The left-leaning nonprofit “advocacy” group Free Speech for People, which previously sought to disqualify President Trump from the November ballot in several states, is now demanding a recount of votes, citing a significant breach of voting systems.
The organization recently released a November 13 letter it sent to Kamala Harris, signed by computer security experts urging her to pursue a recount of paper ballots in key battleground states, including Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, despite her having already conceded the election.
The letter emphasizes the urgency of acting swiftly due to the closing window for seeking recounts. It further alleges that following disputes over the 2020 election, Trump-affiliated lawyers accessed voting equipment and obtained copies of software that records vote counts.
“Possessing copies of the voting system software enables bad actors to install it on electronic devices and to create their own working replicas of the voting systems, probe them, and develop exploits,” the six-page letter to Harris states. It warns that skilled adversaries could analyze the software for vulnerabilities and potentially develop malware capable of altering vote counts, with minimal access required.
The letter also raises concerns that attacks could originate through vendors tasked with programming voting systems, posing a large-scale threat if compromised.
In December 2022, Free Speech for People pressed the Justice Department, the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to investigate what it described as a “multistate conspiracy to copy voting software.” Susan Greenhalgh, senior adviser for election security at the organization, expressed frustration over the FBI’s lack of decisive action.
Free Speech for People has a long-standing opposition to Trump, often labeling his supporters who questioned the 2020 election’s legitimacy as “election deniers.” John Bonifaz, the group’s president, referred to such claims as “the big lie.” The organization has also called for measures such as the dissolution of the Trump Organization in New York and filed lawsuits in multiple states to bar Trump from the ballot, arguing that his role in the January 6 Capitol riot rendered him an “insurrectionist.” While the Colorado Supreme Court supported their stance, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision, ensuring Trump remained on the ballot.
Read the letter here.
