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This week, two officials from Cochise County, Ariz., were indicted by a state grand jury after having refused to meet the legal deadline for certifying the state’s 2022 midterm election results.
Cochise County has become a hotbed for election denial in recent years, as officials there and elsewhere have promoted false claims about voter fraud and embraced conspiracy theories about voting machines.
American Oversight Amicus Brief
This week, we joined several groups in filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by professors and a student at public universities in Florida who allege that racial animus drove the enactment of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE” Act.
We’ve been investigating the ongoing attacks on public education in Florida. Earlier this year, we filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Education seeking the release of public records related to DeSantis’ harsh limits on classroom instruction of U.S. history, particularly regarding the country’s struggles with racial justice and civil rights.
Ongoing Election Subversion Investigations
Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case after he was charged alongside Trump, reportedly plans to meet with investigators in Nevada and Arizona, where officials are investigating the fake-electors scheme in their respective states.