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\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday, September 23\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBy Matt Cohen \u00b7 Senior Reporter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) might be somewhat dormant at the moment, but newly obtained emails show just how much the agency\u2019s then-vice chair was coordinating with MAGA-aligned election deniers last year.\n\u00a0\nAlso in this week\u2019s Eye On The Right: How Colorado\u2019s highest court shut the door on Tina Peters, notes from the twilight zone, and our quote of the week proves just how desperate MAGA is to try to motivate voters for the midterms.\n\u00a0\nOne final thing, let\u2019s celebrate: This is our 100th edition of this newsletter! Thanks for reading!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nIn today\u2019s edition:\n\u27a4 The EAC\u2019s problematic former Republican vice chair was coordinating with election deniers\u27a4 Colorado Supreme Court won\u2019t humor Tina Peters\u2019 baseless conspiracies\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exclusive: Emails reveal coordination between former top federal election official and voting conspiracy group\u00a0\n President Donald Trump may have dismantled the leadership of the EAC, but new emails shared with Democracy Docket reveal that one of the agency\u2019s leaders was coordinating with a far-right group.\n\u00a0\nAmong the numerous provisions of Trump\u2019s first anti-voting order was a directive for the EAC to require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form. A federal court said Trump couldn\u2019t directly order the agency to add the requirement, which led to America First Legal, a right-wing legal group founded by notorious Trump aide Stephen Miller, to petition the independent agency to do it anyway. The EAC then opened the petition for public comment last fall, leading to a deluge of comments on the proposed rule. But emails obtained by the legal group Democracy Forward show Christy McCormick, at the time a Republican vice chair of the commission, was regularly communicating with leaders of the Election Integrity Network (EIN) \u2014 the anti-voting group started by conservative lawyer and Trump ally Cleta Mitchell \u2014 about the comment period.\n\u201cAt some point, it may be very beneficial to have our data scientist brief the commissioners or even sta\ufb00 with his analysis of the comments,\u201d EIN deputy director Ned Jones wrote in an email to McCormick in Oct. 2025. \u201cThanks for all you do for election integrity.\u201d\nMcCormick didn\u2019t dismiss Jones\u2019 offer, even though such a meeting might have run afoul of federal laws for the nonpartisan election agency. \u201cIt's good to know that you have a data scientist analyzing the comments,\u201d McCormick wrote back. \u201cOnce we get back to full strength and can have a discussion about it, I will let the others know of your o\ufb00er.\u201d\nMcCormick was previously investigated after Democracy Docket exclusively reported on a conspiratorial rant against Democrats that she gave during a panel hosted by the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute.\nJones isn\u2019t the only EIN leader McCormick emailed with. In May of last year, Mitchell warned McCormick that she fell for a phishing scam and that McCormick \u201cmay have received a fraudulent email from my address.\u201d\nThis is why you always complete internet safety training courses. \n\u27a4 What happened to the EAC?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Quote of the week\n \n \n \n \n \n \u201cIf the Democrats gain power, don\u2019t think there won\u2019t be a chance that we\u2019ll wind up dead.\u201d\u2014 Wayne Allyn Root\n \n \n \n Far-right commentator Wayne Allyn Root explains why he thinks MAGA needs to rig the midterms.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Check out our members-only section of the website and explore premium newsletters from Marc and the Democracy Docket team.\n \n \n \n \n EXPLORE PREMIUM CONTENT \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTina Peters got her day in court and lost. She won\u2019t get another one\n In a tough blow for America\u2019s least favorite election denier, Tina Peters, Colorado\u2019s highest court rejected her appeal to get her election tampering charges dropped.\n\u00a0\nPeters, a former GOP election clerk, served prison time for her role in a 2021 voting system breach driven by far-right conspiracies. But Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) already commuted Peters\u2019 sentence in May after she had served less than two years of her nine-year sentence. Well done, Polis!\nPeters argued in court filings that she was immune from prosecution because of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution \u2014 which says that federal law takes precedence over conflicting state laws. She also claimed juror misconduct led to a wrongful conviction. Colorado\u2019s Supreme Court wasn\u2019t buying these arguments.\nPeters previously challenged her conviction to the Colorado Court of Appeals. In April, the court found that Peters was improperly sentenced in 2024 and ordered her resentencing. But the court nonetheless upheld her conviction.\nNaturally, Peters\u2019 biggest supporters in the MAGA movement are, once again, throwing a temper tantrum \u2014 despite the fact she\u2019s free.\n\u201cColorado\u2019s high court just slammed the door on Tina Peters,\u201d far-right podcaster Joe Oltmann wrote. \u201cNot justice. Not closure. A free woman with a branded felony and a court that will not clear her name.\u201d\nMeanwhile, Peters is still spreading election conspiracies and using her newfound MAGA celebrity status to pressure Trump to rig the midterms.\nOn social media, Peters reposted a video alleging a vast conspiracy with Dominion (now Liberty Voting) and the Democratic party. \u201cI wish every government employee and American citizen would listen to this\u2026 and THEN you will understand why these criminals sentenced me to 9 YEARS IN PRISON!!!\u201d\nOnce more, with feeling: Congrats, Jared Polis!\n\u27a4 What other conspiracies is Tina Peters out there spreading?\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNotes from the Twilight Zone\nMissouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), who\u2019s been sued numerous times since he took office last year, points out that he\u2019s been \u201csued less than past [Missouri] Secretaries of State,\u201d including\u2026 John Ashcroft. That\u2019s, uh, not exactly something to brag about.\nPeters\u2019 lawyer and Trump ally Peter Ticktin thinks the president will declare martial law to stop Democrats from winning the election, impeaching Trump, and then installing\u2026 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries as president. Ok, dude. \nEven Steve Bannon\u2019s guests think a Trump emergency order to take over elections would be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.\nFormer Tea Party leader and key Stop the Steal organizer Amy Kremer has shifted from attacking elections to attacking\u2026 AI.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Today's newsletter was edited by Andrew Wyrich and Zachary Roth, and produced by Leila Fusenig. Additional reporting by Jacob Knutson.\u00a0Learn more about our staff here.",
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