Election Certification Archives

Trump Campaign Attorneys Who Allegedly Organized the Fake Elector Scheme Finally Face Arraignment in Wisconsin

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

Two Trump campaign attorneys and a campaign aide who allegedly organized the 2020 fake elector scheme in Wisconsin and other swing states, finally face arraignment June 16th. It’s the only remaining criminal investigation of the plot to overturn the 2020 election.

New Report Outlines Ways States and Municipalities Can Protect Elections from Certification Challenges by Rogue Local Officials

June 22, 2025June 22, 2025

In the run-up to the 2024 election, we reported on the organized GOP efforts to challenge the certification of elections, laying the groundwork for sowing doubt and disrupting the outcome. A new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice studied the threats to certification, and how to prevent them.

Unlike the 2020 Election, 2024’s Election Was Certified without Violence, Sham Audits or Criminal Conspiracies. How Come?

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025

The 2024 election was certified January 6th by Congress with no objections, accusations of fraud, or violent mobs. Why was it, well, blissfully boring?

‘Deceive, Disrupt, Deny’ Report Anticipates Non Citizen Voting Will Be Used to Justify Post-Election Delays, Sham Audits & Litigation

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024

Our third segment on Protect Democracy’s “Deceive, Disrupt, Deny” report anticipates how bad actors will likely use bogus claims of widespread non citizen voting to justify obstructing election certification, nuisance litigation, and sham audits.

Republicans Appeal to Georgia Supreme Court to Restore Fringe Georgia Election Board Rulings Struck Down by Lower Courts

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024

There are developments in a court challenge to questionable Georgia Election Board rules recently struck down by state courts. The rules are widely seen as inviting partisan obstruction to Georgia’s election results.

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Trump Campaign Attorneys Who Allegedly Organized the Fake Elector Scheme Finally Face Arraignment in Wisconsin

New Report Outlines Ways States and Municipalities Can Protect Elections from Certification Challenges by Rogue Local Officials

Unlike the 2020 Election, 2024’s Election Was Certified without Violence, Sham Audits or Criminal Conspiracies. How Come?

‘Deceive, Disrupt, Deny’ Report Anticipates Non Citizen Voting Will Be Used to Justify Post-Election Delays, Sham Audits & Litigation

Republicans Appeal to Georgia Supreme Court to Restore Fringe Georgia Election Board Rulings Struck Down by Lower Courts