David Becker
@beckerdavidj.bsky.social
Exec Dir @electioninnov. @CBSNews Election Law contributor. Formerly DOJ @civilrights. Co-author of @thebigtruthbook w/ @MajorCBS. Double @UCBerkeley grad.
I've worked in elections for over a quarter century, and there are no election professionals more respected than Matt Crane, across the political spectrum. Read this.
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/12/30/c...
Colorado Republicans at a crossroads on election integrity | OPINION
By Matt Crane For more than two decades, I have worked to make Colorado’s elections accurate, secure and transparent. As Arapahoe County Clerk, I strengthened audits, pushed for transparency, and advo...
www.coloradopolitics.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've worked in elections for over a quarter century, and there are no election professionals more respected than Matt Crane, across the political spectrum. Read this.
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Despite the ongoing pressure on election systems and the people who support them, CEIR has made incredible strides in 2025. Thank you for standing with us.
If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating: https://loom.ly/xAO5sKE
If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating: https://loom.ly/xAO5sKE
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Despite the ongoing pressure on election systems and the people who support them, CEIR has made incredible strides in 2025. Thank you for standing with us.
If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating: https://loom.ly/xAO5sKE
If you'd like to support our work, please consider donating: https://loom.ly/xAO5sKE
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Last night, the President made a failed attempt at a “pardon by tweet” of convicted Colorado felon and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters. This came after several unsuccessful efforts to use the power of the federal government to pressure state officials to release her, despite her crimes. /1
Last night, the President made a failed attempt at a “pardon by tweet” of convicted Colorado felon and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters. This came after several unsuccessful efforts to use the power of the federal government to pressure state officials to release her, despite her crimes. /1
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Last night, the President made a failed attempt at a “pardon by tweet” of convicted Colorado felon and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters. This came after several unsuccessful efforts to use the power of the federal government to pressure state officials to release her, despite her crimes. /1
Last night, the President made a failed attempt at a “pardon by tweet” of convicted Colorado felon and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters. This came after several unsuccessful efforts to use the power of the federal government to pressure state officials to release her, despite her crimes. /1
Tonight in particular it might be important to note some important constitutional limitations on Presidential power:
1. The President has extremely limited power over the states, absent an act of Congress.
2. The President has zero pardon power relating to state prosecutions of state crimes.
1. The President has extremely limited power over the states, absent an act of Congress.
2. The President has zero pardon power relating to state prosecutions of state crimes.
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tonight in particular it might be important to note some important constitutional limitations on Presidential power:
1. The President has extremely limited power over the states, absent an act of Congress.
2. The President has zero pardon power relating to state prosecutions of state crimes.
1. The President has extremely limited power over the states, absent an act of Congress.
2. The President has zero pardon power relating to state prosecutions of state crimes.
This makes a total of 14 states the understaffed and mistake-prone Trump DOJ has brought vs states, all Dem-led, seeking to seize sensitive and private voter data - SSN, DL#, DOB, the holy trinity of identity theft - without any legal justification. /1
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
Justice Department expands legal action against states that have refused its demands for voter data
The U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain voter data and other election information.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This makes a total of 14 states the understaffed and mistake-prone Trump DOJ has brought vs states, all Dem-led, seeking to seize sensitive and private voter data - SSN, DL#, DOB, the holy trinity of identity theft - without any legal justification. /1
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
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What do #Trump's election-related actions this year tell us about the 2026 #midterms? CEIR's executive director, @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, spoke to the Guardian about the future of our elections: https://loom.ly/867laS4
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What do #Trump's election-related actions this year tell us about the 2026 #midterms? CEIR's executive director, @beckerdavidj.bsky.social, spoke to the Guardian about the future of our elections: https://loom.ly/867laS4
"“The actual intention likely is to interfere with the 2026 elections and attempt to delegitimize them if the president’s party doesn’t do well.” said David Becker, the executive director of @electioninnov.bsky.social."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump’s Washington
Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"“The actual intention likely is to interfere with the 2026 elections and attempt to delegitimize them if the president’s party doesn’t do well.” said David Becker, the executive director of @electioninnov.bsky.social."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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
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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...
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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 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."
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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
wapo.st/3JG4ImA
"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.
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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!