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American Oversight Releases Report on Anti-ERIC Push and Its Threat to 2024 Election

The report provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the election denial movement led several states to abandon the bipartisan Electronic Registration Information Center — and what it means for voting rights and U.S. democracy.
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Newsletter: The Staggering Number of Preventable Deaths in ICE Detention

June 28, 2024
American Oversight, the ACLU, and Physicians for Human Rights this week published the most comprehensive and rigorous study to date on deaths in U.S. immigration detention facilities.

Inside the Virginia Education Department’s Review of African American History Course

June 26, 2024
Records obtained by American Oversight and reported on by the Washington Post include several suggested changes aimed at sanitizing the history of racism in the state.

95 Percent of Deaths in ICE Detention Could Likely Have Been Prevented With Adequate Medical Care: Report

June 25, 2024
New study reveals persistent medical care failures in immigration detention facilities, examines 52 deaths from 2017-2021

Newsletter: The Push for Hand Counts

June 21, 2024
Records obtained through our litigation in Cochise County, Arizona, show the aggressive push for hand counts in 2022 by local officials, activists, and even state lawmakers.

Newsletter: The Anti-Democratic Push to Allow Officials to Refuse to Certify Elections

June 14, 2024
Disputes about election certification rules are on the rise, with grave implications for this year’s election.

Newsletter: Continued Consequences for Fake Electors Scheme

June 7, 2024
Architects of the fake-elector plot to overturn the 2020 election now face charges in Wisconsin.

American Oversight Statement on Effort to Block Access to Public Records in Louisiana

June 7, 2024
Louisiana House Bill 767 would limit who can request public records from the Office of the Governor.

Behind the Scenes of Abortion Travel Bans

June 5, 2024
American Oversight has begun obtaining records in its investigation of how anti-abortion rights activists are pushing travel bans that prohibit the use of certain roads for travel to obtain an abortion.

Newsletter: Not Above the Law

May 31, 2024
Our democracy depends on an informed public and leaders who are held accountable.