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
Federal Court Allows Challenge to Voter Suppression Law in Texas to Proceed Posted on August 5, 2022 Election Protection Mi Familia Vota and three individual Texas voters, along with co-plaintiffs Houston Area Urban League, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Arc of Texas, and Jeffrey Lamar Clemmons, won a significant court victory on August 2, 2022, in their legal challenge to SB 1, a 2021 Texas election law that unconstitutionally and unlawfully limits eligible voters’Read More
FSFP Joins Campaign Legal Center In Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Voter Suppression Laws In Arizona Posted on July 27, 2022 (August 3, 2022) Election Protection Free Speech For People has joined the Campaign Legal Center as part of the legal team on a lawsuit challenging two new voter suppression laws in Arizona: H.B. 2492, which imposes discriminatory burdens on voters with new documentary proof of residence and citizenship requirements; and H.B. 2243, which requires local election officials remove voters fromRead More
Free Speech For People co-leads coalition in California to stop dangerous online voting Posted on July 1, 2022 Election Protection Good news in California! Several months ago, a bill (SB1480), was introduced in the California Senate that would dangerously impact California’s elections by expanding voting over the Internet. SB 1480’s aim was to improve accessibility for voters with disabilities, which we strongly support, but the online voting proposal would endanger not only the security andRead More