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Nov 11 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
We’re working to shine a light on threats to election officials, voting restrictions, attacks on reproductive rights, and more.

Here’s a roundup of recent requests we’ve sent to local, state, and federal government agencies. #FoiaFriday
Voting Rights: In September, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency opted to not adopt a plan that aimed to protect election workers from harassment.

We sent a #FOIA request to the agency for assessments and guidance related to this decision.
americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
A March survey found that the majority of polled local election officials felt that threats against them and their colleagues have increased in recent years.

We’ve requested records with the potential to shed light on the extent of and potential increase in these threats.
We sent a #FOIA request to the United States Postal Service seeking recent communications sent by top officials, including Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, containing key terms related to mail voting and voting restriction advocates or other bad actors.
americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
Dobbs: In the wake of the overturning of Roe, we sent public records requests to state health departments in states that enacted harsh trigger bans on abortion seeking directives, memos, and communications related to abortion law and policy.
americanoversight.org/document/recor…
Texas: A directive compels state officials to investigate cases of minors receiving gender-affirming medical care as child abuse.

We asked the Texas Dept. of Family & Protective Services for records reflecting the number of cases it’s investigating as a result of the directive.
Virginia: The state attorney general’s office recently created an election integrity unit. To shed light on the role and operations of the newly-formed unit, we requested records concerning its staffing, budget, and workload.
americanoversight.org/document/recor…
Jackson: We sent several Mississippi local and state offices requests for communications and assessments related to the Jackson water crisis.

The requested records include emails and texts sent and received by Jackson’s mayor during the crisis.
americanoversight.org/?s=Jackson%2C+…
These are just some of our ongoing investigations using public records to uncover the facts. Explore more here: americanoversight.org/documents

And to receive updates on our investigations direct to your inbox, sign up for our weekly newsletter here:
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Nov 9
Some Arizona leaders are spreading false or misleading info after some vote tabulation machines temporarily stopped accepting ballots in Maricopa County. The problem was soon resolved — but we’ve seen unfounded claims of fraud weaponized before. THREAD
Maricopa County was the center of the Arizona “audit” of the 2020 election. Our investigation revealed that the “audit” was a biased exercise driven by conspiracy theories and heavily influenced by partisan actors.
Before conspiracy theories about Maricopa County start spreading again, here’s a look back at what happened last time, and what we found.
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Nov 4
A nationwide network of Trump-allied conspiracy theorists and voter-fraud alarmists have led efforts to sow distrust in U.S. elections.

We’ve obtained documents that provide snapshots of this network’s work in Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire, & New Mexico.
americanoversight.org/in-the-documen…
Many of those efforts took cues from the Arizona Senate’s sham “audit” of Maricopa County’s election, or relied on the same conspiracy theories and unsupported claims underpinning that effort.
New Hampshire: In March 2021, a conservative activist attempted to recruit prominent election deniers Phil Waldron and Russ Ramsland to conduct an election audit in a small town.
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Nov 4
Trump-allied activists worked to undermine faith in the 2020 election results.

Experts have warned that election deniers will employ the same tactics in future elections to discredit the vote; here’s what we’ve learned about this anti-democracy playbook.
Despite failed legal challenges and sham investigations that found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, a network of activists and groups is pushing to discredit U.S. electoral systems and foster mistrust in the democratic process.
While these efforts failed to undo the 2020 election, they have succeeded in radicalizing supporters, spreading doubt in our democracy, spurring threats against election workers, and emboldening politicians to cry “voter fraud” when they don’t like the results.
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Oct 28
The Arizona Senate’s election “audit” was led and encouraged by people with a political interest in finding evidence of wrongdoing or voting irregularities. That predetermined conclusion was the goal, and the “audit” was tainted by that bias. #FoiaFriday
Partisan actors operating under the (false) assumption that voter fraud occurred in Maricopa County and elsewhere were involved at nearly every stage of the “audit” process.
Early communications we obtained reveal that Senate President Karen Fann and others were in frequent contact with these election deniers, and messages suggest that Fann was sympathetic to calls for the election to be overturned because of alleged fraud.
Read 12 tweets
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Oct 24
Texas leaders have frequently avoided providing requested records by claiming overly broad exemptions and applying heavy redactions to versions that are released.

We’ve filed a lawsuit to investigate.
americanoversight.org/investigation/…
We’ve opened investigations into dozens of issues of concern in Texas by submitting requests, under the Texas Public Information Act, for documents related to officials’ actions on Jan. 6, communications from the time of the Uvalde shooting, and more.
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
The persistent lack of transparency in response goes beyond overzealous interpretations of the law and represents a potentially troubling threat to the public’s ability to hold government leaders accountable.
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Oct 21
Kelly Craft, Trump’s ambassador to Canada, directed government business to the Trump International Hotel while in office.

“Is this a meeting I should attend?” Craft wrote in one email to a staffer. “If so, I would prefer the TRUMP HOTEL.” #FoiaFriday
In another instance, Craft helped line the former president’s pockets by using his D.C. hotel for a September 2018 meeting with Canadian officials.
Craft encouraged taxpayer spending at the hotel then owned by former President Donald Trump.

We’ve also uncovered instances of taxpayer spending at other Trump properties.
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