Latest Developments

The Election Integrity Foundation (EIF) and Free Speech For People (FSFP) to Co-host “Symposium on Election Security; Separating Fact from Fiction” at the annual DEF CON Computer Security Conference

Presentations will focus on providing impartial facts and ground truth about election technology security strengths and weaknesses, uninfluenced by politics or posturing. Following the 2020 election, unfounded claims of election rigging were frequently repeated, often improperly conflating actual (or sometimes fictitious) voting system vulnerabilities with evidence of actual fraud. Similar patterns have emerged since the
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A Federal Judge in Maine Has Blocked Maine Voters’ Decision to End Super PACs. This Decision Should Be Reversed on Appeal

 On July 15, 2025, a magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court of Maine granted a permanent injunction to block a Maine state law that would end independent expenditure political action committees that can receive unlimited contributions (super PACs) in Maine. The law—arising out of a 2024 ballot measure that passed with overwhelming support of
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“Attack on the Rule of Law,” Public Interest Group Calls for Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Extortion of Law Firms in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts

New Filings Follow Similar Letters Free Speech For People Issued to State and Local Prosecutors in New York and Pennsylvania (BOSTON, MA) – Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, filed formal requests with the Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, and the relevant district attorneys in each jurisdiction, to launch
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Free Speech For People’s Statement on First Circuit’s Decision to Temporarily Block Maine’s Ban on Foreign Government-Influenced Corporate Political Spending

On July 11, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a federal district court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law to prohibit corporations significantly owned or influenced by foreign governments from spending in Maine local and state elections. As a result, foreign-government-influenced corporations remain temporarily able to spend freely in
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Free Speech For People Seeking to Hire Public Interest Attorney

Free Speech For People is seeking a public interest attorney, preferably with constitutional law, social justice, and/or election law experience, to join a cutting-edge non-profit fighting for democracy. Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision in January 2010. We’ve been working
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Free Speech For People’s Tribute to Bill Moyers

All of us at Free Speech For People are deeply saddened by the news of Bill Moyers’s passing. Bill was an extraordinary human being. His legendary work as a journalist for more than four decades, as a close advisor and press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, and as a courageous champion for our democracy all
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Free Speech For People Remarks on House Impeachment Vote

Free Speech For People released a statement following today’s House impeachment vote, the first of Trump’s second term: We commend Congressman Al Green for his courage and his leadership in forcing a House floor vote on his article of impeachment against Donald Trump for directly violating the War Powers Clause of the US Constitution in
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Rep. Al Green Introduces New Article of Impeachment over Trump’s Usurping of Congressional Authority in Iran Attack

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2025) – Rep. Al Green (TX-09) introduced a new article of impeachment against President Trump today for Trump’s direct violation of the War Powers Clause of the US Constitution in his military attack on Iran without congressional authorization. Trump’s unilateral decision to strike without congressional authority or any imminent threat from
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Free Speech For People Calls for Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Extortion of Law Firms in New York and Pennsylvania

(New York, NY) – Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, filed formal requests with the Attorneys General of New York and Pennsylvania, and the District Attorneys of Manhattan and Philadelphia to launch criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s extortion and coercion of nearly $1 billion in legal services from at least
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Susan Greenhalgh joins Jessica Denson’s show to discuss the continued fight for election security

An election lawsuit is proceeding in Rockland County where Kamala Harris won a suspect ZERO votes in some districts, as new reports emerge about election machine vulnerabilities and Trump calls for the release of criminally convicted 2020 conspirator Tina Peters. Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of Free Speech for People joins Jessica Denson to discuss
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