January 6th Committee Advocacy

The endgame of presidential elections used to be pretty straightforward. Congress plays a more-ceremonial-than-substantive role counting each state’s certified electoral college delegates. The candidate who won more than 270 electoral votes officially wins and the new President gets sworn in on January 20th. But January 6, 2021 was, of course, very different. The false rhetoric claiming the historically well-run election was “stolen,” led to the failed, but nonetheless deadly, January 6th insurrection. This month, a select committee of the House of Representatives is poised to lay out its findings on why this happened and who was behind the effort. On this episode, we talk about how nonprofits have a role to play in the investigation and the response to the revelations.    Our Attorneys for this Episode  Natalie Ossenfort, Tim Mooney, Quyen Tu    Shownotes  The Select Committee explained  Live Tweeting the hearings - responding to revelations, fact checking, etc  Lobbying for specific responses  Referral to DOJ for criminal investigation/prosecution  New laws – amending Electoral Count Act, DC Statehood  Disqualifying those that took part in the insurrection from running for federal office (14th Amendment plus new laws)  Educating your constituencies (about what process is / what it isn’t...)  Electoral work (nonpartisan voter education, or partisan c4 efforts)  (c)(3): praising and criticizing incumbents, best practices  (c)(4): can be more electorally-focused  Resources  Nonprofits’ Role in January 6th Investigations and Response   Praising & Criticizing Incumbents The Rules of the Game  The Connection