Recent LDF Media Hits
Below are LDF’s media hits in the latter half of 2022. To stay up to date on election integrity news, follow Lawyers Democracy Fund (@lawyersdf) on Twitter. LDF Vice President Tom Spencer was featured in the Carolina Journal for his appearance on the John Locke Foundation’s panel discussing…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chooses Politics Over the Constitution in Upholding Mail Voting Law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court forsook 160 years of controlling precedent and constitutional interpretation to uphold Act 77, Pennsylvania’s no-excuse absentee voting law. Litigation has been ongoing over the past year challenging the constitutionality of Act 77 under the Pennsylvania Constitution. Historically, Pennsylvania voters alone possessed the power to approve…
LDF Files Amicus Brief at the 11th Circuit Defending Election Integrity in Florida
After the 2020 election, Florida enacted Senate Bill 90, an elections omnibus that enhanced Florida’s already strong election integrity policies by adding several integrity reforms while continuing to make it easy for voters to participate in the political process. After it was enacted, several lawsuits were filed to challenge…
LDF Publishes Analysis of Iowa Voting Laws
In 2021, Iowa enacted two bills to strengthen its election procedures – Senate File 413 and Senate File 568. Together, they add several meaningful reforms to make it easier to vote, according to uniform practices, while bolstering election integrity. S.F. 413 was the first major elections bill passed by…
Experts Available to Discuss: Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Fate of “No-Excuse” Voting by Mail
For Immediate Release Contact: Lisa Dixon March 3, 2022 …
LDF Files Amicus in Support of North Carolina Photo ID Law
Lawyers Democracy Fund has filed an amicus brief in Holmes v. Moore in support of Senate Bill 824, North Carolina’s photo identification law for in-person voting. In 2018, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to require photo ID for in-person voting. The…
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Celebrates 2nd Annual Poll Worker Recruitment Day
January 25 is the second annual National Poll Worker Recruitment Day hosted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC): Established in 2020, the event aims to address the potential shortage of poll workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, inspire greater civic engagement, and help ensure safe and accurate elections in…
LDF Puts Forth Modest Proposals for Bipartisan Election Reform
Members of Congress are actively focused on so-called “voting rights” reform, which has largely taken the form of broad, partisan bill packages that would supplant the states’ primary role in running elections and simultaneously subvert election integrity. If passed, efforts such as H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 would do little to protect voting rights…
LDF Files Amicus Brief with Ranking Member Rodney Davis in the US Supreme Court
On January 18th, 2022, Lawyers Democracy Fund joined with Ranking Member Rodney Davis of the Committee on House Administration to file an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. This case presents important questions concerning a state’s ability…
LDF Letter to Virginia Governor Urges Election Integrity
Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam requesting that the Governor issue a state of emergency in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to suspend the witness signature requirement for voters casting their ballots by mail. Lawyers Democracy Fund wrote…