Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC

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U.S. Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief to Support Appeal by Colorado Civil Rights Organizations in Voter Intimidation Suit

Posted on November 15, 2024 (November 20, 2024)

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota. These groups, represented by Free Speech For People and co-counsel Bryan Sells, filed their appeal brief last week, challenging the
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Computer Scientists: Breaches of Voting System Software Warrant Recounts to Ensure Election Verification

Posted on November 13, 2024 (November 18, 2024)

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A group of computer security experts have written to Vice President Kamala Harris to alert her to the fact that voting systems were breached by Trump allies in 2021 and 2022 and to urge her to seek recounts in key states to ensure election verification. Following the 2020 election, operatives working with Trump attorneys accessed
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Free Speech For People’s Statement on the 2024 Election

Posted on November 8, 2024 (November 12, 2024)

FSFP Updates

Our democracy is worth saving. This election cycle, our democracy has been staggered by blow after blow. We cannot pretend otherwise; to do so would be to accept that this hamstrung system is the one with which we must live. It is not and we do not accept that it is. We will keep fighting
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Today marks a very troubling moment for our democracy as the Supreme Court will hear the McCutcheon vs. FEC case. While the 2010 Citizens United case allowed corporations to make unlimited campaign expenditures to influence our elections, McCutcheon will enable the wealthy few to give more money directly to the candidates themselves.

Right now members from Free Speech for People along with citizens and activists from other pro-democracy groups are rallying at the steps of SCOTUS to stand up against McCutcheon. You can watch the rally live on CSPAN and follow updates on our twitter and facebook pages.

Free Speech For People’s Steve Cobble speaking at SCOTUS

Activists standing up against big money in politics

If the case wins, it will ultimately allow the super-rich to make multi-million dollar campaign contributions in our in federal, state and local elections.

We hope you will join us in taking action against this continuation of the attack on our democracy by wealthy interests by clicking here to support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. The amendments we’ve endorsed would address the problem of big-money dominance of our elections even under the worse case of McCutcheon.