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Welcome to a very special Four Things Fourth of July Friday!

 

We love two things here at Unite America: alliterations, and the great
American experiment. 

 

We derive purpose from our work to put voters first, improving our political
system to create a more representative and functional democracy for all of us. 

 

The Fourth of July offers us an opportunity to reflect on all of the things
that make our country great, and more importantly, how we can make it better. 

 

Here are Four Things. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

A system built on trust
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Free and fair elections are at the center of our belief as Americans in our
political system. Right now, that notion is under attack. Republicans and
Democrats are creating a false dichotomy between voter access and voter
security. 


In Real Clear Politics
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this week, our Executive Director, Nick Troiano, along with board member Greg
Orman writes about why one-sided partisan efforts to write new election laws
are unlikely to succeed and likely to undermine trust in our elections.For a
solution, they point to states like Kentucky and Vermont, where reforms like
vote at home and early voting have been advanced with bipartisan support.Read
the full piece here
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What happened in New York City
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In New York City earlier this week, the City’s board of elections forgot to
delete 135,000 dummy ballots from their tabulation system as they released
early and unofficial election results from the June primary where ranked choice
voting was used. Fundamentally, it was a human error that distracted from the
essential topline in New York: Ranked choice voting has thus far been agreat
success. 

 

Turnout soared: over 900,000 New Yorkers voted (the highest in any primary
since 1989), and83% of them used their power to rank the candidates. 95% found
the process simple to use and 77% want to use ranked choice voting again. And
for the first time, theCity Council of New York could be majority female. 


As Rob Richie and Dave Daley argue this week
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, “[What] this election shows is that when it comes to upgrading our elections
— when it comes to giving voters more choices and better choices, increasing
turnout, and generating representative and fair results — ranked-choice voting
works and is an important piece of our progression toward better elections.”



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Where voters first laws are winning
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Our headlines are dominated by stories of partisan leaders putting political
interests over those of their constituents. The media has been relentlessly
covering the partisan attacks on voting rights happening in states like
Arizona, Texas, and Georgia. However, there’s also some exciting coverage of
the voting rights victories. In a number of states, voters have been notable
for putting voters first. 


One of the biggest examples of success has been Virginia (nudge nudge
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now, being among the most accessible, Virginia has dramatically improved their
ability to put voters first thanks to the tireless efforts of lawmakers and
reformers on the ground.Check it out here
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Join our team <[link removed]>!
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It was a very special week for Unite America: for the first time in over a
year, our team was able to meet together in-person in Denver. 
   
We talked about our team’s future, our nation’s future, and how we can
continue to put voters first.And we want you to join us. We’re hiring! Check
out ourProgram Associate <[link removed]> position. Not
for you? Check out otherjobs from the voters first movement
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Happy Fourth of July!

 

Brett
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Brett Maney
Senior Communications Manager
Unite America
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