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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 10:02 PM

Member survey: Last night's State of the Union

How do you think President Biden did?   You are invited to join our one-click response poll. For data integrity purposes, please do not complete this survey if your email address is not [email protected]. Last night, President Biden gave the annual State of the Union speech to Congress. We keep t…
  Voter Action Project Arizona · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM

Shameless

AZ Mirror: More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every AZ House Republican voted to take that away.   Let's be real about this: Shameless, partisan opponents of voting rights want to roll back early voting in Arizona because they think that if less people participate in Arizona's elections they…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM

The President asked for our help last night

BCJ: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act John: Last night President Biden took the time in his State of the Union speech to highlight a key fact: That the landmark John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement has been stuck in the U.S. House of Representatives since last fall. He cal…
  Voter Registration Team [VAP] · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Our key to 2024

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights John -- this campaign to register 1 million new voters as a coalition is the most important thing we're doing over the next 242 days.Vote-suppressing state legislatures are gearing up to pass more bills. Congress is paralyzed. Beating our v…
  (VAP) Electoral College Team · [email protected]
March 7, 2024 at 7:04 PM

A valid question

Chuck Todd is asking key questions about the Electoral College   Straight from the mouth of NBC's Chuck Todd, John:  “Is anyone really happy with this bizarre Electoral College system we use today to decide our president?” The answer is no. It’s the biggest tool the opponents of voting rights have t…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
March 7, 2024 at 1:02 AM

He had a plan

REUTERS: Florida appeals court upholds DeSantis-backed congressional map  DeSantis had a plan, called his play to take over Florida, and made it happen. He's taken away minority congressional districts, gerrymandered the state legislature beyond all recognition, and instituted extreme MAGA policies …
  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 7:04 PM

Bad news out of Arizona

AZ Mirror: More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every AZ House Republican voted to take that away.   This headline says it all, John. Arizona made "no-excuse" early and mail-in voting legal back in 1991. For decades, Arizona's mail-in voting laws were the model of ballot accessibility, making…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM

One spot filled, one to go

To strengthen the USPS and lower costs, remove DeJoy This is simple:  Louis DeJoy is the Postal Service's biggest problem and he needs to go. The raised prices, the additional facility closures, the jobs lost... President Biden must get DeJoy removed.He recently appointed former Labor Secretary t…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Safe and secure

CBS: Stanford study: No evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania, other states during 2020 election   We've known it's all a big lie, even before state government investigations wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in certain states that were desperately looking for fraud to prove a political point an…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
March 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM

Yesterday's decision shows us why SCOTUS needs term limits

A broad coalition of legal experts has endorsed reform. Reforms are needed the Supreme Court's health and legitimacy. Term limits have been described as one of the best ways to ensure SCOTUS maintains its integrity, and continues to serve the best interests of its people. Please, sign this petitio…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 5, 2024 at 4:07 PM

We've got to push it

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights this year John -- In 2022 Former First Lady Michelle Obama challenged a coalition of voting rights organizations to be a part of her efforts to "register more than a million new voters across the country" as part of that year's elections. W…
  Voter Action Project Florida · [email protected]
March 5, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Ron DeSantis made these maps

REUTERS: Florida appeals court upholds DeSantis-backed congressional map   Ron DeSantis got his vote-suppressing way, John.Recently a Florida appeals court upheld the state's congressional map (pushed through by Gov. Ron DeSantis) that a lower court had ruled violated the state constitution by dim…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 4, 2024 at 7:11 PM

This report should end any debate

CBS: Stanford study: No evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania, other states during 2020 election   We feel like we need to scream it from the rooftops, John: A new study -- a literal 85-page report, from a study conducted by two Stanford University academics -- found no evidence of voter fraud in…
  Mississippi Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 4, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Challenges to overcome

AP: Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage John, we're intimately aware of the challenges we need to overcome to make sure our voices are heard in our elections -- because our partners on the ground have been facing dow…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
March 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM

Protect vote by mail!

The right to vote — a cornerstone of our freedoms — is under attack. Your right to vote — a cornerstone of our freedoms — is under attack. Legal challenges are threatening to roll back the clock on voting accessibility, targeting mail ballot deadlines that are essential for ensuring every voice is…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
March 1, 2024 at 1:01 AM

How far they'll go

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year   This is what we're still up against: Sixteen states executed an agenda of voter suppression in 2023. Dark money and decades of work by opponents of voting rights have brought us here. It's scary and shows just how far the vote suppressors are willing…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 10:05 PM

This could protect millions

BCJ: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is groundbreaking federal legislation that will protect the rights of millions of voters across the country.With what we've seen over the past few years in Texas, in Florida, in John Lewis' own b…
  Voter Registration Team [VAP] · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM

How we make a huge difference

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights  Our voter registration campaign made a huge difference in 2022 and 2023. We've got no choice but to keep it going for 2024 and stop any chance of losing more of our voting rights to cynical conspiracy theorists spreading lies. John: RUSH $24…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 4:09 PM

Voter suppression in Mississippi

AP: Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage There were a lot of reasons to be excited about last year's election results, John, but what happened in Mississippi should give us all pause and show us why we need to fight …
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Cannot hesitate

Democracy Docket has exposed something important We wanted to make sure you saw this note. Our country hasn't seen a political party lean into voter suppression like this in the modern era, and at few comparable times in our country's history, often the most shameful periods.We cannot hesitate to …
  Voter Action Project Alerts · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 10:08 PM

A third of the states

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year   John: This headline is from December, but it's worth emphasizing how new voting restrictions were passed in 16 different states in 2023. Driven by many opponents of voting rights' false belief that lax voting laws allowed the 2020 election to be st…
  Electoral College Team {Voter Action Project} · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM

Enabled by an antiquated system

Election experts are worried about the Electoral College  John: We don't have any time to waste. Opponents of voting rights' refusal to accept their 2020 loss and peddling of shady legal theories not only lost cases challenging that election, caused an insurrection, and has put them in serious legal…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM

Landmark bill needs to be law

BCJ: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act John: The landmark John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement has been stuck in the U.S. House of Representatives since last fall. We need your help to get it moving again. After ten long years of attacks on voting rights, from the 2013 Supre…
  Team VAP · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 1:02 AM

The endgame of their plan

Mother Jones - Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country   This multi-million dollar D.C. think tank bankrolled a decades-long dark money campaign against our voting rights. It put a huge amount of money behind vote-suppressing state legislator…
  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 10:07 PM

Stunning statistic

Our friends at Democracy Docket have exposed something important  John,I want to draw your attention to a stunning stat I came across the other day. We all know about the wave of voter suppression, fear, and lies that has washed across our country since the 2020 election. We've been highlighting an…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 7:04 PM

These states attacked the Voting Rights Act

Their election laws are a threat to our democracy Recently, a federal court rejected Georgia’s attempts to summarily dismiss a claim by the Department of Justice in a lawsuit challenging the state's 2021 voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202. The DOJ claims that S.B. 202 violates Section 2 of the…
  Registration Team @ Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 4:07 PM

Simple math

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights this year   John: Our 2024 voter registration campaign needs your help. If "voter registration campaign" was all you needed to hear to support our work, please click right here to fuel our efforts. The math is simple: It only costs us about …
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 1:02 AM

Their plan to swing the election

Mother Jones - Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country   John, Opponents of voting rights are geared up to swing this year's election, dumping millions into ballot initiatives, vote-suppressing candidates, and spreading lies about mail-in ba…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
February 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM

"Very worried"

Disinformation could break the Electoral College   Experts are worried about the upcoming election, John, because of one main thing: The Electoral College. One of America's leading law professors believes the Electoral College enabled the January 6th insurrection and that without significant refor…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
February 26, 2024 at 4:04 PM

Congress must act decisively

Equal opportunity to participate in our democracy and to vote is fundamental John: Equal opportunity to participate in our democracy and to vote is fundamental to its health and integrity. Our government must listen to the voices of its people rather than be dominated by the wealthy and corporate …
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
February 26, 2024 at 1:02 AM

We have to mobilize

Axios: 🗳️ Election officials see new threats We know precisely what these "election threats" mean, John -- Opponents of voting rights pulling out all the stops to make sure they pick and choose which vote counts and which do not in this critical election. We must mobilize and stop them. RUSH $25 o…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 25, 2024 at 10:03 PM

Georgia and Texas need our help

Their election laws are a threat to our democracy Election laws on the books in Georgia and Texas remain a threat, John. Texas's SB1, passed into law in 2021, has made it harder to vote in the elections since, with increasing number of ballots thrown out. It's harder to get a mail-in ballot, hard…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
February 25, 2024 at 7:17 PM

Tracking survey: Voting Bill of Rights

Does Congress need to pass a national version?   You are invited to join our one-click issue response poll. For data integrity purposes, please do not complete this survey if your email address is not [email protected]. Several states, including California, have passed a "Voters Bill of Rights" t…
  Electoral College Team (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]
February 25, 2024 at 1:03 AM

Distortion

We can scrap the Electoral College   The Electoral College has been described as “a loaded pistol pointed at our system of government.” They warned that it created “a game of Russian roulette” because the way it distorts the will of the people could threaten our democracy.We've already seen the po…
  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
February 24, 2024 at 7:02 PM

Poll: Gerrymandering

We need to know how you feel about this important issue   Opponents of voting rights across the country used their newly gerrymandered seats and new maps to redraw the balance of power in Washington. That's because these vengeful partisans have total control of the process without regard for fairne…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 24, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Check out this map:

Look at what the Heritage Foundation's dark money has brought, John: Nearly all 50 states introduced bills in the last few years to restrict your vote in their legislature. Many states have already passed them. This is the fight of our lives. Vote suppressors are trying to mak…
  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM

Join 22 Democratic Attorneys General

Journal Times: ‘Peril to our democracy’ | Kaul joins 21 Democratic AGs to pressure Congress to fight 'voter suppression' John, 22 Attorneys General from across the country sent a letter asking Congress “to pass legislation protecting against both voter suppression and electio…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
February 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM

Your thoughts?

Bills that would make Election Day a Federal holiday in order to make voting more accessible to all Americans are moving through state legislatures. We want to hear from voters in your area on this topic. Will you take our one-question poll right away? John: Should Election …
  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]
February 21, 2024 at 4:52 PM

Join our fight for voting rights

John, Welcome to Voter Action Project! Our purpose is simple -- to protect and defend voting rights, especially mail-in balloting. We're a national movement that connects you to the fights on the ground, from Pennsylvania to Georgia to Arizona. We'll be emailing you about the lat…