The DOJ has sent letters to top election officials threatening criminal prosecution if ballots cast by noncitizens are counted in upcoming elections. CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social spoke to the New York Times about the letters, describing them as a sign of "panic and desperation" from the DOJ.

“This is what panic and desperation looks like. They’ve had 18 months to find evidence of a crime that was never committed, and found nothing. The election officials I’ve spoken with aren’t intimidated, and are seeing these empty threats for what they are.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

Judge Ray, a Trump appointee: "These records would not lead to info that could be used to charge anyone with anything, at least not any viable charge. That is because the statute of limitations for any possible crime arising from the 2020 Election has long expired." www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/p...

I'd add that every one of these actions has failed. The DOJ has lost every lawsuit. Despite attacks, primaries are proceeding with minimal problems and high turnout. After 18 months in total power, they've got... nothing. Because it's impossible to find evidence of a crime that never occurred. /1

Thank you to all who joined us last week for our 10th anniversary celebration. Alongside election officials from across the country, we held important conversations about the challenges facing election administration — and also the joy of voting. Watch a recording here: https://loom.ly/10AhUfk

"This is a victory for all the states and for all those who respect the will of the Founders, who ensured the security of our elections by giving the power to run those elections to the states." -CEIR Exec. Dir. @beckerdavidj.bsky.social on #WatsonvRNC electioninnovation.org/update/watso...

Yesterday, a federal judge in MA ruled against Trump's EO on mail voting, declaring key provisions unconstitutional. States are the only ones empowered to determine voter eligibility — not the federal government. Read more about the ruling: https://loom.ly/MxUvXW8

MA court blocks the key provisions of Trump's 2nd EO, which sought to prevent USPS from delivering mail ballots to anyone not pre-cleared through DHS databases. "The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

DOJ now 0-9 in cases seeking to seize sensitive voter data from the states. This time, another Trump-appointed judge (this makes 5 out of the 9 appointed by the current president) ruled that DOJ has no authority under federal law to demand this data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

California election officials are working diligently to count every valid ballot cast in Tuesday's primary, but as @beckerdavidj.bsky.social told KQED, election conspiracy theorists will “try to latch onto anything to delegitimize results that aren’t in their favor.” www.kqed.org/news/1208605...

Tina Peters stole an innocent person's identity, turned off the cameras, and stole election technology. She was found guilty by a jury of her peers, prosecuted by a GOP DA. Her conviction was upheld by the courts. She has ZERO remorse, and Gov. Polis knew that when he commuted her sentence.

"An increasing number of judges appear to be questioning the longtime assumption that DOJ lawyers can be taken at their word. ... By giving voice to their lack of trust, the judges are heralding major risk to a legal order that has been in place since Watergate." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

The court found these plaintiffs lacked standing, and the claims weren't quite ripe yet. 19 states will have their case challenging the EO heard in Boston next week, with much stronger standing claims, and after agencies have acted on the EO this week, which will be the case to watch.

We hope you'll attend this webinar happening tomorrow! CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social and Tamar Hagler will join @justinlevitt.bsky.social to discuss the future of voting rights following SCOTUS' ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

Please join @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, @justinlevitt.bsky.social, and Tamar Hagler for a webinar exploring the impact of SCOTUS' Louisiana v. Callais ruling on the future of voting rights. Register here: https://loom.ly/2MaHrbc

It’s unfortunate to see the Gov of CO succumbing to the bullying tactics of election conspiracy theorists. He has thrown state and county election officials under the bus after they resisted the corruption Ms. Peters engaged in and withstood attacks for many years as a result. /1

CEIR is launching a new legal program to combat illegal efforts to interfere with elections. “In the broader fight to protect American democracy, election officials need their own champions,” said @beckerdavidj.bsky.social. https://loom.ly/30rK_j0

"David Becker, executive director of @electioninnov.bsky.social, said the map likely “would never have withstood scrutiny under the Voting Rights Act under the last several decades. Now, the Supreme Court almost seems to invite it,” he added." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

Happening tonight! Join @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, @nytnickc.bsky.social, and Matt Cohen for a panel on how our voting systems remain resilient. RSVP here: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/at-iss...

An excellent, if chilling report from @hansilowang.bsky.social @npr.org about the precipitous drop in black representation we're likely to see as a result of yesterday's SCOTUS decision. www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...

SCOTUS announced its ruling today in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about racial considerations in #redistricting. @beckerdavidj.bsky.social points out that this fundamental overhaul of the Voting Rights Act ignores congressional intent behind a landmark law.

The DOJ is now 0-6 in its efforts to seize sensitive and protected voter data from the states. As I noted a year ago, every court has found that federal law does not give the DOJ the authority to bypass state authority to manage and protect their voter lists.

With CEIR's leadership, WLG filed an amicus brief in court yesterday supporting challenges to President Trump's mail voting order on behalf of 49 election officials from 19 states. This order is unlawful and, as the brief explains, would wreak havoc on our elections. https://loom.ly/mUAcSMI

"If implemented, the EO would inject chaos into our elections, block eligible American citizens from voting, undermine voter privacy, and expose election officials and others to criminal prosecution simply for doing their jobs." From @brennancenter.org: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

From a recent executive order to Supreme Court oral arguments in Watson v. RNC over how long states can accept ballots postmarked by Election Day — everyone's talking about mail voting. Here's a 60-second explanation of its long history in the US.

“This is the same conspiracy theory-fueled stuff that we’ve seen elsewhere. It’s unfortunate to see law enforcement officers fall victim to these same easily disprovable conspiracy theories and misuse the warrant process.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Some may freak out about this, but honestly, this is hilarious. It's clearly unconstitutional, will be blocked immediately, and the only thing it will accomplish is to make liberal lawyers wealthier. He might as well sign an EO banning gravity. dailycaller.com/2026/03/31/t...

DC folks: I'll be talking voter suppression in the midterms with @beckerdavidj.bsky.social and @nytimes.com's Nick Corasiniti at the @hillcenterdc.bsky.social on May 6. There'll be much to discuss, come on out!! Register here: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/at-iss...

I have yet to talk to a single election official, R or D, who actually supports this bill. It would mandate a vast new expensive bureaucracy be put in place in months, and burden every voter in the US. Election policy should come from the states, not Washington, DC.

The precinct problem caused in Dallas and Williamson counties in the TX primary will NOT happen in November. While the parties have unusual power over the primaries in TX, they cannot change the process during a general election. These counties and elsewhere will use vote centers in November.

These charges were not similar. Peters literally stole an innocent person’s identity and used it to illegally access systems protected by state law. And she remains unrepentant to this day.

As the election season begins, I know there are lots of concerns about federal interference, and a sense of darkness about where our democracy is headed. But it's important to remember that elections are a celebration of our democracy, and we should allow ourselves to feel the JOY of VOTING. /1

What a gift such a clearly unconstitutional executive order would be! Though divorced from legal and factual reality, it would enable the courts to invalidate this power grab well in advance of the election, and confirm the clear limits to fed'l interference in elections. wapo.st/3N5cpEn

This is false. Trump's DHS has confirmed that 99.98% of the 50M reg'd voters they checked had already documented citizenship (and many of the .02% others were also citizens). States - red and blue - confirm voter fraud is exceedingly rare - maybe a few dozen cases in any major election.

Why is the decentralization of our #elections so important? Because it serves as "one of the great security features of our system," CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social told NPR earlier this month.

This affidavit was much weaker than I suspected. No allegations of intent. No allegations of election theft. No allegations of foreign interference. No allegations that the statute of limitations doesn't apply. At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.

Today, the Michigan district court joined two other federal courts (CA and OR) in denying DOJ the right to seize sensitive voter data (SSN, DL, DOB) on millions of Americans. The DOJ is now 0-3 in these cases (with 22 left to go), and yet they are still pressuring states for this data.

CEIR's excellent research team confirms: "Sweeping allegations about noncitizen registrations or voting appear to arise from misunderstandings, mischaracterizations, or outright fabrications about complex voter data."

From @snlyngaas.bsky.social @cnn.com “Can you imagine the uproar from Trump’s defense attorney if Biden’s DNI had been present at Mar-a-Lago during the execution of the warrant on his classified files? That defense attorney is now the Deputy Attorney General." www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

"The Supreme Court is allowing California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election, clearing the way for the state's gerrymandered districts." www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

We are thrilled that the New York Times editorial board included CEIR's Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) as one of three initiatives "helping to protect election officials and safeguard the [election] process." https://loom.ly/t4VVQr4

I assure you that the few experienced litigators left at DOJ are blanching about this news. The facts around this bungled and questionable warrant lay bare that this was never about a crime. /1 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

The day after the Fulton County search, DNI Gabbard met with FBI agents who conducted the search and called President Trump, NYT reports. "The president addressed the agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising and thanking them for their work." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

I’ve just confirmed that, after a WH official informed the gathered secretaries of state from all over the US that Bondi, Gabbard, and Noem would attend their conference today and answer questions, ALL of them were no shows.

I appeared on CBS News last night to discuss the FBI serving a warrant on the Fulton County, GA elections office. As I note, those ballots have been counted 3 times, 3 different ways, once entirely by hand, all confirming the results over 5 years ago. www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-sea...

JUST IN: Judge dismisses Trump administration suit for Oregon voter rolls. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (Biden) says DOJ request didn't comply with the law. He inquired today about Bondi letter to MN, but all sides said it didn't really impact the OR litigation at this stage

For a moment putting aside using a killing by a fed’l officer as an excuse for this, it’s interesting to note that she forgot to mention that TWO different fed’l courts have ruled against the DOJ on this issue just this month.

This is a bombshell. While demanding sensitive data on hundreds of millions of Americans, DOJ admits the feds are putting that data at risk, sharing it with an unnamed "political advocacy group" seeking to "overturn election results in several states." www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

And one day later, CA court rules DOJ has failed to present legal justification for seizing voters’ protected data. DOJ continuing its record of defeats, now 0-2, with 22 cases remaining. www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...

"It keeps getting worse for him." CEIR Executive Director @beckerdavidj.bsky.social spoke to Votebeat about a federal judge's ruling blocking large portions of Trump's executive order on #elections: https://loom.ly/-bmzViM