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Newsletter: Happy Sunshine Week!

Sunshine Week provides an opportunity to evaluate threats to public records laws across the country at a time when the fight for accountability is facing increasingly aggressive obstacles.

Christina Bobb Named Republican National Committee Counsel for ‘Election Integrity’

Documents obtained by American Oversight show how Bobb, a former Trump attorney and far-right television presenter, supported and advised partisan and baseless investigations of the 2020 election results in Arizona…

American Oversight and Campaign Legal Center Urge Investigation into Potential Election Law Violation in Columbia County, Georgia

A contract with EagleAI for services related to Columbia County’s voter lists could violate a law passed last year.

American Oversight Sues Gov. DeSantis’ Office for Pattern of Unlawful Delay in Release of Public Records

Lawsuit seeks range of public documents and alleges unlawful delays are representative of Florida governor’s lack of transparency .

Investigations

Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights

American Oversight has filed dozens of public records requests in states across the country seeking communications and analyses about new or potential abortion restrictions in the wake of the U.S.…

Conservative States’ Migrant Transportation Programs

Governors in Florida, Texas, and Arizona have sent immigrants to states hundreds of miles away as part of an exploitative political stunt.

Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election

Following the 2020 election, Wisconsin joined a growing list of states where allies of former President Trump launched bogus “investigations” as part of an effort to cast doubt on the…