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VA registrar teams up with EOLDN attorney to get her job back

Newsletter < Back to all Resources VA registrar teams up with EOLDN attorney to get her job back August 2024 Former VA registrar fights for her job, backed by EOLDN legal support Former Lynchburg, VA Registrar Christine Gibbons endured baseless claims of corruption and harassment, even waking up to a sign in her yard one […]

Extremists target any EOs who defend election procedures

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Extremists target any EOs who defend election procedures July 2024 Extremists harass EOs of all parties and none “Why is my own party doing this to me?” – a Republican election official who sought EOLDN support Members of American political parties oppose each other as a matter of course. […]

EOLDN rallies EJC attendees to support election workers

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN rallies EJC attendees to support election workers June 2024 Image Source: NLADA, Used with permission Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson urges Equal Justice Conference attendees to get involved in elections and election worker protection. EOLDN strategizes with pro bono leaders to deepen our volunteer attorney roster The […]

EOLDN launches NEW communications trainings

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN launches NEW communications trainings May 2024 Media training available for election officials Thursday, June 13th 2:00pm ETDon’t miss out! Register now. The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) is pleased to announce the launch of a webinar series to help election officials improve their offices’ communications duties and […]

Gendered abuse targets female election officials

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Gendered abuse targets female election officials April 2024 Many of the 80 percent of election officials who are women report facing distinct misogynistic threats and harsher, more menacing language than their male colleagues. Not only have women felt the disproportionate burden of attacks, but the threats aimed at them […]

Signal Boost: The Call to Help Election Officials

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Signal Boost: The Call to Help Election Officials March 2024 AMPU Extends EOLDN’s Reach, Boosts Attorney Recruitment This month, we want to highlight A More Perfect Union: The Jewish Partnership for Democracy (AMPU), as one of our steadfast partners. A More Perfect Union’s mission and goal is to support and mobilize […]

EOLDN Helps Boost Public Confidence with Free Communications Service

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN Helps Election Offices Boost Public Confidence, At No Cost February 2024 Since The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) began offering communications support to elections offices at no cost, election officials across the country have taken advantage of this valuable opportunity. Tommy Gong, Clerk-Recorder for Contra Costa County, […]

EOLDN’s Support of an Arizona Election Official

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN’s Support of an Arizona Election Official January 2024 Cochise County, AZ Director of Elections Lisa Marra shares her story after being matched with EOLDN-provided attorney Michael Goldberg. Marra: EOLDN’s Support was ‘Huge Relief’ Lisa Marra was serving as the Cochise County, AZ Director of Elections after the 2020 […]

Election Officials Persevere Despite Recent Attacks​

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Election Officials Persevere Despite Recent Attacks December 2023 Election Officials Complete Vote Count Despite Fentanyl-Laced Letter Attack The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN), a project of The Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), watched the coverage of the fentanyl attacks with alarm and a renewed dedication to […]

EOLDN’s Partnerships Direct Help to Election Officials​

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN’s Partnerships Direct Help to Election Officials November 2023 Spotlighting Our Vital Partnership with ‘We the Action’ Election officials across the country continue to request support from the Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN), a project of The Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), as they face ongoing […]

“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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