Think Progress: Lawsuit asks why a Republican elections official is downplaying America’s voting security threat Posted on June 26, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Election Protection In an article for ThinkProgress, Danielle McLean covers our lawsuit on behalf of the National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC) to uncover communications about election security to and from the National Association of Secretaries of State. The lawsuit under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act charges the Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, with unlawfully denying accessRead More
BREAKING: Free Speech For People, National Election Defense Coalition Sue for Access to Election Security Emails Posted on June 20, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC) to uncover communications about election security to and from the National Association of Secretaries of State. The lawsuit under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act charges the Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, with unlawfully denying access toRead More
Free Speech For People and National Election Defense Coalition to U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Don’t Let Voting Machine Vendors Use Obsolete Standards Posted on June 7, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Election Protection Free Speech For People and the National Election Defense Coalition (NEDC) submitted a public comment to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission regarding the Commission’s proposed new voting system guidelines. These guidelines were last updated in 2005. Unfortunately, the Commission’s past practice has been that, after guidelines have been updated, voting machine vendors can still testRead More
The Money In Politics Webinar That’s Not To Be Missed! Posted on January 8, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and founder of the Stamp Stampede movement, will be the guest in a national webinar tonight, January 8th, at 8:30 PM ET. He will be discussing, along with other allies at Public Citizens and Our Time, about how big money is influencing our elections and the implications of the impending court ruling in McCutcheon vs. FEC. Sign up for the webinar here. Read More