Topic: Voting Rights

News Roundup: Election Deniers Gear Up for Midterms

October 21, 2022
As the November elections get closer, the number of candidates on the ballot beholden to the Big Lie remains alarmingly high.

News Roundup: The ‘Central Cause’ of Jan. 6

October 14, 2022
The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 held what was likely its final public hearing on Thursday.

American Oversight Asks Court to Order Further Searches in Lawsuit for Records from Kentucky’s 2020 ‘Ballot Integrity Task Force’

October 12, 2022
In July, the court ruled that the office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron must release a number of public records it had improperly withheld following American Oversight’s open records requests.

Records Indicate the Involvement of Partisan Operatives in Gov. DeSantis’ Redistricting Plan

October 11, 2022
Records obtained by American Oversight and cited by ProPublica suggest that members of Gov. DeSantis’ office worked with consultants connected to the national Republican Party when drawing new congressional maps that would give his party a significant electoral advantage.

News Roundup: The Mar-a-Lago Files

October 7, 2022
An email released this week in response to our lawsuit shows the National Archives raised concerns about Trump records in May 2021 — but the Archives withheld more than 1,000 other documents citing ongoing law enforcement investigations.

In the Documents: Cyber Ninjas’ Communications with Election Deniers

October 5, 2022
Records of communications between Cyber Ninjas employees and several conspiracy theorists provide yet more evidence of the influence that prominent election deniers exercised in the partisan “audit” of votes cast in Maricopa County, Arizona.

The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democratic Elections

October 5, 2022
Embracing conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen, a nationwide network of Trump-allied activists aims to discredit democracy and undermine confidence in the electoral process.

News Roundup: Following the Digital Paper Trail

September 30, 2022
From the Pentagon’s deleted Jan. 6 text messages to new information about top Trump officials’ efforts to overturn the election, this week underscored the importance of following the digital paper trail.

In the Documents: Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Meetings with Election Conspiracy Group

September 27, 2022
DeSantis’ office met multiple times with a right-wing group whose co-founder promoted an Islamophobic conspiracy theory about an election worker, according to documents obtained by American Oversight and reported on by CNN.