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The powerful legal network defending election officials under threat

Blog < Back to all Resources The powerful legal network defending election officials under threat June 3, 2024 On June 4, 2021, in the Opinion section of the New York Times, attorneys Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg called attention to an urgent and growing problem: Election officials at every level, from volunteer poll workers to […]

Defending reputations, preserving accuracy: Why EOLDN provides communications support

Blog < Back to all Resources Defending reputations, preserving accuracy: Why EOLDN provides communications support May 20, 2024 In September 2021, the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) responded to a troubling rise in threats and harassment aimed at election officials by launching the Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN). The new service […]

Webinar: Protecting Georgia’s Election Workers

Blog < Back to all Resources Webinar: Protecting Georgia’s Election Workers April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXY0_LoDDHI On Friday, April 12, 2024, EOLDN hosted a webinar for Georgia election workers as to discuss threats to election officials and how EOLDN can help. Speakers included CEIR Executive Director David Becker, EOLDN Co-Chairs Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg, EOLDN Project […]

Rallying Lawyers to the Defense of Election Workers

Blog < Back to all Resources Rallying Lawyers to the Defense of Election Workers Feb. 15, 2024 Click here to watch the panel discussion.    A call went out at the midyear meeting of the American Bar Association for lawyers to step up in defense of free and fair elections and those who administer them. […]

Webinar: Protecting Arizona’s Election Workers

Blog < Back to all Resources Webinar: Protecting Arizona’s Election Workers January 2024 Play Video On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, EOLDN hosted a webinar for Arizona election workers as well as others who are interested are invited to discuss threats to election officials and how EOLDN can help. Speakers included CEIR Executive Director David Becker, […]

Webinar: Protecting Michigan Election Workers

Blog < Back to all Resources Webinar: Protecting Michigan’s Election Workers November 2023 Play Video On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, EOLDN hosted a webinar for Michigan election workers as well as others who are interested are invited to discuss threats to election officials and how EOLDN can help. Speakers included CEIR Executive Director David Becker, […]

Webinar: Protecting California Election Workers

Blog < Back to all Resources Webinar: Protecting California’s Election Workers October 2023 Play Video On Friday, October 20, 2023, EOLDN hosted a webinar for California election workers as well as others who are interested are invited to discuss threats to election officials and how EOLDN can help. Speakers included CEIR Executive Director David Becker, […]

Panel: Addressing Election Official Threats & Harassment

Blog < Back to all Resources CEIR Summit: Addressing threats and harassment facing election officials May 2023 Play Video Amy Gardner of The Washington Post moderated a critical and emotional conversation between Natalie Adona, Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters, County of Nevada, CA; Shenna Bellows, Secretary of State, Maine; Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State, Michigan; and Bill […]

“They’re citizens. They’re professionals. They’re our neighbors. If we start to view our fellow citizens as our enemies, we’re lost.”
— David Becker (Republican push to recruit election deniers as poll workers causes alarm | June 30, 2022 – The Guardian)
“Election officials never get praised if elections go right and the wrath comes down on them if they do them wrong. When we saw election officials being prosecuted for just doing their jobs... we formed [EOLDN] and we do provide pro bono legal services to any election officials who need it.”
— Ben Ginsberg (Trump’s pressure on Pence more ‘unprecedented’ than ‘what we saw in Watergate’ | June 17, 2022 – MSNBC)
“Those who are threatening … these officials, whether they're full-time, whether they're volunteers, whether they're in positions of the most senior responsibility or they're simply on the staff — those who threaten them need to know they cannot act with impunity. There will be a defense and it will be a robust defense."
— Bob Bauer (Helping election officials who are threatened | March 14, 2022 – 60 Minutes Overtime, CBS News)
"What we are seeing developing now is a huge step backwards from a focus on professionalized election administration to a heavy level of political interference in the work of trained election professionals. Our hope now is to provide [election officials] with a resource I wish they didn't have to have, but one I think they have desperately needed."
— Bob Bauer (Election Workers Are Under Attack. A Group Of Lawyers Plans To Defend Them | September 8, 2021 – National Public Radio)
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