Topic: Voting Rights

Public Records Request to Pinellas County, Fla., Seeking Data on Early Voting Wait Times

August 6, 2020
Public records requests to Pinellas County, Fla., seeking voter wait time data for each physical polling location utilized during early voting for the 2016 and 2018 general elections.

Public Records Request to Seminole County, Fla., Seeking Data on Early Voting Wait Times

August 6, 2020
Public records requests to Seminole County, Fla., seeking voter wait time data for each physical polling location utilized during early voting for the 2016 and 2018 general elections.

Public Records Request to Volusia County, Fla., Seeking Data on Early Voting Wait Times

August 6, 2020
Public records requests to Volusia County, Fla., seeking voter wait time data for each physical polling location utilized during early voting for the 2016 and 2018 elections.

No Records Response from Duval County, Fla., Regarding Data on Early Voting Wait Time

August 6, 2020
Duval County, Florida, stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversigh't's request for voter wait time data for each physical polling location utilized during early voting for the 2016 and 2018 general elections.

Texas Attorney General Prosecutor Assignment List

August 5, 2020
Record from the Texas Attorney General in response to American Oversight's request for records regarding prosecutor assignments between April and August 2020. This record is a list of the number of prosecutors assigned to the state's Election Integrity Initiative, Human Trafficking Initiative, and the Cyber Safety for Children Initiative.

Investigations Update: DHS Intelligence Efforts in Portland, the Politicization of Key Government Agency, and the Pandemic’s Impact on Census

August 4, 2020
Our latest investigations into the federal response to nationwide protests, political interference in the 2020 census, and other issues.
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Political Interference at the U.S. Postal Service

August 4, 2020
For years, former President Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. Postal Service were a product of his problematic insistence on viewing the agency as a business rather than an essential public service. But as the coronavirus pandemic forced more Americans to rely on absentee voting to participate in democracy, those attacks represented a danger not just to low-cost mail delivery, but to voting rights as well.
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Open Records Request to Ariz. Attorney General for Communications Concerning the Election Integrity Unit

August 4, 2020
Open records request to the Arizona Attorney General's Office seeking communications of Attorney General Mark Brnovich or Chief Deputy Joe Kanefield concerning the state’s Election Integrity Unit.

Open Records Request to Ariz. Attorney General for Election Integrity Unit Policies and Meeting Records

August 4, 2020
Open records request to the Arizona Attorney General's Office seeking policy documents, agendas, meeting minutes, or similar from the state’s Election Integrity Unit.

Records Request to N.C. Attorney General for Spending Records Regarding Redistricting Lawsuit Covington v. North Carolina

August 4, 2020
Open records request to the North Carolina Attorney General’s office asking for records that show the office’s spending to defend the state in the redistricting case Covington v. North Carolina. American Oversight filed these requests in partnership with the League of Women Voters and the League of Women Voters of Wake County.