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An often overlooked yet critical component of U.S. election infrastructure is the poll book, a comprehensive and official record of who is registered to vote at each polling place. Recent incidents have revealed that poll books are vulnerable to human error, software malfunctions, and hacking. In June of…
Common Cause, the National Election Defense Coalition and Protect Democracy today filed an Amicus Curiae brief in support of all plaintiffs in the Curling v. Kemp lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The brief was filed on July 17, 2018. As national, nonpartisan organizations with…
Documents released by the FBI show that confidence in senior leadership among rank-and-file members of the FBI has fallen in the past year, following President Trump’s decision to fire Director James Comey. Protect Democracy represents Benjamin Wittes and Scott Anderson of Lawfare in FOIA litigation seeking the results…
July 12 — Earlier today, the nonpartisan advocacy group Protect Democracy filed a federal lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign alleging that it conspired with Russian agents and Wikileaks to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. This is the same case that, days ago, President…
Today, Mt. Pleasant businessman Frank Heindel and former state Senator Phil Leventis filed a lawsuit against the commissioners and executive director of the South Carolina State Election Commission (SEC) demanding that they protect the voters of South Carolina by ensuring that votes are recorded and counted accurately. South Carolina’s voting…
The following statement is attributed to Ian Bassin, Protect Democracy Executive Director: While we are disappointed in and respectfully disagree with today’s decision from the District Court to dismiss this case on the grounds that it does not belong in Washington, D.C., this case is far from over.…
In recent decades, one of America’s greatest strengths has been its ability to assimilate new immigrant groups, granting citizenship to new arrivals and conferring citizenship on their American-born children from birth. With citizenship comes political power and a sense of permanent membership in the national community. But the…
On June 11, in response to a FOIA request seeking documents reflecting communications between the White House and the Department of Justice regarding the AT&T-Time Warner merger, Protect Democracy received a letter from DOJ stating that the government is withholding 83 responsive documents. Protect Democracy has taken an…
Protect Democracy’s Executive Director, Ian Bassin, released the following statement following today’s hearing on the Motion to Dismiss the case of Cockrum v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. and Roger Stone: “There is no doubt that Russia interfered in our election. That was the unanimous conclusion of America’s…
On May 3, 2018, Protect Democracy, the Brennan Center for Justice, Michael F. Crowley, and Benjamin Wittes filed a complaint in federal court against the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security under the Information Quality Act, demanding the retraction or correction of a misleading report on the…
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