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Hello,

I spend a lot of my day thinking about how to introduce voters to the men and
women who work tirelessly to protect our democracy.

A recent report published by the Center for the Future of Arizona
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reveals a wide and serious gap in the public’s understanding of the role
between voters and election workers and officials. Arizonans have lost
confidence in their election administrators, with only 66% of those surveyed
agreeing that they can trust their local elected official to ensure that
elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and securely.

Our election administrators aren’t just employees, they are heroes, essential
workers, and champions of democracy.We need these public servants to protect
our rights, and they need us to protect them from threats and violence.

Arizonans agreed that protecting our officials from harm is one of the most
essential elements of good electoral politics. And in Arizona, election
officials have been threatened, shot at, and harassed in person and online. The
mandate around elections is to create greater protections for our officials and
increase funding.

Most worrying of all, 88% of those surveyed identified misinformation as a
threat. When voters expect to be lied to, their faith in our system is eroded.
As someone who personally works with election administrators and officials on a
daily basis, my trust is affirmed by the competence exhibited by our public
servants.

America has a lot of tough decisions ahead. We have fundamental problems
trusting our elections and the officials who run them. We have deep distrust of
what we hear about elections, especially when it comes from the president. But
for those Americans who continue to support democracy, we have to acknowledge
the shortcomings and confront them head-on. And that starts with making sure we
choose competent, transparent, and trustworthy elected officials for office.

If you agree that our election officials and workers deserve the utmost
respect and dignity, support our work to defend our election systems and the
brave heroes who run them by chipping in now →
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Thanks for standing with us to protect our democracy.

Daniel Weiss
Director, Voting Rights Fund






Voting Rights Fund wasn’t created just to defend voting rights — we elect the
leaders who will expand and protect them. Our aim is to keep our operational
costs as low as possible, so a majority of our funds go toward doing the work
that needs to be done. That means building a national bench of lawmakers who
will fight tooth and nail to expand access to the ballot box and protect our
right to vote at every level of government.

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