Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM

Alarms should be ringing

USA Today: RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House.   Why do we keep raising the alarm about 3rd party candidates for President? Because the Electoral College could put an anti-voting election denier back in the White House. That's an existential threat to …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

April 10, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Dangerous ploys

WHYY: Outcome of Pa. mail voting case may impact 2024 election  You don't have to be an elections expert or a lawyer to understand that opponents of voting rights use tricks like extra dates on envelopes or multiple signature requirements to confuse voters, challenge ballots, and suppress the vote.T…

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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM

A step backwards

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…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

April 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Do you agree with their decision?

ABC: Supreme Court rules Trump can stay on Colorado ballot in historic 14th Amendment case     John: Some legal experts still believe that under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, Trump is ineligible for the presidency because he took the oath of office and subsequently “engaged in insurrection or re…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

April 9, 2024 at 12:01 AM

We're going to meet the challenge

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. …

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April 8, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Let's ratify the ERA

John,We have been waiting over 100 years for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA – an amendment to the U.S. Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens, regardless of sex – has satisfied all requirements to be added to the Constitution…

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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]

April 8, 2024 at 3:04 PM

99% baseless

CNN: Georgia lawmakers back broad election changes, including one that could benefit third-party presidential contenders   Between the mass challenges brought by an out-of-state voter suppression group and the individual ones brought by self-appointed internet sleuths, nearly 500,000 Georgians had t…

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  Electoral College Team (VAP) · [email protected]

April 8, 2024 at 12:02 AM

A tool to protect power

Fox News: End of the Electoral College is in sight if Democrats keep getting their way   We'll get straight to the point, John: The Electoral College is an outdated mess that political parties are using to game the system and perpetuate power for candidates who get less votes. It's simply a tool to …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Is this how you view Congress?

Share of Americans who say it is more important for officials to compromise than stand on principle     John: According to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll, most Americans seem to favor a Congress that compromises and works together as opposed to one that stands firmly on ideological grounds…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Supporter poll: Early voting

Would you be in support of expanding it?   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]. A statewide proposal in Michigan that would allow nine days of early voting before …

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  Voter Action Project SC · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Unfulfilled justice

Myrtle Beach Sun News: SC to use 1st congressional district map in 2024 while US Supreme Court mulls decision  The fact that voters here in South Carolina will be stuck voting for candidates in unlawfully drawn districts is just absurd. We deserve fair representation. We deserve lawful maps, not rac…

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  Pennsylvania Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 3:05 PM

This case is critical

WHYY: Outcome of Pa. mail voting case may impact 2024 election   Important to remember, John: During the 2022 midterms, more than one million Pennsylvania voters dropped their ballots in the mail, well in time for them to be counted by Election Day. But several thousand of them were rejected witho…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 12:01 AM

We have to try everything

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. That's why President Biden called for Congress to act on this bill during his annual S…

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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 4, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Our state legislature just made it easier to challenge our right to vote

CNN: Georgia lawmakers back broad election changes, including one that could benefit third-party presidential contenders   Straight from CNN, John: "Republican-backed legislation headed to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk would establish new rules for challenging voters’ eligibility and make it easie…

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  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]

April 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Right and just

Fox News: End of the Electoral College is in sight if Democrats keep getting their way   Fox News is wrong, John -- big surprise.  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) isn't about partisanship. It's not about gaming the system. They've spent decades drowning in their own rhetoric …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 4, 2024 at 2:29 AM

South Carolina will vote this year with unlawful districts

Myrtle Beach Sun News: SC to use 1st congressional district map in 2024 while US Supreme Court mulls decision   Quick backstory, John: A panel of three federal judges had previously ruled that South Carolina's 1st Congressional District was unlawfully drawn Now that same panel of three federal judg…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Add your name to help end this broken system

Sign on to support the Inclusive Democracy Act John,We believe voting is a right – NOT a privilege.Every American deserves to be heard in our democracy – and have our voices matter in decisions that affect our family, friends, and community. But right now felony disenfranchisement laws deny 4.6 mi…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Can we still be a role model?

Axios - Harris: U.S. democracy role model status at risk over voting rights law     Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the U.S. standing as a global role model would be under threat if voting rights legislation failed to pass.Opponents of voting rights have successfully stopped either house …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 3, 2024 at 12:04 AM

We need Congress to act

BCJ: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act John: 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 called on Congre…

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April 2, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Tracking poll: Ranked choice voting

The Hill: Republicans rage against ranked choice voting after Alaska election     John - "Ranked choice" voting is a popular tool in the push to make the voting process more democratic and enable citizens to have a greater voice when they go to the polls. If you’ve never heard of it, the explanation…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

April 1, 2024 at 12:02 AM

What's at stake:

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…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

March 31, 2024 at 9:07 PM

Difference maker

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…

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  Wisconsin Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Time after time

Wisconsin Public Radio: Republican bill would abolish Wisconsin Elections Commission   Wisconsin is a key battleground as we fight to defend voting rights. Time after time opponents of voting rights have tried to guarantee their control over our state at the expense of our democracy -- and there's n…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

March 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM

A little more than 12 hours

Time is short and our need to register voters is strong It's a holiday for some of us and we don't want to bother you, but our quarterly deadline is just 12 hours away and our campaign to register voters is the most important thing we'll do this year. We can't do this without you. Just $3 can cove…

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March 31, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They just keep going

AL.com - Secretary of State Wes Allen says Alabama’s new absentee voting law in effect for November election  Alabama is no exception -- opponents of voting rights across the country feel threatened by increased voter participation. They're scared that if every eligible voter takes part in our elect…

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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 30, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Supporters like you

Time is short and our need to register voters is strong We know you hate these "goal" emails, and we don't like sending them. But our grassroots movement is 100% dependent on supporters like you to fuel our voter registration campaigns and the rest of our work. There's a little more than a day lef…

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  Voter Action Project Wisconsin · [email protected]

March 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM

This raises huge concerns

Wisconsin Public Radio: Republican bill would abolish Wisconsin Elections Commission   John: First, Opponents of voting rights gerrymandered Wisconsin. Then they lost critical elections for Governor and State Supreme Court. Then they tried to fire the nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Ad…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They've already got the blueprint

WPRI: Movement seeks to remove Electoral College, elect president by popular vote  CNN laid out the danger clearly: “Trump had blueprints that the Republicans tried to use to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's clear and genuine victory, in the form of a memo that laid out a plan …

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March 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Mail-in ballot attacks continue

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 b…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

March 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM

We can be the democracy we deserve

Our friends at Democracy Docket have exposed something important It's true: 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 -- which were often our most shameful periods.We cannot hesitate to ac…

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  Voter Registration Team @ VAP · [email protected]

March 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM

The key to increasing voter participation

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 …

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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 29, 2024 at 3:01 AM

Less than takeout coffee

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you  We can't stress this enough: For less than the price of a latte at that coffee shop you see on every corner, you can help cover the costs of registering a new voter. This year more than ever, please, RUSH $24 or more right now and help u…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

March 29, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Alabama's new voter suppression

AL.com - Secretary of State Wes Allen says Alabama’s new absentee voting law in effect for November election   There's no way to sugarcoat this, John: Alabama recently made it harder to vote by mail. Alabama lawmakers recently passed SB1, a bill that opponents of voting rights said would stop so-ca…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Drastic change

Our friends at Democracy Docket have exposed something important   This is a terrifying statistic, John. 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 and fighting these bad bills and suppressive …

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  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM

Our goal for Q1, our goal for the year

I sound like a broken record, but we've just got to have more voters register and participate  John, I wish I had fanfare our trumpets or something, but this announcement is probably blindingly obvious -- we cannot increase voter participation in this country without registering more voters, so ou…

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  VAP Texas · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Sad indictment of our state

Votebeat: It took me three tries to register to vote — and I’m a voting reporter   This shouldn't have to be said,  John, but it shouldn't take anyone anywhere 3 tries to register to vote. However, this is the world opponents of voting rights are trying to build -- one where their votes and their vo…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

March 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Important work that never ends

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   Our voter registration work doesn't end, John. Despite vote-suppressing state legislatures making it harder to register to vote -- Passing bills to stop organizations like ours and our partners on the ground from helping potential voter…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 27, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Supporter survey: Availability of drop boxes

Iowa Capital Dispatch: States target ballot drop boxes in fight over voting rights     We want to hear from likely voters in your area about the election proposals under consideration in several states. Will you take our one-question poll right away? John: Should there be more drop boxes available f…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

March 27, 2024 at 12:01 AM

We know all the bad things these threats mean

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…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 26, 2024 at 3:08 PM

This is the movement

WPRI: Movement seeks to remove Electoral College, elect president by popular vote   It’s simple, John. Defenders of voting rights like Cory Booker, AOC, Robert Reich, and Stacey Abrams recognize that the Electoral College is harming our democracy and needs to go. It’s the biggest tool the opponen…

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  Texas Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 26, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Emblematic

Votebeat: It took me three tries to register to vote — and I’m a voting reporter   John: The problems this reporter had are exactly what we've been talking about for years in Texas.She became a naturalized U.S. citizen at a ceremony last year. After she took the oath of allegiance with around 50 …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 25, 2024 at 9:03 PM

New threats to this year's elections

Axios: 🗳️ Election officials see new threats John -- Election officials see a growing list of threats from foreign and domestic sources ahead of the 2024 election. Whether it's from cyber attacks, poorly funded election equipment breaking down, or anti-voting activists trying to skew the results, t…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 25, 2024 at 12:03 AM

We've got to turn out these voters

These elections will determine who controls Michigan's state house  Michigan's state legislature has to be a win next month. Defenders of voting rights have made too much progress and achieved too much in the last year or so for us to risk sliding backward in the fight for fair districts, expanded b…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

March 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Presidential power poll

@NorahODonnell: The January 6th committee shows a draft executive order from Dec. 2020 that would direct the Secretary of Defense to seize voting machines immediately.    The January 6th committee showed evidence in a hearing that President Trump was going to order the Department of Defense to seize…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Voting survey: Runoff elections

Fox 5 Atlanta: Georgia secretary of state calls for end of general election runoffs     Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has said that he wants the Georgia General Assembly to end the Peach State's use of general election runoffs. In a statement, Raffensperger called on Georgia official…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Ongoing attacks in these states

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…

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  Voter Action Project Michigan · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Next month

These races will determine who controls Michigan's state house   Two districts in Michigan have two general election dates this year, John, with a critically overlooked one coming up next month.  The Michigan state House of Representatives is currently tied, 54-54. Two special elections happen on Ap…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Serious efforts

This is the kind of change that makes a difference  Minnesota joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) was a great step and Maine's progress brings some needed momentum to our fight to end the Electoral College. State legislatures in Michigan, Nevada, and several other states als…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 21, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Decades of dark money

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…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

March 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Two critical states

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…

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