Following the FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following comment:
“We’ve learned that federal law enforcement raided offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, as well as homes of employees, board members, and activists.
“This appears to be an outrageous fishing expedition, an attempt to intimidate people working for democracy in our communities and country. It is an egregious abuse of law enforcement for political ends, and it fits a pattern of federal inquiries targeting voting infrastructure ahead of the midterm elections. The Ohio Organizing Collaborative are our friends, our allies, and our past clients, their contributions to democracy so exemplary that we honored them with the Brennan Legacy Award. An attack on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative is an attack on every organization working to protect the right to vote.”
