Voting Rights Advocates File Appeal to Stop the Use of Unsafe and Insecure Electronic Voting Machines In North Carolina Posted on September 4, 2020 Election Protection Appeal filed before the North Carolina Supreme Court on behalf of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP cites insecurity and health risk of touch screen voting machines during a pandemic. Raleigh, NC (September 4, 2020) – Voting rights advocates filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of North Carolina today, alleging imminent riskRead More
Alyssa Milano, Election Security Experts Announce “Own the Vote 2020” Webinar Series Leading Into 2020 Election Posted on September 3, 2020 (September 3, 2020) Election Protection The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy. And, now more than ever, we must fight to protect it. From insecure voting machines to information warfare, our elections are under attack and our ability to vote safely and securely in 2020 is going to depend on all of us. That’s why we’re teamingRead More
Free Speech For People Receives Grant Award from Craig Newmark Philanthropies! Posted on September 1, 2020 (September 1, 2020) FSFP Updates We are thrilled to announce that Free Speech For People is a recipient of a grant award from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support our work to get big money out of politics and to fight for free and fair elections for all! Craig Newmark Philanthropies works to protect the values that America aspires to: fairness,Read More
Voting Rights Advocates Ask Court to Address Unsafe and Unequal Election Practices in Texas during a Pandemic Posted on August 27, 2020 (December 11, 2020) Election Protection Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed on behalf of Mi Familia Vota, the Texas NAACP, and individual Texas voters seeks to ensure that Texas in-person voters will be able to cast their votes safely. SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 27, 2020) – Last night, Mi Familia Vota, the Texas NAACP, and individual Texas voters filed a MotionRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition of National Advocacy Groups Urging the Resignation or Dismissal of the U.S. Postmaster General. Posted on August 19, 2020 (October 8, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People recently joined a letter with more than eighty other national organizations calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to immediately resign or for the Board of Governors to dismiss him from his position. The letter points to DeJoy’s lack of direct Postal Service experience and his recent attempts to undermine mail deliveryRead More
Free Speech For People Exposes Fraudulent Marketing Practices by Nation’s Largest Voting System Vendor, Spurring Rebuke by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Posted on August 13, 2020 (August 13, 2020) Election Protection The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) censured the nation’s largest voting machine manufacturer Election Systems & Software (ES&S) for falsely advertising its voting machines with wireless modems as federally certified by the EAC. None of the ES&S systems with wireless modems have passed federal certification. The issue was brought to the attention of the EACRead More
FSFP Senior Advisor On Election Security Susan Greenhalgh To Present Paper On Best Practices for Online Balloting Options at DEFCON Voting Village. Posted on August 7, 2020 (August 7, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People’s Senior Advisor On Election Security, Susan Greenhalgh, will present the white paper “Leveraging Electronic Balloting Options Safely and Securely During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” at the virtual DEF CON Voting Village with co-author, Dr. Steve Newell, project director of the Center for Evidence in Public Issues at the American Association of theRead More
Voting Rights Advocates Ask Court to Block Unsafe and Unequal State Election Rules During a Pandemic In Pennsylvania Posted on August 7, 2020 (August 7, 2020) Election Protection Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed on behalf of the Pennsylvania NAACP cites major flaws in Pennsylvania’s current election plans that threaten voters’ ability to vote safely in November. HARRISBURG, PA (August 7, 2020) — Last night, Free Speech For People and the law firm Dechert LLP filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in the PennsylvaniaRead More
New York Attorney General Sues to Dissolve National Rifle Association Posted on August 6, 2020 Corporate Abuse of Power New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in New York state court against the National Rifle Association and four top executives. The complaint charges the executives with diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain ofRead More
Voting Rights Advocates File Brief Supporting Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Block Use of Unsafe and Insecure Electronic Voting Machines In North Carolina Posted on August 5, 2020 (August 6, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People, Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights, and pro bono law firm Sheppard Mullin, on behalf of plaintiffs North Carolina NAACP and several individual voters, are seeking a preliminary injunction to enjoin the use of the insecure, unreliable, unsafe, and unverifiable ExpressVote voting machine in North Carolina. On Tuesday, the plaintiffs submitted aRead More