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Who is intimidating election officials?

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Who is intimidating election officials? May 2025 Many election officials request help due to internal pressure, intimidation There is a common assumption that most harassment and intimidation of election officials comes from members of the public. But since EOLDN’s founding, 55 percent of requests for legal help have originated […]

How one clerk is meeting this moment with deep transparency​

Newsletter < Back to all Resources How one clerk is meeting this moment with deep transparency April 2025 Meet Molly Fitzpatrick: The innovative clerk and bakery connoisseur making Boulder County elections work The election law experts and state and local-level election officials of EOLDN’s advisory board are crucial partners in our work. They are some […]

Largest election jurisdictions face higher levels of harassment

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Largest election jurisdictions face higher levels of harassment March 2025 Neal Kelley, former Registrar of Voters for Orange County, CA and EOLDN advisory board member, and Pam Anderson, former Jefferson County, CO Clerk and CEIR board member, connected with our team at the PLEJ conference. Heightened misinformation, harassment plague […]

Election officials express new concern, EOLDN answers

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Election officials express new concern, EOLDN answers February 2025 EOLDN bolsters service in anticipation of federal targeting Election administrators of both parties have reached out to EOLDN with a new fear: retribution from the federal government. Four years ago, EOLDN was created to support election officials facing harassment, threats, and […]

EOLDN makes a splash at Texas election conference​

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN makes a splash at Texas election conference January 2025 CEIR’s Texas Outreach & Engagement Specialist Sarah Hilderbrand stands with TACEO Executive Director Chris McGinn at this month’s TACEO Mid-Winter Conference EOLDN in Texas Election officials from across Texas gathered together in South Padre Island to celebrate the successful […]

Like election administrators, EOLDN works year-round

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Like election administrators, EOLDN works year-round December 2024 Former Shasta County, CA Clerk and Registrar of Voters Cathy Darling Allen is the epitome of public service, dedicating nearly two decades to running smooth and fair elections. Darling Allen championed democracy and election security, despite vocal detractors who claimed election […]

Heightened tension and scrutiny as November approaches

Newsletter < Back to all Resources Heightened tension and scrutiny as November approaches October 2024 Election workers, EOLDN has your back As early voting begins in many states, the busiest time of year for many election workers is in full swing. As we see attacks against election workers in the news and the ongoing effects of election […]

EOLDN condemns presidential candidate’s threat, stands by to support election workers​

Newsletter < Back to all Resources EOLDN condemns presidential candidate’s threat, stands by to support election workers September 2024 As a presidential candidate threatens prosecution, EOLDN stands by to support election workers Last Saturday, election workers throughout the country faced another high-profile attack. A presidential candidate posted on Truth Social, threatening to prosecute a wide […]

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. […]

“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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