diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f798b3..5afa7cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ plugins = ["mypy_django_plugin.main"]
 exclude = ["tests", "migrations"]
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = ["solenoid.userauth.*", "solenoid.settings.*", "celery_progress.backend"]
+module = ["solenoid.userauth.*", "solenoid.settings.*", "celery_progress.backend", "ckeditor.widgets"]
 disallow_untyped_calls = false
 disallow_untyped_defs = false
 ignore_errors = true
diff --git a/solenoid/emails/forms.py b/solenoid/emails/forms.py
index 5311453..2f0b1bb 100644
--- a/solenoid/emails/forms.py
+++ b/solenoid/emails/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from ckeditor.widgets import CKEditorWidget
-
 from django import forms
 
 from .models import EmailMessage
@@ -11,10 +10,10 @@ class Meta:
         fields = ["latest_text"]
         widgets = {"latest_text": CKEditorWidget()}
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         super(EmailMessageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.fields["latest_text"].label = ""
 
-    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         self.instance.new_citations = False
         super(EmailMessageForm, self).save()
diff --git a/solenoid/emails/views.py b/solenoid/emails/views.py
index 0b7f4f5..e6feb27 100644
--- a/solenoid/emails/views.py
+++ b/solenoid/emails/views.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import logging
 
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.urls import reverse
 from django.db import close_old_connections, connection
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.views.generic import View, DetailView
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.views.generic import DetailView, View
 from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateView
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
+from requests.models import Request
 
 from solenoid.people.models import Author
 from solenoid.records.models import Record
@@ -16,11 +17,10 @@
 from .forms import EmailMessageForm
 from .models import EmailMessage
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def _get_or_create_emails(pk_list):
+def _get_or_create_emails(pk_list: list) -> list:
     """Takes a list of pks of Records and gets or creates associated
     EmailMessages."""
     close_old_connections()
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def _get_or_create_emails(pk_list):
 
     for author in Author.objects.filter(record__pk__in=pk_list).distinct():
         records = Record.objects.filter(pk__in=pk_list, author=author)
-        email_pks.append(EmailMessage.get_or_create_for_records(records).pk)
+
+        if email := EmailMessage.get_or_create_for_records(records):
+            email_pks.append(email.pk)
 
     # Because this is outside the request/response cycle, the connections
     # opened here don't close at the end of the function. They may be cleaned
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ def _get_or_create_emails(pk_list):
 class EmailCreate(ConditionalLoginRequiredMixin, View):
     http_method_names = ["post"]
 
-    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    def post(self, request: Request, *args, **kwargs) -> HttpResponseRedirect:
         pk_list = request.POST.getlist("records")
         email_pks = _get_or_create_emails(pk_list)
         try:
diff --git a/solenoid/records/views.py b/solenoid/records/views.py
index b54bba4..16a4d87 100644
--- a/solenoid/records/views.py
+++ b/solenoid/records/views.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import logging
 
-from requests.exceptions import HTTPError, Timeout
-
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.db import models
 from django.http import (
     HttpRequest,
     HttpResponse,
-    HttpResponseRedirect,
     HttpResponsePermanentRedirect,
+    HttpResponseRedirect,
 )
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ def _get_author_data(self, author_id: int, author_url: str) -> dict:
         author_data["ELEMENTS ID"] = author_id
         return author_data
 
-    def _get_author_record_id(self, author_data: dict) -> int | HttpResponse:
+    def _get_author_record_id(self, author_data: dict) -> int:
         try:
             author = Author.get_by_mit_id(author_data[Fields.MIT_ID])
             if not author.dspace_id:
@@ -85,26 +83,24 @@ def form_valid(  # type: ignore
     ) -> HttpResponseRedirect | HttpResponsePermanentRedirect:
         author_id = form.cleaned_data["author_id"]
         author_url = f"{settings.ELEMENTS_ENDPOINT}users/{author_id}"
-        author_data = self._get_author_data(form, author_id)
+        author_data = self._get_author_data(author_id, author_url)
         author = self._get_author_record_id(author_data)
         result = task_import_papers_for_author.delay(author_url, author_data, author)
         task_id = result.task_id
         return redirect("records:status", task_id=task_id)
 
     def form_invalid(self, form: ImportForm) -> HttpResponse:
-        msg = (
-            format_html(
-                "Something went wrong. Please try again, and if it "
-                'still doesn\'t work, contact <a mailto="{}">'
-                "a Solenoid admin</a>.",
-                mark_safe(settings.ADMINS[0][1]),
-            ),
+        msg = format_html(
+            "Something went wrong. Please try again, and if it "
+            'still doesn\'t work, contact <a mailto="{}">'
+            "a Solenoid admin</a>.",
+            mark_safe(settings.ADMINS[0][1]),
         )
 
         messages.warning(self.request, msg)
         return super(Import, self).form_invalid(form)
 
-    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs) -> dict:
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs) -> dict:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         context = super(Import, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context["breadcrumbs"] = [
             {"url": reverse_lazy("home"), "text": "dashboard"},