Threats to U.S. elections—including disinformation, political violence, and other efforts to undermine public confidence in the election—have grown in recent years, and Lawfare’s coverage has grown with them. Find our articles, podcasts, and other projects on elections, and the efforts to subvert them, compiled below.
Please note that Lawfare’s coverage of related issues, including Section 3 challenges to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, the federal prosecution of Trump due to his alleged actions to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election, the Fulton County prosecution of Trump and co-defendants to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, and the accountability efforts in Congress, the criminal courts, and civil litigation for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, have their own dedicated pages linked throughout this paragraph.
Nov. 5 Election Litigation Repository
In collaboration with Court Watch, Lawfare will continue to update this one-stop shop for all federal court litigation related to the Nov. 5, 2024 election. Paid subscriptions help Court Watch offset PACER fees associated with maintaining this docket.
Last Updated: 11/6/2024 - 2:43pm
Threat Cases
- United States v. Sissel (Michigan) - Criminal Complaint - Man accused of posting a violent threat on Redditt as ‘ShootUpTrumpRally’ to kill former President Trump
- United States v. Pierce (Michigan) - Criminal Complaint - Man accused of threatening to kill a witness for the January 6th Committee and other elected officials
- United States v. Wimbish (Georgia) - Criminal Complaint - Poll worker accused of threatening election worker.
- United States v. Mitzel (Pennsylvania) - Indictment - Man who allegedly threatened to kill President Biden and Hilary Clinton. Then purportedly threatened to kill the Assistant U.S. Attorney investigating him.
- United States v. Olson (DC) - Criminal Complaint - Man arrested with a flare gun, gasoline, and ‘political manifesto’ at the Capitol.
- For an overview of federal arrests involving threats against public officials, see NCITE’s recent academic research.
Post-Election
United States v. Carnell - Motion - A man accused of federal crimes related to January 6th has asked a judge to delay a decision regarding additional charges in light of President-elect Trump’s promise to grant clemency to January 6th defendants.
Election Cases
- Republican National Committee v. Mahoney (Georgia) - Oral Order (Minute Order, Politico Writeup) - Judge rules against RNC effort to block accepting of absentee ballots
- The RNC has filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss their case.
PAC Cases
McAferty v. Musk - Arizona woman suing Elon Musk and America PAC arguing that the 1 million dollar lottery for signing the election petition was not random but pre chosen.
Alvarez v. Musk - Michigan man suing Elon Musk and America PAC arguing that the 1 million dollar lottery for signing the election petition was not random but pre chosen
Voting
Latest in Election Coverage
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Cybersecurity Fallout From the Partisan Divide Over Russian Election Interference?
A recent Ipsos/Reuters poll found that 56 percent of Americans strongly agree or somewhat agree that Russia interfered in the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump. Within that group, only 32 percent o... -
Public Opinion on Election Security
Election security appears to have gained momentum on Capitol Hill. Days before lawmakers adjourned for the Easter recess, the Senate intelligence committee rolled out bipartisan policy recommendations an... -
Kudos to Congress for Taking Election Security Seriously
By now most are familiar with the contours of Russian efforts to influence our elections. The use of social media by Russian (and also, apparently, by the Trump campaign) have resonated with many. -
Public Confidence in the Mueller Investigation and Other Russia Investigations is Growing, But the Large Partisan Divide Remains
In July, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. As part of this project, we asked a battery of questions in e... -
2018 Election Vulnerability: Voter Registration Systems
The Russian information-operation strategy can be summed up as “chaos monkeys”: agents seeking to destabilize the United States by exploiting fissures in our society. The Mueller indictments announced Fr... -
Elections are a Cybersecurity Problem
My good friend, Herb Lin, has suggested that “election interference is not a cybersecurity issue.” His point, with which I completely agree, is that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election was not the pro...
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