# Honest Elections Project The Honest Elections Project is a conservative election law initiative linked to [[Leonard Leo]] and the CRC Advisors network. Launched around 2020, it operates as part of a broader constellation of [[Dark Money]] groups that funnel resources through fiscally sponsored entities to obscure donor identities. The organization frames its mission around "election integrity," but its primary activities involve opposing the expansion of mail-in voting, supporting aggressive voter roll purges, and filing legal challenges against policies that increase ballot access. The project maintains close ties to the [[Federalist Society]] network, sharing personnel and strategic objectives with Leo's broader judicial and political infrastructure. Its legal interventions frequently target battleground states where expanded voting access could shift outcomes, aligning its work with broader [[Voter Suppression]] efforts documented by voting rights organizations. The Honest Elections Project also submits amicus briefs in election-related cases, leveraging the same legal pipeline that Leo's network used to reshape the federal judiciary. Within the context of [[Republican Party]] strategy, the Honest Elections Project represents the institutionalization of election restriction as a coordinated legal and political project rather than a collection of ad hoc state-level efforts. Its funding opacity and networked structure make it a key example of how dark-money infrastructure shapes voting rules. ## The Proof-of-Citizenship Network The Honest Elections Project is part of the broader constellation of organizations pushing documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration — a policy nexus that connects [[Leonard Leo]]'s [[Dark Money]] network to the Trump administration's election-administration agenda. The network's key nodes include [[America First Legal]] (which petitioned the [[Election Assistance Commission]] to add the requirement to the national voter registration form), [[Hans von Spakovsky]] (who has promoted the policy through [[Heritage Foundation]] channels for over a decade), and the [[SAVE Act]] legislative effort in Congress. The EAC's dismantlement in July 2026 — Trump fired both Democratic commissioners and allowed the Republican to resign, leaving the commission empty ahead of the [[2026 Midterms Hub]] — advances the Honest Elections Project's objectives from two directions. It removes the bipartisan body that would evaluate proof-of-citizenship form changes, and it disables federal voting-system certification and election-security grant oversight. The Honest Elections Project's amicus briefs and legal filings have consistently argued for the same citizenship-verification mechanisms that the EAC vacancy now makes harder to either implement or block through normal administrative channels. ## See Also - [[Leonard Leo]] - [[Federalist Society]] - [[America First Legal]] - [[Election Assistance Commission]] - [[Voter Suppression]] - [[Hans von Spakovsky]] - [[SAVE Act]] - [[Dark Money Ecosystem]]