Topic: Voting Rights

Wisconsin Sen. Records Released in Response to Request for Communications Regarding Redistricting

April 28, 2022
Records released by Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu in response to American Oversight’s request for communications with external entities regarding redistricting.

News Roundup: Victory in Wisconsin

April 22, 2022
A Wisconsin court has ordered the state Assembly’s election investigation to stop deleting records. Meanwhile, new details have emerged about congressional leaders’ initial response to the Jan. 6 attack.

Kansas Records Released in Response to Request for Communications with DOJ and State Ag’s Who Backed Texas Effort to Overturn Election Results, and Related Meeting Records

April 18, 2022
Records released by Kansas Attorney General in response to American Oversight’s request for communications with the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general who backed Texas' effort to overturn the presidential election results in various states. We're also seeking any related meeting or call records.

News Roundup: Efforts to Overturn 2020 Are Not Over

April 15, 2022
Our fight for records from election reviews isn’t just about transparency — it’s also about exposing the blatantly partisan and dangerously anti-democratic motivations behind those sham investigations.

American Oversight Files Brief in Opposition to Speaker Vos’ Attempt to Block Release of Records

April 15, 2022
On April 12, American Oversight asked the court to deny Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos’ belated motion to keep private more than 20,000 public records that had been released to American Oversight days before.

American Oversight Obtains New Contract Documents from Partisan Wisconsin Election Investigation

April 14, 2022
Last week, the Wisconsin Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel (OSC) released records — including previously unseen contract agreements — related to the ongoing partisan review of the 2020 election.

Emails Show Trump Ally Pushing Federal Officials to Audit Voting Machines in the Weeks After the 2020 Election

April 12, 2022
The records obtained by American Oversight show that Trump allies’ attempts to get the federal government to help them reverse election results went even broader than previously known,” reported Politico.

News Roundup: Ongoing Investigations, Ongoing Lies

April 8, 2022
So long as any purported evidence remains in short supply, so-called “investigations” into election fraud can be sustained on lies and vague assertions.

Wisconsin Assembly Previously Deleted Records Related to Election Investigation

April 6, 2022
The first set of previously deleted records released by the Wisconsin Assembly to American Oversight in response to litigation seeking records of the Assembly's inquiry into the 2020 election.