Category: Election Protection

We applaud the First Circuit’s ruling today, which blocks the state of New Hampshire’s attempt to suppress further the vote of young people on the eve of the November 2026 election. The First Circuit denied the government’s motion to stay the district court’s October 2 partial preliminary injunction ruling, which correctly allows election workers in
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Background Under New Hampshire’s voter ID law, which has been in place since 2012, voters present photo identification twice: once when registering to vote (along with other evidence of age, citizenship, and residence); and once when they obtain their ballot. The law lists types of photo ID that election officials must accept as a valid
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Open Democracy Sues to Block New Law Barring the Use of Student IDs to Vote in New Hampshire Elections Free Speech For People, Mintz, and Whatley Kallas File Case on Behalf of Open Democracy CONCORD, NH – (August 12, 2026) Open Democracy, a nonpartisan organization committed to political equality, filed yesterday a lawsuit in the
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At tomorrow’s meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works, Free Speech For People and SAVE our Votes Maryland will ask the Board of Public Works not to approve the State Board of Elections request to commit $109 million for a proposed voting system contract.  The groups oppose the purchase proposal because it would include
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“A preliminary review of the documents reveals what we expected: there is no evidence of vote manipulation in the 2020 election. But these documents also expose what we have been warning about for years – that our election systems are poorly secured, and much can and should be done to mitigate these vulnerabilities.  A newly
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DENVER, CO — Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in favor of NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota in their case challenging a door-to-door voter intimidation scheme in Colorado. In its ruling, the Tenth Circuit corrected significant errors made by the district court and
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This op-ed by Susan Greenhalgh was originally published by Democracy Docket. As Donald Trump implements plans to attack the November elections, a key ally in the Department of Justice is linked to serious breaches of election equipment. Several senators recently sent a letter to the White House demanding the removal of Kurt Olsen, Donald Trump’s so-called ‘election
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Free Speech For People today released findings showing that court filings submitted by Kurt Olsen, the Trump adviser on election security, relied on declarations from individuals who acknowledged possessing voting system software and components allegedly obtained through unauthorized breaches of election equipment in multiple battleground states following the 2020 election.   Olsen recently moved to the
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New reporting and additional evidence raise questions about tactics used to promote internet voting laws ANCHORAGE, AK — Anchorage election officials have pushed back against what they describe as “false and misleading” claims about the city’s use of mobile voting technology, escalating concerns about a broader national campaign to expand internet voting systems. In a
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Citing a conflict of interest and incorrect conclusions, Common Cause NY, Free Speech For People and the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County are calling on the state attorney general to pursue an independent investigation into the vote count errors that occurred in the November 2025 County elections.  The November election night results determined
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