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Kathy Boockvar sat down live with CBS News the day after Election Day, joined by legal expert James Sample, delving into some of the baseless legal challenges brought before Election Day. Boockvar provided her perspective on how these challenges might evolve in the future and how much of the litigation that had been brought in … Read more

As Election Day approached, the New Republic wrote about the persistent threats against election officials of misinformation and political violence, alongside the stringent security and integrity of our elections and beefed-up physical security measures in place.   Several election experts, including Kathy Boockvar, the former Pennsylvania secretary of state, described the proliferation of baseless claims during … Read more

Kathy Boockvar recently spoke with the New York Times about the announcement by several Pennsylvania counties that suspicious voter registration forms – not ballots – had been submitted to several election offices right before the voter registration deadline. Investigations were being conducted by both county officials as well as the state attorney general.   Boockvar explained … Read more

In a recent interview with CNN, Kathy Boockvar discussed false claims by the Trump campaign in the lead up to the election, to lay the groundwork for challenging it if he lost. These claims included disinformation surrounding the announcement by Lancaster county that they were investigating large numbers of suspicious voter registration forms – not … Read more

Kathy Boockvar sat down with the Philadelphia Inquirer to discuss the recent history of mis and disinformation about elections in Pennsylvania and nationally. False claims about the 2020 election were intentionally disseminated and have continued to be circulated in years since, including in the lead up to the 2024 election. These false claims and conspiracy … Read more

Kathy Boockvar recently spoke with AP News about the announcement by several Pennsylvania counties that large numbers of suspicious voter registration forms – not ballots – had been submitted to several election offices right before the voter registration deadline.  Boockvar noted this sadly has happened many times in the past, where a combination of financial … Read more

Kathy Boockvar spoke with USA Today about the dismissal of the frivolous federal case filed by six Pennsylvania GOP congressmen who sought to invalidate tens of thousands of military and overseas voters’ ballots. Filed decades after the relevant law was enacted, and weeks and months after voting had already been in process for military and … Read more

In an article in Newsmax, election officials and experts urged the public to be patient as election results are tabulated, reconciled, audited, and certified.  Kathy Boockvar and others noted that results are likely to come more quickly than in 2020 for many reasons, including election officials having more experience with canvassing millions of mail ballots, … Read more

Kathy Boockvar made a recent appearance on Ballotpedia’s On the Ballot podcast to explore how election security and administration works in the United States, as well as the pernicious divisiveness facing the American people. Boockvar was joined by Kim Wyman, former Washington Secretary of State and co-member of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections.  … Read more

Kathy Boockvar recently spoke with the York Daily Record about what poll watchers can and can’t do in the polling place, and the rules on voter challenges in PA.   Boockvar explained that poll watchers may challenge a voter’s eligibility to cast a ballot only on the limited grounds of identity or residency, and must be … Read more

Kathy Boockvar recently joined the folks from “Howtown” to lend her election expertise to dispel pervasive myths associated with elections in America. Throughout the episode, host Adam Cole walks through a veritable “choose your own adventure” scenario where he pretends to be intent on finding a way to “steal” the election in Pennsylvania. Though Cole … Read more

A new creative PSA campaign warns voters about the threat of AI-generated deepfakes that could spread disinformation to mislead Americans about when, where, and how to vote, and urges voters to check their information and rely only on trusted, official election sources.  Kathy Boockvar spoke with NBC News about these threats and their potential to … Read more