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American Oversight Releases Report on Anti-ERIC Push and Its Threat to 2024 Election

The report provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the election denial movement led several states to abandon the bipartisan Electronic Registration Information Center — and what it means for voting rights and U.S. democracy.
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American Oversight Condemns Louisiana HB 461 as Another Attempt to Erode Access to Public Records

April 11, 2024
The bill, which passed the Louisiana House on Thursday, would significantly weaken the state’s public records law by extending the ability of local governments to suppress records of business dealings.

Records Provide More Evidence of How Far-Right Conspiracy Theories Influenced Louisiana’s Departure from ERIC

April 4, 2024
Text messages we obtained, reported on by Votebeat, provide more evidence of how the fringe Gateway Pundit website influenced the state’s 2022 withdrawal from the nonpartisan voter-roll maintenance organization.

The Right-wing Pressure Campaign That Led States to Abandon Crucial Voter-Roll Maintenance Organization

December 15, 2023
Records obtained by American Oversight in its far-reaching investigation reveal the motivations behind states leaving the Electronic Registration Information Center.

Text Messages Reveal Discussion of Alleged Michigan Voting Machine Breach

August 8, 2023
The messages are another piece of evidence of how many of the same activists worked together across state lines to undermine trust in 2020 election results.

American Oversight Sues Ohio and Louisiana Secretaries of State for Records Related to ERIC Withdrawals

June 15, 2023
The lawsuits come as several states have exited the bipartisan voter-data system in response to false allegations from anti-democracy conspiracy theorists.

News Roundup: Deliberate Lies

February 17, 2023
There are those who believe lies about a stolen 2020 election, and those who promoted those lies while knowing they weren’t true.

In the Documents: Emails About Last-Minute Trump DHS Agreements with States

April 15, 2021
American Oversight has obtained emails between DHS officials and officials in Louisiana and Texas regarding the unusual agreements signed during the final weeks of the Trump administration.

Investigations Update: Vote-by-Mail Disinformation Campaigns, Drug Coupons for Seniors, and 2020 Census Interference

October 13, 2020
See the latest in our investigations into outside influence in the judicial nominations process, foreign disinformation campaigns, and Trump administration’s continued meddling with the 2020 census.

Investigations Update: The White House Outbreak, the Administration’s Naturalization Policy, and Texas’ Ballot Drop Boxes

October 6, 2020
See the latest in our investigations into the administration’s immigration policy, absentee voting requirements, and voter suppression in the states.