A Democratic group is launching a legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits.
The group began aggressively raising money and campaigning to elect Democratic secretaries of state, who oversee elections in many states, in the wake of former President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud in 2020.
It first funneled money to deal with postelection litigation to then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in 2022 to deal with postelection litigation.
“We have a bunch of pro-democracy secretaries of state that we want to support.
The initial four states were chosen in part because the group believes state laws will allow it to effectively send money to boost the secretaries of state.
Persons:
Donald Trump's, Katie Hobbs, ”, Travis Brimm, “, Trump's, Trump, eyeing Maine's, Jared Golden
Organizations:
Democratic, NBC News, Democratic Association of, State, Trump's Republican, Electoral, Congressional
Locations:
Maine , Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Maine