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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We Need to #AudittheVote—and It has Nothing to Do with Who Becomes President
The internet has been buzzing with news and speculation regarding state election recounts and a movement to audit voting results. Last week, accounts emerged that well-respected researchers had found ind... -
Cybersecurity Threats to American Elections
My colleague Ben Buchanan and I have written a paper on cybersecurity threats to American elections. While we examine operations that try to influence American voters—like the much-publicized hack of var... -
State-Sponsored Doxing and Manipulation of the U.S. Election: How Should the U.S. Government Respond?
As Thomas Rid explains in this terrific piece in Esquire, the Russian government has developed a remarkable capacity for blending the fruits of espionage with information operations designed to manipulat... -
National Security Highlights from the Final Presidential Debate
The third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took place at the University of Nevada Las Vegas last night, with Chris Wallace moderating. In the most important moment o... -
U.S. Cyber Responses to Russian Hacking of the November Election
Recent news reports regarding Russian hacks affecting the November election suggest that the United States is preparing on possible U.S. cyber actions in response, such as revealing information to the Ru... -
Prepare For Electoral Chaos
It is now clear to effectively everybody except those blindly following Donald Trump that the Russians are actively tampering with the U.S. election. It may have started largely by accident, when the tra...
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