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Apr 23, 2024 · NEW YORK — David Pecker, once the publisher of one of America's largest tabloids, testified on the witness stand Tuesday about his history and relationship with former President...
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After earning a BA in history and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, David Becker began his career in 1996 as an associate at Loeb and Loeb and another law firm. 2 Becker specialized in entertainment law; he has said that he found his work unfulfilling and decided to enter the government. 3
In 1998, he joined the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a senior trial attorney. While working for the DOJ for seven years as a civil servant, Becker’s primary mandate was to enforce the Voting Rights Act. 4 In 2003, Becker was the lead trial counsel for the federal government in Georgia v. Ashcroft a...
In 2005, Becker became a director for the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way (PFAW). He continued specializing in electoral law and expressed skepticism of widespread voter fraud. 8 Becker was registered as a lobbyist for PFAW in 2007 and 2008. 910 In 2008, Becker became the director of election initiatives at Pew Charitable Trusts....
David Becker condemned efforts by President Donald Trump and his supporters to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. has argued that there was minimal evidence of security flaws in voting systems and almost no evidence of fraud. In a January 2021 interview, he said of the campaign’s litigation efforts: “Frivolous would probably b...
Oct 28, 2022 · David Becker is an elections evangelist: Democracy, he says, is our nation’s “civic religion,” and elections are its “holy day.” He’s spent his career championing elections—first as a voting-rights attorney with the Justice Department, then by leading the election team at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
David Becker is the Executive Director and Founder of the nonpartisan, non-profit Center for Election Innovation & Research, working with election officials of both parties, all around the country, to ensure elections voters should trust, and do trust.
Feb 11, 2024 · The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS election law contributor David Becker, the founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, that aired on Feb. 11, 2024.
Dec 31, 2023 · The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News election law contributor David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, that aired on Dec. 31, 2023.
David Becker, the director and founder of The Center For Election Innovation and Research, says there are a lot of “highly partisan efforts to make it harder for some people to vote.”.
