Election Official Legal Defense Network
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The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) is a project of the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), a partisan organization founded by David Becker that supplies "pro-bono" attorneys and "communications professionals" to "Election Officials".
Who We Are
Excerpt from the Election Official Legal Defense Network website:[1]
- EOLDN is the brainchild of former Presidential Commission on Election Administration co-chairs Bob Bauer (former White House Counsel during the Obama Administration) and Ben Ginsberg (longtime Republican election lawyer who represented President George W. Bush’s campaign). Bauer and Ginsberg serve as EOLDN’s co-chairs, and, along with EOLDN’s advisory board of experts, attorneys, and election officials, help guide this effort, recruit volunteer lawyers, and educate election officials about the services available.
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- "In the wake of the 2020 election and its aftermath, election officials have been harassed, intimidated, and threatened with violence. State legislatures have considered and enacted new election laws that subject election officials to criminal penalties for performing their professional duties. EOLDN was created to provide legal and communications support for these referees of democracy."
Election Official Legal Defense Network
Excerpt from the Election Official Legal Defense Network website:[2]
- "EOLDN is a project of the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) and contributes to CEIR’s overall work of restoring trust in the American election system and promoting election procedures that encourage participation while ensuring election integrity and security.
- Across the United States, election officials are enduring harassment, intimidation, and, in some states, exposure to criminal penalties, for simply doing their jobs. EOLDN stands by, ready to connect election officials in need of licensed, qualified, pro bono attorneys who can provide advice or assistance or a communications professional..."
Staff
from the Center for Election Innovation & Research website:[3],[4],[5]
- Christian Kearney, Project Manager, EOLDN
- Angie Pitha, Project Lead, EOLDN
Advisory Board
- Natalie Adona, Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters, Nevada County, CA
- Chris Anderson, Supervisor of Elections, Seminole County, FL
- Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State, Michigan
- Damon Circosta, Chair, North Carolina State Board of Elections
- Brian Corley, Supervisor of Elections, Pasco County, FL
- Matt Crane, Executive Director, Colorado County Clerks Association
- Molly Fitzpatrick, Clerk, Boulder County, CO
- Jordan Fuchs, Deputy Secretary of State, Georgia
- Bill Gates, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, AZ
- Joe Gloria, Former Registrar of Voters, Clark County Election Department, Clark County, NV
- Tommy Gong, Deputy County Clerk-Recorder, Contra Costa County, CA
- Trey Grayson, Partner, Frost Brown Todd; Former Secretary of State, Kentucky
- Judge Thomas Griffith, Former Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Ricky Hatch, Clerk/Auditor, Weber County, UT
- Julietta Henry, Deputy Director, Board of Registration & Elections, DeKalb County, GA
- Sarah Ball Johnson, Clerk, Colorado Springs, CO
- Neal Kelley, Former Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA
- Joseph Kirk, Election Supervisor, Bartow County, GA
- Brianna Lennon, Clerk, Boone County, MO
- Dean Logan, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Los Angeles County, CA
- Lisa M. Marra, Deputy Director of Elections for Secretary of State, Arizona
- Matt Masterson, Director of Information Integrity, Microsoft; formerly Election Lead, CISA
- Michael Morley, Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
- Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Secretary of State, New Mexico
- Chris Piper, Chief Operating Officer, The Elections Group
- Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State, Georgia
- Stephen Richer, Recorder, Maricopa County, AZ
- Justin Roebuck, County Clerk | Register of Deeds, Ottawa County, MI
- Steve Simon, Secretary of State, Minnesota
- David Stafford, Supervisor of Elections, Escambia County, FL
- Gabriel Sterling, COO/CFO, Georgia Secretary of State
- Clifford D. Tatum, Harris County Elections Administrator, Harris County, TX
- Wesley Wilcox, Supervisor of Elections, Marion County, FL
- Wayne Williams, Former Secretary of State, Colorado
- Michael Winn, Chief Deputy, Harris County Clerk, TX
- Claire Woodall-Vogg, Executive Director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, Milwaukee, WI