Free Speech For People Forms Coalition to Oppose Internet Voting in San Francisco; Prompts Election Commission to Call for a Halt to the Project and for an Investigation. Posted on November 29, 2021 (November 29, 2021) Election Protection A coalition of experts and organizations committed to secure, reliable elections, including Free Speech For People, California Voter Foundation, National Voting Rights Task Force, and Verified Voting, sent a letter November 16th to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors and Elections Commission urging the Board to halt a pending contract for an internet voting system andRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition of National Organizations in Letter Urging Congress to Pass Freedom to Vote Act and Protect Election Officials and Election System From Attacks and Subversion. Posted on November 9, 2021 (November 9, 2021) Election Protection Free Speech For People recently joined a coalition of more than fifty national organizations in a letter urging Members of Congress to support the Freedom to Vote Act, a piece of legislation which includes, “critical measures to safeguard elections, prevent voter intimidation, protect local election officials from partisan attacks, and protect election works and electionRead More
WATCH: Voting Rights are On the Line in Texas Posted on October 27, 2021 (October 27, 2021) Election Protection Last month, Texas enacted one of the country’s most restrictive voting laws in the modern era. With measures targeting many of the voting methods used during the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers largely suppressed votes from Texans of color and other marginalized communities. This law is an assault on democracy in Texas. That’s why we filed aRead More
FSFP Senior Advisor On Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in Article on the Dangers of Online Voting. Posted on October 25, 2021 Election Protection Free Speech For People recently played a leading role in drafting and organizing a letter to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to urge the Committee to reject provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that would fund online voting. The letter was signed by Protect Democracy, U.S. Vote Foundation, Verified Voting, Common CauseRead More
Election Security Experts Alarmed by Online Voting Expansion in National Defense Authorization Act Posted on October 14, 2021 Election Protection Experts cite concerns that absentee ballots submitted electronically are vulnerable to privacy violations and hacking. WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 14, 2021) – In a letter released yesterday to the Senate Committee on Armed Services, a group of 27 election security experts and nonpartisan voting rights organizations urged the Senate to not include sections of the NationalRead More
FSFP Senior Advisor On Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Co-Authors New Oped With Professor J. Alex Halderman In Newsweek On How The Big Lie Masks Legitimate Election Security Concerns and Inhibits Important Reforms. Posted on September 29, 2021 Election Protection Newsweek recently published a new oped by FSFP Senior Advisor On Election Security Susan Greenhalgh and Professor J. Alex Halderman on how the Big Lie inhibits important reforms needed to better secure voting systems across the country. The oped underscores the fact that there is abundant evidence that confirms the fact that the 2020 electionRead More
MI FAMILIA VOTA AND INDIVIDUAL VOTERS SUE TO BLOCK NEW VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW IN TEXAS Posted on September 27, 2021 (October 26, 2021) Election Protection The complaint targets SB 1, one of the country’s most restrictive voting laws, for violating the Constitution’s First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. SAN ANTONIO, TX (September 27, 2021) – Non-profit civic engagement organization Mi Familia Vota, along with individual voters, filed suit today in the United States DistrictRead More
Experts Urge EAC to Enforce Firm Transition to New Voting System Standards. Posted on September 23, 2021 Election Protection Over a dozen leading computer and election security experts wrote to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to urge the agency to adopt a firm policy to phase out old, outdated voting system standards, in a letter organized by Free Speech For People. The EAC is responsible for running the federal voting system testing andRead More
The Supreme Court is Attacking Our Voting Rights Posted on September 15, 2021 (October 26, 2021) Election Protection The Supreme Court gutted the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act twice. First, in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, they stripped away the preclearance provision that protected voting rights in states with a history of voter suppression. Then this summer, in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, Justice Alito issued a majority opinion underminingRead More
AZ Central Publishes New Oped By Voting Rights Groups On Recent Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arizona’s New Voter Suppression Laws Posted on September 3, 2021 Election Protection AZ Central recently published a new oped by Mi Familia Vota, Arizona Coalition for Change, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), and Chispa Arizona on the new federal lawsuit challenging two voter suppression laws that were recently passed by the Arizona Legislature. Free Speech For People is honored to represent these voting rights groupsRead More