmark case of Watson v. RNC, and the RNC's broader efforts to protect American elections. 



“RNC Chairman Joe Gruters believes the GOP is on the precipice of securing the ‘biggest election integrity win’ the party has ever seen. Based on recent oral arguments, Gruters and fellow Republican insiders are optimistic the Court will rule that ballots received after Election Day are invalid. If the Court does find in the RNC’s favor, it will mark a major advance in the election-integrity mission President Trump assigned Gruters when he took over at the RNC…

 

“The national party currently has ‘128 lawsuits across 32 states,’ Gruters tells NR, clocking two major victories this month: one to stop ranked-choice voting expansion in Maine, and another in North Carolina that rests on the question of whether jury questionnaire data can be used to scrub noncitizens from voter rolls. ‘Although people may say, “Oh, these are small wins here and there,” collectively, we are making a difference, and we’re making these elections more safe and secure…’

 

“The RNC is not reinventing the wheel” or “asking states to do anything beyond just comply with the Election Day statute,” an RNC official told National Review, while calling Democratic pushback to the Mississippi case a “fear-mongering” campaign. “The Democrats have such a dim view of their own voters that they are not able to comply with states that give 30, 45 days to complete absentee ballots…”

 

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