Topic: Voting Rights

News Roundup: Cyber Ninjas CEO Sits for Deposition, Justice Department Investigating Fake Electors

January 28, 2022
The fake electoral certificates, copies of which were first uncovered by American Oversight last year, have remained a focus of efforts to unravel the full extent of the plot to subvert the 2020 election.

Wisconsin Elections Commission Records Released in Response to Request for Data and Records Concerning Rejected Ballots

January 26, 2022
Records released by the Wisconsin Elections Commission in response to American OversightÕs request for data concerning rejected ballots, materials used to train officials, and other information about how to determine whether to accept ballots.

December 2020 Emails to Arizona Lawmakers Reveal Election Deniers’ Plans for Scanning and Throwing Out ‘Invalid’ Ballots

January 24, 2022
The emails obtained by American Oversight, which outlined a plan to overturn Trump’s election loss in Arizona, also included members of Trump’s legal team.

Wisconsin Judge Orders Gableman to Provide Court with Election Investigation Records Within 10 Days

January 21, 2022
On Friday, a Wisconsin judge ordered the attorney running Wisconsin’s partisan investigation of the 2020 election to turn over to the court sealed copies of records related to the inquiry.

Arizona Appeals Court Rejects State Senate’s Broad Use of Legislative Privilege to Withhold ‘Audit’ Records

January 21, 2022
The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the Senate must immediately produce more than 1,000 documents related to the Maricopa County election “audit” that don’t fall under a narrowly defined framework of legislative privilege.

American Oversight v. Arizona Senate – Arizona Court of Appeals Ruling on Legislative Privilege

January 21, 2022
Ruling from the Arizona Court of Appeals denying relief in Arizona Senate's claims of blanket legislative privilege over records related to its election "audit" of Maricopa County.

News Roundup: Demands for Accountability in Fake-Electors Plot

January 21, 2022
The brazen scheme to subvert the 2020 vote by having pro-Trump electors submit false electoral certificates — which American Oversight obtained through FOIA — has heightened demands for accountability.

Montana Sen. Records Released in Response to Request for Communications with Election Integrity Caucus Members

January 20, 2022
Records released by Montana Sen. Theresa Manzella in response to American Oversight's request for communications with other members of the Election Integrity Caucus.

In the Documents: Emails from Wisconsin Legislature, Elections Commission Regarding Efforts to Investigate 2020 Election

January 19, 2022
Records obtained by American Oversight include communications about the state’s bipartisan elections commission, which is currently under attack by state Republicans, as well as emails sent to state Rep. Janel Brandtjen by a conservative attorney who tried to overturn Wisconsin’s 2020 election results.