Legal Advocacy Group Free Speech For People: Testimony from the J6 Committee Ties Trump to the Multistate Plot to Copy Voting System Software Posted on April 21, 2023 (April 21, 2023) Election Protection WASHINGTON, DC (April 21, 2023) Free Speech For People has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Wray, detailing evidence uncovered by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol which shows that Donald Trump’s attorneys Sidney PowellRead More
“It’s absolutely absurd”: FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in the Los Angeles Times on Trump Allies’ Multi-State Effort to Access Election Systems and the DOJ’s Failure to Investigate Potential Crimes. Posted on March 9, 2023 Election Protection The LA Times recently published a new piece on Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems and the apparent lack of a federal probe into the matter. The piece features contributions from FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh. “If this was the electrical grid or nuclear energy plants, or the water supply,Read More
VICTORY: Court Denies Arizona’s Move to Toss Lawsuit Challenging Anti-Voter Law Posted on February 17, 2023 Election Protection Washington, D.C. – On February 16, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona denied the State of Arizona’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging two recently enacted anti-voter laws, H.B. 2492 and H.B. 2243, for imposing severe, arbitrary and discriminatory burdens on Arizona voters that undermine their freedom to vote and violate federal law. “We have a choice betweenRead More
Major voting rights victory: Federal court rejects extremists’ attempt to defeat voter intimidation lawsuit Posted on January 31, 2023 Election Protection A federal judge in Colorado has rejected efforts by individuals involved with the United States Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), an extremist organization with ties to QAnon and the January 6 insurrection, to defeat a lawsuit seeking to stop their illegal voter intimidation campaign in Colorado. Background The lawsuit—filed by Free Speech For People and theRead More
FSFP Calls on US Commission on Civil Rights to Revoke Appointment of Election Denier Cleta Mitchell to the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Posted on January 26, 2023 Election Protection On January 24, 2023, Free Speech For People issued a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights urging it to withdraw its November 2021 appointment of Cleta Mitchell to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors. In 2021, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights appointed Trump lawyer and election denier Cleta Mitchell toRead More
U.S. Department of Justice Files Brief Supporting Our Lawsuit to Stop Voter Intimidation Posted on January 4, 2023 Election Protection The United States Department of Justice has submitted a legal brief (known as a “Statement of Interest”) supporting key legal arguments in our federal lawsuit against the “United States Election Integrity Plan” (USEIP), an extremist organization that has carried out an illegal voter intimidation campaign in Colorado. Background The lawsuit, brought by Free Speech ForRead More
Free Speech For People Applauds Berkeley Working Group’s Conclusion that Internet Voting Cannot Yet Be Secured; Challenges Internet Voting Promoter to Accept These Findings and Suspend Efforts to Adopt Internet Voting Posted on December 15, 2022 Election Protection It’s profoundly reassuring to see that the distinguished Standards Working Group at the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Security in Politics arrived at the same conclusion as countless other accomplished and esteemed computer and election security experts – that “technology is still too limited, and the security risks too great to establish responsibleRead More
“A Coordinated Plan”: Election Security Coalition Calls for Federal Investigation of Trump Attorneys’ Multi-State Plot to Unlawfully Seize Voting Software Posted on December 13, 2022 (December 13, 2022) Election Protection In a letter to federal investigators, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Special Counsel Jack Smith, Free Speech For People called for a “vigorous and swift investigation” into the Trump attorneys’ plan, claiming possible evidence of federal crimes. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 13, 2022) – Evidence uncovered in Georgia has implicated several Donald Trump attorneys, includingRead More
Free Speech For People Coordinates Experts’ Letter to Georgia’s State Election Board, Calling on the Board to Discontinue the Use of Computerized Ballot Marking Devices for All Polling Place Voters, and to Use Emergency Paper Ballots for the 2022 Elections Posted on September 23, 2022 Election Protection In response to recent revelations that technicians – hired by the Trump campaign and assisted by one of Georgia’s “fake electors”– accessed and copied voting system software in Coffee County, Georgia in early 2021, Free Speech For People coordinated a letter from election security experts to the Georgia State Elections Board, urging the Board toRead More
Free Speech For People Co-Hosts Press Briefing with the Coalition for Good Governance on the Voting System Software Breach In Coffee County Georgia Posted on September 21, 2022 (September 29, 2022) Election Protection Over the past month there has been growing public attention regarding reports that technicians – hired by the Trump campaign and assisted by one of the “fake electors”– accessed and copied voting system software in Coffee County, Georgia in early 2021. The voting system software breach in Georgia was uncovered entirely through discovery generated byRead More