UNITE4FREEDOM: New York Voters File Federal HAVA Complaint Demanding Formal Review of Election Law Compliance

New York Voters File Federal HAVA Complaint Demanding Formal Review of Election Law Compliance

The following comes from Unite4Freedom

New filing follows successful citizen enforcement actions in Missouri and Colorado, where complainants secured the right to hearings under federal election law

ALBANY, NY — New York voters, working as volunteers with Unite4Freedom (U4F), have filed a formal administrative complaint under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), demanding a hearing on the record and a written determination regarding whether New York is complying with mandatory federal election law requirements.

The complaint, led by our New York volunteers and voters and joined by additional complainants, was filed with the New York State Board of Elections under Section 402 of HAVA.

Additional complainants include leadership from Project Civica, reflecting our growing collaboration among citizen-led organizations working to ensure lawful, transparent election administration ahead of the 2026 federal election cycle.

The filing presents a single legal question:

Is New York maintaining and using a single, uniform, official, centralized and accurate statewide voter registration list as required by federal law for the administration of federal elections?

The complaint alleges that New York’s own official statewide records reflect materially inconsistent figures across multiple federal election cycles, raising serious questions about whether the state can identify one authoritative statewide record as required by law.

Specifically, the filing points to discrepancies among statewide turnout figures, certified election totals, and statewide voter participation records for both the 2022 and 2024 federal election cycles.

The complaint asks basic questions New Yorkers deserve to have answered:

• What exactly did state officials certify?
• Can they prove those certified totals from the single official statewide voter registration record required by federal law?
• Did they save the auditable items required under law?

For 2024 alone, New York’s own official records reflect 130,165 more votes counted than voters credited with voting. In 2022, the discrepancy was 35,312.

The complaint also identifies official records reflecting millions of apparent duplicate, unverifiable, incomplete, or otherwise anomalous registration conditions requiring explanation.

The complainants are not asking election officials to relitigate election outcomes or speculate about causes.They are asking for something far more basic:

A lawful administrative review, a formal evidentiary hearing, identification of the official statewide record required by federal law, and reconciliation of the state’s own reported figures.

This filing follows successful HAVA enforcement actions in other states.

• In Missouri, a citizen complainant secured judicial recognition of her right to proceed under the HAVA administrative complaint process after state officials attempted to block review. Missouri was ordered to provide the process federal law requires, including a formal hearing on the record.
• In Colorado, a similar HAVA complaint advanced to public administrative review, reflecting growing citizen use of HAVA’s federally mandated enforcement process.

There is a growing trend of citizens using HAVA’s federally mandated enforcement mechanism to demand accountability and statutory compliance.

“Federal election law is not optional,” said Unite4Freedom Chairman Harry Haury. “Congress required states to maintain specific systems, records, and procedures to secure safe, accurate and honest federal elections. Citizens have every right to demand compliance when official records raise serious unresolved questions.”

The complaint requests:

• acceptance of the complaint under New York’s HAVA process;
• a formal hearing on the record;
• a written determination regarding compliance with federal law;
• identification of the authoritative statewide voter registration record;
• identification of the related voter histories;
• reconciliation of conflicting statewide official figures;
• preservation of relevant statewide records, audit logs, and change-history records; and
• corrective action if violations are found.

Under HAVA, states that accept federal election funding must maintain an administrative complaint process allowing citizens to raise allegations of violations of Title III requirements.

This New York filing represents another use of this powerful federal accountability framework.

As similar efforts in Missouri and Colorado have already demonstrated, citizens do not need permission to insist that election officials comply with the law. Unite4Freedom is also rolling out direct federal litigation across the country challenging what appears to be extensive malfeasance in office of various state and local officials and bureaucrats.

Visit unite4freedom.com/litigation to view the New York Complaint as well as others.

Reach out to Media@Unite4Freedom.com for additional information or to request media appearances.

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