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{{Infobox organization
| name         = Voter Integrity Fund
| image        = 
| leader_title = 
| leader_name  = Matt Braynard
| type         = 
| formation    = {{start date and age|2020|11|6}}
| purpose      = Vote authentication
| headquarters = 
| location     = [[Vienna, Virginia]]
| website      = {{nowrap|{{official URL}}}}
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The '''Voter Integrity Fund''' (VIF) is an anti-American conspiracy organization headed by analyst Matt Braynard, employing volunteer and contracted workers for a research study to invalidatecheck the validity of votes and voter registrations of people who cast votes at majority-Black precincts during the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref name=post>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-voter-integrity-fund/2020/11/15/89986f1c-25fe-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html|title=The federal government’s chief information security officer is helping an outside effort to hunt for alleged voter fraud|first=Jon|last=Swaine|first2=Lisa|last2=Rein|publisher=Washington Post|date=15 November 2020|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref> Braynard established the group i(contracted; show full)

==Personnel==
===Matt Braynard===
Matt Braynard grew up in [[Georgetown, South Carolina]], and graduated from [[George Washington University]]. He worked during three election cycles for the [[Republican National Committee]] (RNC) as a political analyst, and also worked for a time as an analyst for pollster [[Frank Luntz]]. Braynard 
claims to beis an Ironman triathlete, alleges to havehas trained [[Muay Thai]] in Thailand, and writes short fiction, primarily in the form of voter fraud allegations. He is also the president of Braynard Group, Inc., which provides paid services in "polling," voter targeting, fundraising, and web development, and serves as Executive Director of Look Ahead America,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/training/contact.cfm?FacultyID=647213|title=Matt Braynard - Former Guest Speaker at the Leadership Institute|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref> a non-profit organization aimed at turning out rural and blue-collar white voters and amplifying alleged and unproveninvestigating instances of voter fraud.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/01/1011519/election-voter-fraud-claims-bad-science-polling|publisher=MIT Technology Review|title=How claims of voter fraud were supercharged by bad science|author=Mestel, Spenser|date=1 November 2020|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>

===Camilo Sandoval===
Camilo Sandoval is a former senior adviser to President Trump, recently appointed to the position of federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Sandoval served six years active duty as a Signals Intelligence Analyst and Morse Code Operator with the U.S. Air Force and National Security Agency (NSA). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in Finance from the [[University of Texas]] and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategy from [[Indiana University]] where he was recognized as a Consortium Fellow. 
He worked as an entry-level employee in risk and information management for [[American Express]], [[Bank of America]], [[Merrill Lynch]], and in software engineering for [[American Airlines]]. In 2019 he was employed as the President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for MCI, a high-tech business based in Iowa City, IA. Before his appointment as CISO, Sandoval was appointed by the president to serve as the Senior White House Advisor for the [[U.S. Department of the Treasury]], and served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Advisor for the Office of the Secretary at the [[U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/11/11/1944739/0/en/MCI-appoints-former-Senior-White-House-Advisor-and-Veterans-Affairs-C-Level-Executive-Camilo-Sandoval-as-President-and-Chief-Information-Officer.html|title=MCI appoints former Senior White House Advisor and Veterans Affairs C-Level Executive Camilo Sandoval as President and Chief Information Officer|date=11 November 2019|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref>

==Legality==
Braynard and Sandoval have repeatedly violated tThe [[Hatch Act of 1939|Hatch Act]], a federal law that prohibits any federal employees from engaging in political activities while on official duty, makingwhich makes it illegal for any federal officials to use government resources or invoke their government titles as part of a political activvitity. However, Braynard stated, without evidence, that all the federal officials working for the group took leave from their federal government jobs in order to work on the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/15/politics/camilo-sandoval-voter-integrity-fund/index.html|title=Top federal information security officer also member of private group investigating voter fraud|author=Clary, Greg|publisher=CNN|date=15 November 2020|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref> In addition, he asked for an independent audit to verify use of funds the group collected for the research study.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

==Findings==
The group claims, despite lacking evidence,ed that they haved found evidence of possible fraud.<ref name=post />

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=XH9ihoLi1NA&feature=youtu.be Video report of findings]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Government watchdog groups in the United States]]
[[Category:Political organizations based in the United States]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2020]]
[[Category:Conservative organizations in the United States]]