The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) provides pro bono legal assistance to election officials.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) is a project of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) and connects election officials with licensed pro bono attorneys, as stated on the EOLDN homepage (2026-05-25) and by electionline (2026-08-07).
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What we found
Supports. The EOLDN homepage, published 2026-05-25, describes EOLDN as a project of CEIR that connects election officials with licensed, qualified, pro bono attorneys.[1]
Supports. Electionline's EOLDN profile, published 2026-08-07, states that EOLDN is a project of CEIR and connects election officials with pro bono attorneys.[2]
Supports. The National Press Foundation bio of CEIR's David Becker says he manages EOLDN, which provides pro bono legal assistance to election officials threatened with harassment or violence.[3]
Supports. CEIR's own 2024 explainer describes the EOLDN as its service providing pro bono legal advice and assistance to election workers, and Philanthropy reports the same arrangement in 2024.[4][5]
Context. The post's referent 'our election official legal defense network' is resolved to CEIR's EOLDN by the post's title, which names David Becker, CEIR's executive director. No source contradicts the claim, and the extraction does not add content beyond the passage.
Sources
5 sources: 5 not rated
- 1Election Official Legal Defense Network: Homepageeoldn.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) - electionlineelectionline.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3David J. Becker - National Press Foundationnationalpress.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4What is the Election Official Legal Defense Network?electioninnovation.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Day After: Inside a Quiet Billion-Dollar Election Effortphilanthropy.com · not rated · cited for: supports
Where this claim was made
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