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
Citing national security concerns, over two dozen of the nation’s leading computer security experts urge California lawmakers to reject online voting bill Posted on June 16, 2022 (June 16, 2022) Election Protection A bill moving through the legislature would expand online voting in California; online voting has been rejected as “high risk” by the Department of Homeland Security Sacramento, June 16, 2022 – More than two dozen leading computer security experts are urging California lawmakers “in the strongest possible terms” to reject legislation that would allow votersRead More
As Internet Voting Legislation Advances, Coalition of Good Government, Democracy Organizations, and Election Integrity Experts Issue Statement Opposing Online Voting in California Posted on June 14, 2022 (June 16, 2022) Election Protection California’s proposed SB1480 would allow ballots to be transmitted by “fax technology,” which the Department of Homeland Security has deemed dangerously insecure. SACRAMENTO, CA (June 14, 2022) – Over 35 national and California-based organizations and election integrity experts issued a public statement today expressing strong opposition to SB 1480, a bill passed by the CaliforniaRead More
A “Brazen Attempt to Scare” Voting Rights Groups, Plaintiffs Respond to Counter Claims in Colorado Voter Intimidation Lawsuit Posted on May 13, 2022 Election Protection A “Brazen Attempt to Scare” Voting Rights Groups, Plaintiffs Respond to Counter Claims in Colorado Voter Intimidation Lawsuit On Thursday night, three defendants charged with voter intimidation in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act lashed out at voting rights organizations by suing them for “defamation” andRead More
The Guardian Publishes New Article on our Federal Lawsuit to Stop Illegal Voter Intimidation in Colorado. Posted on May 9, 2022 Election Protection The Guardian recently published a new article on an ongoing lawsuit against the United States Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), a known extremist organization, for its illegal voter intimidation campaign in Colorado. Free Speech For People filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of The Colorado Montana Wyoming State Area Conference of the NAACP (NAACPRead More
Coalition of Citizen Advocacy Organizations Oppose California Internet Voting Bill Posted on April 27, 2022 (July 7, 2022) Election Protection A coalition of over thirty citizen advocacy groups, led by Free Speech For People and organized by the LA County Voters’ Action Coalition, sent a letter to the California State Senate Committee strongly opposing SB 1480, a bill that would expand voting over the Internet in California. The letter was also signed by Public Citizen,Read More
VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO STOP ILLEGAL VOTER INTIMIDATION IN COLORADO Posted on March 9, 2022 (March 11, 2022) Election Protection The suit, filed against the US Election Integrity Plan and its leaders, argues that the group’s door-to-door, weaponized intimidation campaign violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota Seek Immediate Court Intervention As This Illegal VoterRead More
Susan Greenhalgh and Philip Stark Set the Record Straight on Voting System Security Report for ElectionLaw Blog Posted on March 8, 2022 (March 8, 2022) Election Protection Free Speech For People’s Senior Advisor for Election Security Susan Greenhalgh, and University of California at Berkley’s Distinguished Professor Philip Stark published a guest post for Rick Hasen’s ElectionLaw Blog on March 4th, “Setting the record straight on the security review in the Georgia voting machine lawsuit.” The post is a rebuttal to a newsletterRead More