How rare is noncitizen voting? Extremely. CEIR reviewed an Iowa audit that flagged only 0.01% of 2024 ballots as potentially cast by noncitizens. Rare but genuine fraud cases are referred to prosecutors — showing our systems work as they should.
Read the full report here: https://loom.ly/9kClKbE
President Trump's illegal order on mail voting would destabilize US elections.
This isn't a partisan issue, but a fundamental challenge to local election administration, as @beckerdavidj.bsky.social has noted.
The warrants in the Riverside investigation are now public, and the lack of evidence of fraud is clear.
CEIR Exec Director @beckerdavidj.bsky.social highlighted the "misuse of the warrant process with very flimsy claims."
Read more: https://loom.ly/fdpIbwE
We appreciated the opportunity to join our friends at The Center for Election Innovation & Research to share reflections on our international election observation work — encompassing 128 elections in 40 countries since 1989 — and the lessons we can apply here at home to strengthen democracy.
CEIR and @cartercenter.bsky.social came together last week to discuss what Americans can learn from democracies abroad.
One big takeaway? Observation and participation are crucial for fighting #election disinformation.
Watch the webinar: https://loom.ly/de7Vgcw
"We can beat back the despair and the darkness because elections are amazing."
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined the @beerocracy.bsky.social podcast to discuss #elections: https://loom.ly/_4oZR1k
The Harmeet Dhillon scorecard:
* 30 voter data-grab lawsuits filed (29 states + D.C.)
* 0-4 as of today
She's "racking up losses at a pretty impressive rate," says @beckerdavidj.bsky.social.
Full story, plus an interview about Dhillion's Voting Section chief misleading the court buff.ly/5QAew9F
The CA Supreme Court halted the Riverside County sheriff's investigation into alleged ballot irregularities in the 2025 Proposition 50 vote.
@beckerdavidj.bsky.social emphasized the complete lack of evidence underpinning the investigation: https://loom.ly/HJHJMFg
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.
The president cannot create his own voter list nor dictate where mail gets delivered, despite Trump's recent executive order attempting to do so.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined The Dan Abrams Show to discuss the order.
The sheriff is basing his investigation “on information he either doesn’t understand or is willfully misrepresenting,” Becker said.
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What's the latest on the DOJ's effort to access state voter rolls and sensitive information?
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social spoke with WIRED about the financial risks Americans face if this data is compromised.
Read the article here: https://loom.ly/gjg9WzM
President Trump signed an executive order requiring DHS to create a federal list of U.S. citizens and directing the Postal Service to only send mail ballots to voters on the federal list.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social expects the EO to be blocked by courts.
I've now had a chance to review this purported EO, and it will definitely be blocked in its entirety as soon as the lawyers can get to court. The Framers made sure the President did not have the power to create a national voting list, or dictate to states how they run elections.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in Watson v. RNC, which may bar states from counting mail ballots that are cast by #Election Day but arrive after polls close.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined CNN to discuss the case.
We hope you'll register for the ABA's virtual panel on Voting Rights and Election Protection, where CEIR's Angie Pitha and other experts will discuss the upcoming #midterms and options to support #election officials:
https://loom.ly/ABRJsXE
The #Senate is now debating the SAVE America Act, the #elections bill that has become President Trump's top legislative priority.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about the proposal: https://loom.ly/NxVU0No
Nearly half of Americans support the idea of National Guard troops being deployed to the #polls, according to a new survey.
But that policy would violate federal law, as CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social told PBS NewsHour.
President Trump has called for an end to mail #voting, but tens of millions of Americans from both parties rely on it as a secure, accessible way to vote.
Read more of @beckerdavidj.bsky.social's comments in the Palm Beach Post: https://loom.ly/FSdmonY
Our elections are as secure and verifiable today as they have ever been in American history, despite some conspiracy theorists' repeated claims to the contrary.
How do we know our #elections are secure? Watch CEIR's newest explainer video to find out.
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.
Alaska is one of at least 10 states that have already shared highly sensitive #voter data with the #DOJ.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social testifed before Alaska lawmakers this week to explain the privacy risks of that decision.
Can the president cancel the midterm #elections? In short: no.
Even if President Trump attempted to cancel the #midterms, the Constitution and federal law make clear that he has no authority to do so.
Learn more in CEIR's newest 60-second explainer video.
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
When #election offices are flooded with public record requests, it can bring their work to a grinding halt.
Washington state Director of Elections Stuart Holmes and CEIR Research Director Christopher Mann joined the “High Turnout Wide Margins” podcast to discuss that issue: https://loom.ly/OJRuXl0
Interesting that DOJ failed to mention in their press release that they are already 0 for 3 in these cases. These states were wise to protect their citizens’ sensitive info from a fed’l gov’t that has already had to admit they’ve already released this data.
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Even as some Trump allies have continued to spread false claims about widespread #election fraud, those same allies have declined to defend their claims in court.
CEIR's @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined the "Grounded" podcast to discuss: https://loom.ly/8Vk_xHs
How can #election offices best handle public records requests?
Washington state Director of Elections Stuart Holmes and CEIR Research Director Christopher Mann joined the “High Turnout Wide Margins” podcast to discuss Washington’s innovative answer to that question. https://loom.ly/OJRuXl0
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.
Elections experts warn that the SAVE Act may have unintended consequences.
CEIR'S David Becker told CNN the bill is "clearly based on this myth that there is widespread fraud" and could create unnecessary barriers for US citizens attempting to vote.
