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Dismissed: The Recent Arizona Election Denier Court Cases Which Crashed and Burned

August 6, 2023December 30, 2023

Notable court cases brought by Arizona election deniers during and after the 2022 midterms have had decisions in the last few weeks. It didn’t go well for the election deniers.

Alabama’s Racial Gerrymandering Showdown with SCOTUS Goes Back to Federal Court August 14th

August 3, 2023December 30, 2023

We’re back in Alabama today, where freedom-to-vote and civil rights groups go back to federal district court August 14th to oppose the legislature’s defiant racially gerrymandered Congressional voting district map.

Alleged Voting Machine Tampering Suspects Arraigned in Michigan Include Former Candidate for State Attorney General and Former State Rep

August 2, 2023December 30, 2023

Eclipsed by Tuesday’s news of former President Trump’s indictment for his involvement in the attempted overturning of the 2020 election was an arraignment of two of nine of his supporters who allegedly tampered with voting machines in Michigan.

Aug. 8 Referendum Changing Ohio’s Threshold for a Ballot Initiative to Win Holds a 112-Year-Old Precedent and Reproductive Rights in the Balance

August 1, 2023December 30, 2023

Early voting for Ohio’s Aug. 8th special election is robust, as voters consider raising the threshold for a ballot initiative to win to a 60% margin. At stake in Issue 1 is a 112-year-old precedent of a 50%+ 1 simple majority rule — and an attempt to derail a reproductive freedom ballot question slated for November’s election.

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Head Announces Additional Election Security Advisors to Assist States in Securing Elections

July 31, 2023December 30, 2023

The head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, spoke July 25th to state election directors, announcing an investment in new regional staff helping states protect their elections. She also cited artificial intelligence as an emerging threat.