Last year John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, dedicated one of his weekly segments to election security and spoke to the dangers of Direct Recording Electronic machines (DREs) on his show. “DREs…are very bad. If something … More
National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC), the only organization building a bipartisan national movement to secure elections technology, Free Speech For People (FSFP), a leading force in defending the Constitution and our democracy, and actress and activist Alyssa Milano have joined … More
Free Speech For People employs legal strategies to renew our democracy and defend our United States Constitution: we stand in support of “we the people.” Founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, Free Speech For People envisions a … More
FSFP Board Chair Ben Clements recently appeared on WGBH to discuss the current state of democracy and the Department of Justice intervention in Roger Stone’s sentencing. Stone, a former aide to Donald Trump, was convicted last year for lying to … More
A coalition of national and state advocacy groups representing millions of people issued a letter urging the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to reconvene its impeachment inquiry of President Trump to investigate additional abuses of power by the president and Attorney … More
Following in the footsteps of Seattle and St. Petersburg, FL, the Democracy Preservation Act seeks to ban political contributions from foreign-influenced corporations in New York The New York State Senate is considering a bill that would ban foreign-influenced corporations from … More
FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on Rising Up With Sonali to discuss the Iowa Caucus debacle and the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. During a discussion with host Sonali Kolhatkar, Bonifaz outlined the importance of using hand-marked paper … More
FSFP Board Chair Ben Clements recently addressed a crowd at the Boston Common during one of over two hundred Reject The Cover Up rallies nation-wide. The mass mobilizations were in response to the U.S Senate’s vote to acquit Donald Trump … More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of national advocacy groups representing millions of people issued a statement castigating the U.S. Senate for voting to acquit President Trump. Led by Free Speech For People, the statement is co-signed by: By the People, … More
Maryland’s lawmakers are current considering an important bill that would prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Maryland elections. Although the legislation is still in early stages, Maryland has taken an important step toward protecting the state’s democratic self-government. The legislation, … More