What is the Election Truth Alliance and who founded it?
Executive summary
The Election Truth Alliance (ETA) presents itself as a group publishing forensic analyses of the 2024 U.S. election and has posted reports such as a North Carolina 2024 Election Data Analysis on its website [1]. ETA’s own account says it was formed by three founders—identified as “Nathan” (a cybersecurity specialist and U.S. Army Reserve 25B), “Lilli” (a Canadian policy analyst), and “Jive” (an auditor and chartered accountant)—who came together after the November 2024 election and began publishing analyses and calls for audits [2].
1. What the group says it does — election forensics and state reports
The organization’s website advertises released analyses of state-level 2024 results, for example a North Carolina 2024 Election Data Analysis and statements addressing alleged forensic audits of the 2024 U.S. vote [1]. ETA frames its work as identifying “statistical ‘election integrity red flags’” and contrasts machine-count precincts with hand-count precincts in its public summaries [1].
2. Who the founders are, according to ETA’s account
ETA’s Substack update describes three founders by first name and role: Nathan, described as a cybersecurity specialist and 25B in the U.S. Army Reserve; Lilli, described as a Canadian policy analyst with a background in political science and history; and Jive, described as an auditor and chartered accountant who began finding anomalies in state election data in November 2024 [2]. The Substack piece credits that trio with early analyses and calls for audits [2].
3. What independent records show — gaps and unrelated entities
Available public records in the provided search results do not corroborate independent biographical details for those named founders or link the ETA to formal nonprofit or PAC filings in the supplied material. The search results include similarly named entities such as “ALLIANCE FOR TRUTH PAC, LLC” and “ALLIANCE FOR TRUTH” in OpenSecrets and FollowTheMoney records, but those entries are not shown in the available snippets as connected to the Election Truth Alliance and separate organizations are not identified as founders of ETA in the provided reporting [3] [4]. In short: available sources do not mention a formal legal registration or corroborating public filings tying ETA to those other entities [3] [4].
4. How ETA frames its legitimacy and what to watch for
ETA’s public materials emphasize forensic-style analysis and allege statistical red flags in machine-count precincts compared with hand counts [1]. Their Substack narrative frames the founders as professionals—cybersecurity, policy analysis, and accounting—to lend technical credibility to the work [2]. Readers should note that claiming technical credentials does not on its own prove the accuracy of forensic methods; the current reporting provided does not include peer review, independent validation, or confirmations from election officials in the cited items [1] [2].
5. Alternative perspectives and missing corroboration
The supplied materials do not include independent fact-checks, academic reviews, or responses from state election authorities addressing ETA’s findings; such responses are therefore not found in current reporting [1] [2]. Similarly, the OpenSecrets and FollowTheMoney entries for similarly named organizations are present in the search results but not explicitly connected to ETA in the available snippets; those records suggest there are other groups using related branding in the political finance space, which could create confusion for people researching the group [3] [4].
6. Why provenance matters — implications for voters and policymakers
When an organization conducting forensic election analysis is new and self-described, independent verification of methods, access to raw data, and institutional transparency are crucial for evaluating claims. The sources provided show ETA making public claims and naming founders, but they do not provide the external verification or legal/financial filings that would allow independent auditors, journalists, or officials to fully validate ETA’s work or its organizational structure [1] [2] [3] [4].
If you want, I can search for independent media coverage, official state responses, or public filings that could confirm founder identities, evaluate ETA’s methods, or connect ETA to any PAC or nonprofit filings beyond the items already provided.