Judd’s admission of guilt is a clear reminder that the duty to certify is not optional, and should deter every election official from attempting to subvert the will of voters.

Today’s vote by the Georgia State Election Board clearly exceeds statutory authority and is unlawful. The last-minute requirement to hand count the number of ballots will increase the opportunity for human error and confusion, be difficult, costly, delay the process, and risk ballot security itself.

Step-By-Step Guide Details Georgia Vote Counting and Certification Process to Help Guard Against Election Subversion

We have to remain vigilant as the election denial movement grows and continues to weaponize misinformation, undermine the vote counting process, and attack certification.

This week’s verdict shows the serious consequences waiting for officials like Tina Peters who break the law in an effort to undermine our elections—and they must continue to be held accountable to ensure that our democracy remains strong.

Step-By-Step Guide Details Arizona Vote Counting and Certification Process to Help Guard Against Election Subversion

Step-By-Step Guide Details Nevada Vote Counting and Certification Process to Help Guard Against Election Subversion

There is no place for politics in election administration.

Step-By-Step Guide Details Pennsylvania Vote Counting and Certification Process to Help Guard Against Election Subversion

There should be no place for politics in election administration—but that’s exactly what Julie Adams is trying to do.

This kind of arbitrary refusal to carry out their duty—to review and certify the election results—is an unnecessary delay that only serves to undermine voter confidence.

We remember the sobering fact that election deniers and those who would seek to undermine our democracy are actively sitting in the halls of Congress.

Politics should have no place in determining how elections are run or whose votes are counted.

Three years after the insurrection, it’s become clear that January 6, 2021 was the beginning of the overt efforts to upend our democracy, not the end.

Rogue officials who abuse their authority in an attempt to change election results must be held to account for their lawlessness.

Our statement on reports of issues with voting machines in Northampton County, PA printing ballots with errors in two judicial races.

No election denier should be allowed to hold the Speaker’s gavel.

“Their obvious attempt to insert themselves into local election administration is a threat to democracy—and it’s on all of us to call out these threats and demand accountability.”