David Becker
@beckerdavidj.bsky.social
Exec Dir @electioninnov. @CBSNews Election Law contributor. Formerly DOJ @civilrights. Co-author of @thebigtruthbook w/ @MajorCBS. Double @UCBerkeley grad.
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Thank you to CNN's Kyung Lah and @beckerdavidj.bsky.social for their fascinating conversation on lessons learned from 2025 #elections and the path to 2026.
Watch the full webinar here: https://loom.ly/qkrdRCM
Watch the full webinar here: https://loom.ly/qkrdRCM
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thank you to CNN's Kyung Lah and @beckerdavidj.bsky.social for their fascinating conversation on lessons learned from 2025 #elections and the path to 2026.
Watch the full webinar here: https://loom.ly/qkrdRCM
Watch the full webinar here: https://loom.ly/qkrdRCM
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Per multiple sources:
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Per multiple sources:
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
Two hours after ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to her post as US Atty in Virginia, prosecutors in the office were notified to put name of an assistant U.S. Atty atop cases
At 430p, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name
Reposted by David Becker
Hope you'll attend this CEIR webinar with our executive director, @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, and CNN's Kyung Lah on Monday at 2:30pm. It'll be a great discussion. Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We're thrilled that CNN correspondent Kyung Lah will be joining Executive Director David Becker (@beckerdavidj.bsky.social) for our webinar on Monday. If you haven't already, you can register here: https://loom.ly/MRuxQvo
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hope you'll attend this CEIR webinar with our executive director, @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, and CNN's Kyung Lah on Monday at 2:30pm. It'll be a great discussion. Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We're thrilled that CNN correspondent Kyung Lah will be joining Executive Director David Becker (@beckerdavidj.bsky.social) for our webinar on Monday. If you haven't already, you can register here: https://loom.ly/MRuxQvo
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're thrilled that CNN correspondent Kyung Lah will be joining Executive Director David Becker (@beckerdavidj.bsky.social) for our webinar on Monday. If you haven't already, you can register here: https://loom.ly/MRuxQvo
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Want to get involved in your local elections? Serving as a poll worker is one of the most meaningful ways to support your community and see firsthand the checks and balances that ensure every legitimate vote is counted.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Want to get involved in your local elections? Serving as a poll worker is one of the most meaningful ways to support your community and see firsthand the checks and balances that ensure every legitimate vote is counted.
Yet another opportunity for election deniers - this time POTUS - to present actual evidence to a court that the 2020 election was “stolen”. And like every single time before - Giuliani, Lake, Lindell, FOX News - they ran away and presented literally nothing.
JUST IN: A federal appeals court panel (with 2/3 Trump appointees) calls his lawsuit against CNN — over use of the term Big Lie — "meritless" and affirms the decision by a lower court to throw it out. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yet another opportunity for election deniers - this time POTUS - to present actual evidence to a court that the 2020 election was “stolen”. And like every single time before - Giuliani, Lake, Lindell, FOX News - they ran away and presented literally nothing.
There's too much in here to summarize, but read every word of this piece about the dismantling of the DOJ - as I remember it, the law firm for the American people -- and its corruption into a tool to reward POTUS' friends and punish his enemies.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
There's too much in here to summarize, but read every word of this piece about the dismantling of the DOJ - as I remember it, the law firm for the American people -- and its corruption into a tool to reward POTUS' friends and punish his enemies.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How will the ongoing #redistricting battles affect election officials across the country? CEIR Executive Director @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined "The Takeout" to discuss next steps.
https://loom.ly/ymKFe5k
https://loom.ly/ymKFe5k
Examining legal merits of California GOP lawsuit over new congressional map
California Republicans are suing to block the state from redrawing its congressional map to favor Democrats. CBS News election law expert David Becker joins with analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How will the ongoing #redistricting battles affect election officials across the country? CEIR Executive Director @beckerdavidj.bsky.social joined "The Takeout" to discuss next steps.
https://loom.ly/ymKFe5k
https://loom.ly/ymKFe5k
"Becker also said that if states are not going to offer these sort of grace periods, then they have to make sure that they either have drop boxes or other ways for voters to turn in their ballots that aren't so reliant on the Postal Service the week of an election."
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Supreme Court to consider challenge to Mississippi mail-in ballot law
The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether federal law prevents states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The decision could potentially upend elections in some states.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Becker also said that if states are not going to offer these sort of grace periods, then they have to make sure that they either have drop boxes or other ways for voters to turn in their ballots that aren't so reliant on the Postal Service the week of an election."
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
"Last year, roughly 10,000 attorneys worked across the DOJ, incl the FBI. Justice Connection, an advocacy group that has been tracking departures, estimates that around 5,500 people — not all of them attorneys — have quit, been fired, or taken a buyout offered by the Trump admin."
wapo.st/3JG4ImA
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Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Last year, roughly 10,000 attorneys worked across the DOJ, incl the FBI. Justice Connection, an advocacy group that has been tracking departures, estimates that around 5,500 people — not all of them attorneys — have quit, been fired, or taken a buyout offered by the Trump admin."
wapo.st/3JG4ImA
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"Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out."
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out."
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
They caught it, those meddling kids! The Dem master election fraud plan all along was to hold all the power of the Exec Branch in 2024, but let the Rs win the WH and both houses of Congress, so they could grab that elusive prize of NYC Mayor and NJ Gov in 2025!
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
They caught it, those meddling kids! The Dem master election fraud plan all along was to hold all the power of the Exec Branch in 2024, but let the Rs win the WH and both houses of Congress, so they could grab that elusive prize of NYC Mayor and NJ Gov in 2025!
Yesterday, despite bomb threats and lies about their work spread by powerful people (and likely foreign adversaries), our nation's election officials, public servants, Rs and Ds, again performed amazingly, delivering clear, transparent results just hours after polls closed. /1
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yesterday, despite bomb threats and lies about their work spread by powerful people (and likely foreign adversaries), our nation's election officials, public servants, Rs and Ds, again performed amazingly, delivering clear, transparent results just hours after polls closed. /1
As you await the media projections in key races tonight, it's likely you'll also hear powerful figures spread lies about election their candidates/issues lost. Sadly, this piece I wrote in 2024, is as relevant as ever.
www.cbsnews.com/news/electio...
www.cbsnews.com/news/electio...
Analysis: Election conspiracies persist, even with different outcomes in the 2024 election
Conspiracies persist, although it is effectively impossible to steal a major election in the United States.
www.cbsnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As you await the media projections in key races tonight, it's likely you'll also hear powerful figures spread lies about election their candidates/issues lost. Sadly, this piece I wrote in 2024, is as relevant as ever.
www.cbsnews.com/news/electio...
www.cbsnews.com/news/electio...
As a reminder, bomb threats made in 2024 were confirmed to be fake, made by foreign adversaries. Voting is safe, today and always! Over 1.3M NJ voters already voted, 13.5M nationwide. If you haven't already voted, be secure in knowing voting is safe, and go vote or drop off your ballot today!
NEW: "Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places." The bomb threats are in heavily Democratic districts. The GOP is back to cheating like they did in 2024. This is more evidence of how MAGA is a threat to our democratic Republic.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Bomb threats close some N.J. polling locations
Polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean and Passaic counties are affected though officials say the threats are not credible.
www.nj.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As a reminder, bomb threats made in 2024 were confirmed to be fake, made by foreign adversaries. Voting is safe, today and always! Over 1.3M NJ voters already voted, 13.5M nationwide. If you haven't already voted, be secure in knowing voting is safe, and go vote or drop off your ballot today!
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Right on cue, prospective election losers are whining and delegitimizing American elections. Pro tip -- don't take advice on EVs from me, and definitely do NOT take election advice from an EV salesman. US elections are as secure as ever, and we know who legit wins. Some quick facts...
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Right on cue, prospective election losers are whining and delegitimizing American elections. Pro tip -- don't take advice on EVs from me, and definitely do NOT take election advice from an EV salesman. US elections are as secure as ever, and we know who legit wins. Some quick facts...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Right on cue, prospective election losers are whining and delegitimizing American elections. Pro tip -- don't take advice on EVs from me, and definitely do NOT take election advice from an EV salesman. US elections are as secure as ever, and we know who legit wins. Some quick facts...
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Right on cue, prospective election losers are whining and delegitimizing American elections. Pro tip -- don't take advice on EVs from me, and definitely do NOT take election advice from an EV salesman. US elections are as secure as ever, and we know who legit wins. Some quick facts...
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Timing may have been unintentional, but it's a pretty spooky prospect that the feds who have already accidentally disclosed private SSNs and other data in just 9 months, are now seeking to put the crown jewels of identity theft all together in one place.
JUST IN: The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship, raising concerns about privacy and accuracy. www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Timing may have been unintentional, but it's a pretty spooky prospect that the feds who have already accidentally disclosed private SSNs and other data in just 9 months, are now seeking to put the crown jewels of identity theft all together in one place.
"The first question presented is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures. Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority."
🚨 BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocks the Trump administration from implementing a part of his March anti-voting executive order that sought to require documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. More to come.
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"The first question presented is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures. Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority."
If you have received a mail ballot, and have not returned it yet, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE MAIL, regardless of your state. Drop it off at a drop box or an election office (or early voting site if your state allows), or bring your unvoted ballot to a voting site and vote in person.
Mail-in voters who haven't returned ballots yet: Check your state's deadline to make sure your vote gets counted.
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
If your ballot must be received by Election Day, consider stopping by a ballot drop box or early voting site. It may be too late for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it by Nov. 4...
Table 11: Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee/Mail Ballots
Summary of the state deadlines for when election officials must receive absentee/mailed ballots and postmark deadlines.
www.ncsl.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you have received a mail ballot, and have not returned it yet, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE MAIL, regardless of your state. Drop it off at a drop box or an election office (or early voting site if your state allows), or bring your unvoted ballot to a voting site and vote in person.
“Voters who go to vote in the 2025 election are going to find a very safe and secure process. I’m 100% confident that whoever wins the statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey, regardless of what the president says, will take office.”
apnews.com/article/elec...
apnews.com/article/elec...
Trump ramps up involvement in this year's elections in possible preview of midterms pressure
President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for next week's elections. That's alarming some prominent Democrats who believe Trump will make unsubstantiated claims of fraud si...
apnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Voters who go to vote in the 2025 election are going to find a very safe and secure process. I’m 100% confident that whoever wins the statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey, regardless of what the president says, will take office.”
apnews.com/article/elec...
apnews.com/article/elec...
I appeared on @CBSNews with @MajorCBS last week, to discuss that Rep-Elect Grijalva has still not be sworn in 30+ days after her election, and how well voting is going in states this year, including extensive early voting in VA, NJ, and CA.
www.cbsnews.com/video/adelit...
www.cbsnews.com/video/adelit...
Adelita Grijalva still not sworn in to Congress one month after winning election
On Sept. 23, Democrat Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona to fill the seat vacated by her late father. As of Thursday, exactly one month later, she has yet to officially become a member...
www.cbsnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I appeared on @CBSNews with @MajorCBS last week, to discuss that Rep-Elect Grijalva has still not be sworn in 30+ days after her election, and how well voting is going in states this year, including extensive early voting in VA, NJ, and CA.
www.cbsnews.com/video/adelit...
www.cbsnews.com/video/adelit...
If you choose to return a mail ballot, as you can with no excuse in 36 states, best options are to 1) drop it in a elections drop box, or if you can't do that, 2) mail it at least a week before the election. And at least as good, vote early in person, as 47 states allow!
USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off
Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If you choose to return a mail ballot, as you can with no excuse in 36 states, best options are to 1) drop it in a elections drop box, or if you can't do that, 2) mail it at least a week before the election. And at least as good, vote early in person, as 47 states allow!
Just your regular reminder that it's now ~5 yrs since the 2020 election, verified by dozens of courts. Those who lied about the election have conceded liability for defamation. And there is still not a single shred of evidence presented to any court which would cast doubt on the outcome.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just your regular reminder that it's now ~5 yrs since the 2020 election, verified by dozens of courts. Those who lied about the election have conceded liability for defamation. And there is still not a single shred of evidence presented to any court which would cast doubt on the outcome.
"Trump has elevated multiple proponents of his fraud claims into high-level administration jobs. Now, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into voting systems."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Trump has elevated multiple proponents of his fraud claims into high-level administration jobs. Now, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into voting systems."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...