“Kind of wild/creative” — that’s how a Trump-allied lawyer, in an early December 2020 email, characterized the scheme to submit fake electoral certificates in an attempt to overturn the election results.

American Oversight won an important victory in its lawsuit for the release of public records related to Kentucky's Ballot Integrity Task Force, a 2020 partnership between state election officials and law enforcement aimed at investigating and deterring incidents of supposed “voter fraud.”

In recent months, the Florida Legislature has been a hotbed of far-right measures, from new abortion restrictions to a law stifling the discussion of racism while at school or work. Leading the state’s rightward course has been Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom NBC News in June described as having a “hand-in-glove relationship with the Legislature” that has “made the state a test kitchen for conservative ideas.” 

Amid another week of somber headlines, American Oversight achieved a victory for accountability in the world of bogus election reviews.

It was another week of blockbuster Jan. 6 testimony and earth-shattering Supreme Court decisions.

A spreadsheet obtained by American Oversight shows that the new division in the Texas secretary of state’s office was allocated roughly $120,000 per month for salaries.

It’s impossible to overstate the gravity of America’s current political situation.

Records from the Wisconsin State Assembly in response to American Oversight's request for the communications of State Rep. Timothy Ramthun with external entities, including those advocating for investigations into the November 2020 election.

As the select committee examined Trump’s stolen election lies, a court imposed sanctions on the Wisconsin Assembly’s ongoing partisan inquiry into the 2020 election.

The Arizona Senate released more documents in response to American Oversight’s lawsuit for records related to the partisan “audit” of Maricopa County election results.