John, I want to share some good news with you.

If you’ve been a part of Common Cause for a while, you know that every election year, we mobilize thousands of nonpartisan poll monitors to guarantee our rights.

And if you’re new – first of all, we’re glad to have you! I’m so excited to tell you more – because Election Protection is one of the most powerful things we do together to defend and strengthen American democracy.

Every election year, thousands of ordinary folks across the country volunteer their time and energy to serve with Common Cause as a nonpartisan poll monitor.

They tap into our nationwide network of voting rights experts – who train them on the specific voting rules for their community, and give them a direct line to our legal team so we can take swift action to solve any problems voters face.

And here’s the exciting part, John: after seeing extraordinary turnout for an off-year election this month in states like New York, Virginia, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, we know that people are fired up and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

It’s easy to see why – free and fair elections are something we cannot take for granted under this new Trump administration.

He’s cutting healthcare to fund billionaire tax breaks – an agenda he knows he can’t convince the American people to get behind.

He’s bringing back his long-discredited conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – so he can force through voter suppression policies meant to silence us.

And he’s ramping up his attacks on any and all political opposition – twisting the real problem of political violence into a one-sided partisan pretext to crack down on groups that disagree with him.

Simply put, Donald Trump isn’t governing like someone who plans on even answering to voters – but a dictator who wants to cheat, silence, and intimidate his way to permanent power.

John, we don’t have to let this happen to our country.

Our Election Protection program runs from the first primary, through early voting and Election Day, until the last vote is counted. It’s a massive and resource-intensive operation that, I hope you will agree, we’ve decided we must massively expand before next year’s midterms.

If we get to work right now, we can identify problems before they create long lines or outages on Election Day 2026 – and work with local election officials using our nationwide network of voting experts to solve them.

It costs about $50 to train and place one additional Election Protection volunteer – so I'm asking you today if you will sponsor just one of these volunteers (or however many you can.)

For just $50, you will make an immediate, measurable impact on these uncertain voters – and ensure that we can live up to our ideal of a democracy where EVERY voice matters, no matter what. Can we count on your action today?

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John, there's no two ways about it – the enemies of democracy are already hard at work. That means Common Cause needs to be as well, and with your help, we’ll get it done.

We appreciate your support,

The team at Common Cause