The lie that the 2020 election was stolen did real damage, and the guardrails that once held the people who spread it accountable are quietly coming down.
The voting machine company formerly known as Dominion just dropped its $1.3 billion case against Mike Lindell, eight months after a former Republican election official bought the company. No payment was disclosed, and Lindell never took back what he said. Compare that to 2023, when Fox News paid Dominion $787.5 million over the same lie and then kept many of the same voices on air.
The people who actually run elections are the ones paying. More than a third of election workers reported threats in 2024, and one in five quit. In Colorado, a county clerk convicted of breaching her own election system was released early after the president pressured the governor to free her.
Congress cannot undo a private settlement, but it can protect the system and the people who keep it running. I am asking you to do three things.
First, pass the Election Worker Protection Act so that threatening or doxxing an election official is a federal crime.
Second, oppose any pardon, commutation, or early release for officials convicted of breaching election security. Betraying that oath should carry consequences, not rewards.
Third, require public disclosure of who owns the companies that build and operate our voting machines, and an independent security review whenever one changes hands. We should never have to guess who controls the systems that count our votes.
Our elections only work if the people who run them are safe and the companies behind them are accountable. Please act before the next election, not after.
