John,

All year, you’ve been hearing from me about our voter protection efforts – and I’m excited to share these frontline updates about how your support is helping make a difference for voters.

Together, we will defend every voter’s right to be heard—from primary season all the way through Election Day. Here’s what our teams have been accomplishing across the country:

• Arizona 🏜️ – Expanding Election Protection to rural Arizona, including the counties of Cochise, Coconino, Mohave, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma, ensuring every voice is heard.
• California 🌴 – Leading a landmark anti-gerrymandering ballot measure in Los Angeles and deploying poll monitors covering more than 20 million eligible voters statewide.
• Colorado 🏔️ – With 350 dedicated volunteers, we’re ensuring fair representation across rural communities.
• Connecticut ⛵ – Fighting to expand absentee voting by passing a ballot initiative, which would make it easier for every voter to participate.
• Florida 🌊 – Offering voting assistance in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole to ensure no one is left out. Repost our latest update!
• Georgia 🍑 – Launching our first Spanish-language volunteer program.
• Hawaii 🌺 – Increasing access with additional drop boxes on Molokai, and working with election commissions for violence prevention training.
• Illinois 🏙️ – Building a diverse coalition, including voters with intellectual disabilities, to protect the vote for all.
• Indiana 🏁 – Reaching affordable housing residents with voting rights info.
• Maryland 🦀 – High voter turnout with early voting and same-day registration we fought hard for. Training, placing and distributing materials for 200 volunteers to support voter protection.
• Massachusetts 🏛️ – On track to triple the number of volunteers we will field compared to 2022.
• Michigan 🚗 – We're seeing record early voting turnout and 70% absentee ballots returned – a testament to our team’s dedication.
• Minnesota 🏞️ – Supporting voters in English, Spanish, Somali, and Hmong on Native lands and college campuses.
• Nebraska 🌽 – Restoring voting rights for hundreds with felony convictions, thanks to our recent voter restoration bill.
• North Carolina 🌲 – Using data to drive high student turnout at HBCUs and supporting voters with ballot curing programs.
• New Mexico 🌶️ – Implementing the first Native American voting rights package and ensuring firearm-free zones at polling places.
• New York 🗽 – We've trained over 300 volunteers for Election Day with dozens already on the ground for early voting.
• Ohio 🎢 – 600 volunteers trained, including 100 peacekeepers across 30 counties.
• Oregon 🍇 – Piloting a postcard campaign to empower voters with proactive information.
• Pennsylvania 🔔 – Trained 500 volunteers, with 200 more getting trained this weekend.
• Rhode Island 🦞 – Expanding language access in areas with high voting challenges.
• Texas 🤠 – Building a massive and strong Election Protection outside big cities with calls from all over rural Texas.
• Wisconsin 🧀 – Supporting the deployment of 700 volunteers and renewed access to drop boxes, we’re defending fair legislative maps and voting access.

Your support has powered this extraordinary program – from the ballot box to the courthouse, we’re defending democracy together! As Election Day approaches, let’s continue this momentum to make every voice heard. Thank you for being part of this historic movement.

Onward,

Izzy Bronstein, National Campaigns Director
and the team at Common Cause

P.S. If you’re able, please consider making a donation to Common Cause in your state to help power our work and ensure we can keep fighting for fair representation and voter access.