Sentence Structure
Plus: How to support election officials. 🗳️
Published June 14, 2024
This Week in Democracy
- Â Former President Trump completed a mandatory interview with New York probation officials ahead of his sentencing on July 11. A jury of everyday Americans convicted Trump last month of 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records.
- Jim Marchant, an Election Denier, lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Nevada. He’s one of several high-profile Election Deniers who lost statewide elections in 2022, then used their newfound platforms to launch campaigns in 2024.➡️ EXPLORE: ElectionDeniers.org
- James Troupis, a lawyer facing a felony criminal forgery charge in connection with the fake electors plot in Wisconsin in 2020, was suspended from a state judicial ethics panel.
- States United published a resource to help election officials shore up their defenses against threats posed by artificial intelligence.
State of the States
In Arizona, the state Court of Appeals upheld more than $47,000 in sanctions against Mark Finchem for a baseless election challenge. Finchem lost the 2022 secretary of state’s race by 120,000 votes, then challenged the result in a lawsuit that made unsupported claims of misconduct. A judge dismissed that lawsuit in December 2022 and later imposed the sanctions, finding that Finchem’s challenge was “groundless and not brought in good faith.”
Recommended Reading
For The Fulcrum, Carah Whaley, director of election protection for our partners at Issue One, writes about the resilience and “unwavering dedication” of election officials. We can all show our support by becoming poll workers, Whaley writes.