Category: Election Protection

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

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

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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Statement on Election Verification

Over the past several weeks, voters cast their votes to make their voices heard in the general elections. Votes were counted rapidly on election night — mostly by computers — to generate unofficial results. But counting votes is a process and the election night count is but one part of that process. The number of
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Free Speech For People Calls on the Pennsylvania Attorney General to take Steps to Remove Leading Election Denialist Attorney from Representing Fulton County, Pennsylvania

On October 31st, Free Speech For People sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry calling on her to take all appropriate and necessary steps to urgently remove Stefanie Lambert from representing Fulton County, Pennsylvania as “special counsel” for all elections and election-related matters. Lambert is a key figure in the effort to
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Free Speech For People and Mayer Brown Move to Intervene on behalf of the NAACP to Protect Nevada Voters from Last Minute Purge of Voter Rolls

Today, the NAACP Tri-State Conference of Idaho-Nevada-Utah, represented by Free Speech For People, Mayer Brown LLP, and Woodburn and Wedge, moved to intervene in Dagusen v. Aguilar, a lawsuit brought by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, Nevada Republican Party, and a voter demanding an unlawful purge of Nevada’s voter rolls just weeks before
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Free Speech For People Sues Pennsylvania County to Disclose Communication with Trump Election Deniers; Exposes Ongoing Relationship with Indicted Attorney Stefanie Lambert

On October 28, 2024, Free Speech For People filed a Writ of Mandamus in the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, seeking to force the county to turn over communications between the county and leaders of the election denialist effort to overturn the 2020 election. In the process of filing the legal action,
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Statement on The New York Times story “Trump Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories”

The following is a statement from Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor on Election Security at Free Speech For People:  The New York Times story “Trump Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories” glossed over the most chilling and consequential factors imbedded in the reporting – specifically many of the lawsuits filed by Trump allies are using voting
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Legal Advocates Urge Department of Justice to Investigate America PAC and Elon Musk For Paying People to Register to Vote

In a letter to Attorney General Garland and Chief Amundson, attorneys argue that Elon Musk’s daily $1 million lottery awards to people who register to vote and sign a partisan petition violate federal law.  WASHINGTON, DC (October 24, 2024) – Attorneys at Free Speech For People issued a letter today to U.S. Attorney General Merrick
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MUST READ: A “Stop the Steal” Conspirator Is Headed to Prison. But What About Her Accomplices?

A new op-ed in Slate by Susan Greenhalgh, Free Speech For People’s Senior Advisor on Election Security, spotlights the multi-state plot by Trump’s allies to unlawfully access voting software to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.  She writes:  There is an abundance of evidence obtained not through a comprehensive criminal investigation but through private
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