Topic: Voting Rights

FOIA to DHS Seeking Records to Identify Florida County Governments Breached by Russian Intelligence in 2016

May 17, 2019
FOIA to DHS seeking records to identify Florida county governments breached by Russian intelligence in 2016. The report issued by the Robert Mueller confirmed that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army was able to "gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government" in 2016, as part of a Russian effort to influence American elections that year.

FOIA to CISA Seeking Records to Identify Florida County Governments Breached by Russian Intelligence in 2016

May 17, 2019
FOIA to DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency seeking records to identify Florida county governments breached by Russian intelligence in 2016. The report issued by the Robert Mueller confirmed that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army was able to "gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government" in 2016, as part of a Russian effort to influence American elections that year.

FOIA to DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Seeking Records to Identify Florida County Governments Breached by Russian Intelligence in 2016

May 17, 2019
FOIA to DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis seeking records to identify Florida county governments breached by Russian intelligence in 2016. The report issued by the Robert Mueller confirmed that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army was able to "gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government" in 2016, as part of a Russian effort to influence American elections that year.

FOIA to DOJ Seeking Records to Identify Florida County Governments Breached by Russian Intelligence in 2016

May 17, 2019
FOIA to DOJ Office of Information Policy seeking records to identify Florida county governments breached by Russian intelligence in 2016. The report issued by the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller III confirmed that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army (GRU) was able to “gain access to the network of at least one Florida county government” in 2016, as part of a Russian effort to influence American elections that year.1 However, the report does not identify the affected county.

Public Records Request to Gadsden County in Florida Seeking Communications Regarding Cybersecurity or Election Security

May 17, 2019
Public records request to Gadsden County in Florida seeking communications regarding cybersecurity or election security between any county official with the United States federal government, including DOJ, FBI, DHS, and the CIA.

Public Records Request to Hardee County in Florida Seeking Communications Regarding Cybersecurity or Election Security

May 17, 2019
Public records request to Hardee County in Florida seeking communications regarding cybersecurity or election security between any county official with the United States federal government, including DOJ, FBI, DHS, and the CIA.

Public Records Request to Washington County in Florida Seeking Communications Regarding Cybersecurity or Election Security

May 17, 2019
Public records request to Washington County in Florida seeking communications regarding cybersecurity or election security between any county official with the United States federal government, including DOJ, FBI, DHS, and the CIA.

Records from Collier County, Florida of Communications with Voter Fraud Activists

May 16, 2019
Records from the Collier County Supervisor of Elections of communications mentioning public figures and activists, such as former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who have prominently claimed that voter fraud is widespread and advocated for restrictions on voting.

Records from Gwinnett County Regarding Communications with Voter Fraud Activists

May 14, 2019
Records received from Gwinnett County Voter Registration and Elections in Georgia in response to American Oversight's request for communications between officials and voter fraud activists. These records include lists of cancelled voter registrations.

Threats to Democracy in the States

May 13, 2019
Government corruption at the state level has flourished — and has often gone unchecked thanks to the decline in local journalism and the urgency of addressing federal misconduct. With one party controlling the governorship and both legislative houses in more than half of the states, feeble checks on power combined with underutilized state open records laws have allowed state and local governments to avoid the same scrutiny devoted to federal agencies. American Oversight’s State Accountability Project is filling the void, channeling its expertise in open records litigation to expose state-level corruption and threats to democracy.