Category: Election Protection

Free Speech For People and Protect Our Votes Philly Identify Violation of the Federal Voting System Certification Requirements as a Cause of the Malfunction of Expressvote XL Voting Machines in Northampton, Pennsylvania Election

On December 8, 2023, Free Speech For People and Protect Our Votes Philly sent a letter to the Northampton, Pennsylvania County Council and Election Commission identifying an apparent violation of a requirement in the federal voting system certification standards. Proper compliance with the requirement should have prevented the County’s Expressvote XL voting machines from mis-recording
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Voting System Software Breach Charged in Fulton County RICO Case is Part of a Multi-State Effort By Trump Allies, According to New Letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith and the DOJ

In a new letter sent on December 4, 2023, to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Chris Wray, and Special Counsel Jack Smith, the legal advocacy organization Free Speech For People, Black Voters Matter, and a coalition of computer security and election security experts provide details connecting the voting system breach in Georgia to similar voting
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Election Denier Cleta Mitchell Will Not Return to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors Following Advocacy from Public Interest Groups

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 29, 2023) – The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today declared that its seats on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors are now vacant, effectively removing Cleta Mitchell, an election denier and former Trump lawyer, from that position. Her two-year term ended on November 3, 2023. The announcement followed a
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Public Interest Groups Urge US Commission on Civil Rights to Not Reappoint Election Denier Cleta Mitchell to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors

Cleta Mitchell’s term ends on November 3, 2023, and her involvement in Donald Trump’s actions to overturn the 2020 presidential election are incompatible with the purpose and mandate of both commissions. WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 10, 2023) – Free Speech For People and Generation Vote are urging the US Commission on Civil Rights not to reappoint
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Victory: Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Provisions of Anti-Voter Arizona Law

Washington, D.C. – In a victory for Arizona voters, a federal judge struck down last week numerous discriminatory, anti-voter provisions of two recently enacted Arizona laws, H.B. 2492 and H.B. 2243, that undermined Arizonans’ freedom to vote and violated federal law.  Notably, the U.S. District Court’s decision prevents Arizona from rejecting voter registration forms submitted
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FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Discusses Coffee County Voting System Software Breach on The Ron Show Podcast

FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh recently appeared on The Ron Show Podcast to discuss the Trump campaign’s multi-state plot to access and steal copies of voting system software from Coffee County, Georgia, and the lack of a federal investigation into the matter. The following is an excerpt from the discussion: The information
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Advocates Win Security, Transparency Improvements in Pennsylvania Elections, Settlement reached with Secretary of State Schmidt in voting machine lawsuit

HARRISBURG, PA – Election security advocates from the National Election Defense Coalition and the Pennsylvania-based Citizens for Better Elections have entered into a binding legal settlement with Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt. The settlement resolves a legal challenge to the ES&S ExpressVote XL voting machines used for in-person voting in Philadelphia, Northampton, and Cumberland
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Free Speech For People, Common Cause NY and Public Citizen oppose the certification of the ExpressVote XL from Election Systems & Software (ES&S) in New York State

On July 28, 2023, Free Speech For People, Common Cause NY and Public Citizen submitted a letter to the New York State Board of Elections urging it to reject the ExpressVote XL, an all-in-one ballot marking device and tabulator.  The organizations cite New York State’s Election Reform and Modernization Act of 2005 (ERMA 2005), §
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Public Interest Groups Renew Call for US Commission on Civil Rights to Revoke Appointment of Election Denier to Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors

The letter contends that the views and actions of Cleta Mitchell, who was deeply enmeshed in former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 federal election, are incompatible with the missions of both commissions. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 19, 2023) – Free Speech For People and Generation Vote issued a letter today to the U.S. Commission
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