New FSFP Oped In Business Insider on The Alaska Court Case That Could End Super PACs and Reshape Our Democracy. Posted on February 17, 2021 Challenging Super PACs Business Insider recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on the Alaska court case that could end super PACs and reshape our democracy. The Alaska case hinges on a simple question: is this practice corrupt? Under SupremeRead More
Free Speech For People Welcomes Alexandra Flores-Quilty as Campaign Director Posted on February 17, 2021 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is pleased to announce that Alexandra Flores-Quilty has joined the staff in the newly created position of Campaign Director. A seasoned social justice organizer and advocate, Ms. Flores-Quilty brings to Free Speech For People a deep knowledge of campaign strategy, democracy reform, and coalition building. Prior to joining the staff ofRead More
Federal Court Approves Landmark Settlement Between Voting Rights Advocates and Private Security Company Charged with Voter Intimidation. Posted on February 16, 2021 (February 16, 2021) Election Protection Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota reach an agreement with Atlas Aegis to settle a Voting Rights Act lawsuit via a consent decree. (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 2/16/21) — A federal judge today approved a sweeping settlement in a lawsuit brought by voting rights advocates against aRead More
John Nichols: “The Senate Has Failed America” Posted on February 15, 2021 Impeachment On February 13, The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols published a scathing indictment of the Senate’s decision to acquit President Trump for his incitement of the January 6th Capitol insurrection and its decision not to call witnesses at the impeachment trial, saying that both marked “a tragic abandonment of accountability.” Nichols’ condemnation of theRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses The Case For Having Live Witness Testimony At Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial on KALW. Posted on February 13, 2021 (February 13, 2021) Impeachment FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on KALW to outline the case for having live witness testimony at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. “The evidence is overwhelming that the Senate ought to convict Donald Trump and disqualify him from ever holding future federal office. That being said, the focus here needs to be to present notRead More
New Free Speech For People Oped In Truthout on Why The U.S. Senate Must Convict And Disqualify Trump From Future Federal Office. Posted on February 12, 2021 Impeachment Truthout recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements, and FSFP President John Bonifaz on why the U.S. Senate must convict and disqualify Trump from future office for his role in the deadly January 6th insurrection. When Trump told supporters to march toRead More
FSFP’s Statement on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Vote to Adopt the Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 Posted on February 10, 2021 (February 11, 2021) Election Protection Today the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) voted to adopt the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0. We recognize that the VVSG 2.0 represents many significant steps forward to improve the security, resiliency and accessibility of federally certified voting systems. We are pleased that the federal guidelines will finally ensure software independence in certifiedRead More
CNN Report: Constitutional Scholars and Experts Agree with FSFP List on Donald Trump’s Broad Range Of Abuses. Posted on February 10, 2021 Impeachment As former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial continues, it’s important to remember that while inciting an insurrection may have been his last impeachable offense, it was just the horrifying capstone to a four-year reign of impeachable corruption and abuse of power. A recent CNN article chronicles the ten worst abuses of power byRead More
FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Discusses Last Minute Changes in Federal Voting System Guidelines. Posted on February 9, 2021 (February 10, 2021) Election Protection FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh was recently featured in a new Politico article highlighting cybersecurity concerns in an ongoing debate about wireless networking hardware in voting machines. The article references the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG 2.0), which was recently amended by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission behind closed doors toRead More
Abolish Super PACs, Ban Foreign Corporate Money, State Legislators Introduce Two Bills to Protect Election Integrity in Massachusetts Posted on February 9, 2021 (February 9, 2021) Challenging Super PACs BOSTON, MA – State legislators have introduced two bills in the Massachusetts Legislature to abolish super PACs and to prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Massachusetts elections. State Senator Jo Comerford is the lead sponsor of Senate bill SD 634, State Senator Mark Montigny is the lead sponsor of Senate Bill SD 759, and StateRead More