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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 26, 2024 at 3:03 PM

They use dark money to trick gullible people

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]
April 26, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Can't do it alone

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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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Our biggest threats

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, har…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM

While it may seem impossible

We can scrap the Electoral College   There are times this fight for a popular vote system feels impossible. But John, we can assure you it's not.   That's because 73% of the states needed to make the popular vote the law of the land are on board with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV…
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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 25, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Their actions demand a response

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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  [email protected] · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Tracking survey: National vote-by-mail

Help shape our priorities with your response   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]. Mail-in balloting was proven safe and secure after broad utilization in the last two …
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 6:03 PM

To honor John Lewis

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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  Minnesota Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 12:02 AM

More progress like this

MPR: ‘Minnesota Voting Rights Act’ nears governor’s signature after state Senate approval Minnesota's Voting Rights Act is a model for states nationwide and exactly the type of pro-voter legislation we need to protect our right to vote.John: Fuel our efforts to support bills like this around the c…
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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
April 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Right there in black and white

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote   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 stolen, near…
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  Voter Action Project Arizona · [email protected]
April 23, 2024 at 12:02 AM

If you can't say anything good...

NBC: Kari Lake suggests supporters 'strap on a Glock' to be ready for 2024  Maybe Kari Lake forgot the lesson from childhood -- "If you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all." We doubt that's the case -- and a lot of extremists in Arizona are taking her at her word: “They’re gonna do ev…
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  Voter Action Project Minnesota · [email protected]
April 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Needed good news

MPR: ‘Minnesota Voting Rights Act’ nears governor’s signature after state Senate approval John: Amidst all the continuous fights over our right to vote lately we cannot lose sight of our successes -- Minnesota passed a new state Voting Rights Act that will expand voting rights. This bill: ➜ Guara…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 22, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Fairness and trust matter

We grapple with a conservative-leaning Court that continues to weaponize partisanship and strip away our rights John,The Supreme Court is supposed to be fair and independent. Yet, we grapple with a conservative-leaning Court that continues to weaponize partisanship and strip away our rights, inclu…
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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM

A small sacrifice for a huge impact

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 Polling · [email protected]
April 21, 2024 at 6:19 PM

About the filibuster

We need your feedback on this Senate rule   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]. Senator Kyrsten Sinema spoke on the Senate floor amidst debate about meaningful voting righ…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM

This would expand the use of drop boxes and so much more

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is revisiting a controversial decision Easily accessible drop boxes, clarifying the tricky witness signature requirement, more time to cure valid ballots with tiny errors so that they count instead of getting thrown out... if the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules the right …
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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM

We can't believe she said this

NBC: Kari Lake suggests supporters 'strap on a Glock' to be ready for 2024   John: Sometimes the headline is all we need.Failed MAGA gubernatorial candidate and current Senate hopeful Kari Lake told supporters they can "strap on a Glock" to be prepared for the intensity of the 2024 campaign and u…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 18, 2024 at 9:19 PM

Add your name to protect mail-in voting

The Postmaster General is doing nothing to help process your ballot faster John:Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is “aggressively” implementing a 10-year plan at the United States Post Service that will slash jobs, close sorting centers and eventually lead to his and Donald Trump’s u…
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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]
April 18, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Perfect microcosm

AJC: VP Harris visits ‘ground zero’ for voting rights battle in Atlanta  More from V.P. Harris: "Yet we have seen in the state of Georgia, by example of what is happening in the country, anti-voter laws — laws that have limited drop boxes, have made it illegal to even provide food and water to peopl…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 18, 2024 at 3:05 PM

We keep it going

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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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 18, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Short but important

The Hill: Buttigieg doubles down on scrapping Electoral College: ‘It’s undemocratic’  We'll keep this short, John: The Electoral College is an outdated disaster that gives too much power to low-population states. We desperately need a popular vote system in the United States.Support our work to end …
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 17, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Good news from Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is revisiting a controversial decision Remember this from way back in 2021, John? Back then, in response to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, Wisconsin’s then-conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in ele…
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  Voter Action Project Pennsylvania · [email protected]
April 17, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They lie about our ballots. This study proves it.

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…
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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
April 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Georgia in focus

AJC: VP Harris visits ‘ground zero’ for voting rights battle in Atlanta   Straight from Vice President Kamala Harris during her recent trip to Georgia, John: "Leaders here who have a continuing conversation — a conversation that many of us have been having for years — around the significance of figh…
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  Research Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]
April 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Tracking poll: D.C. Statehood

WaPo Opinion: D.C. statehood is a voting rights issue If Washington, D.C. was a state, the U.S. Senate sure would look different and the landscape for critical legislation would definitely be altered. While it doesn't have the square mileage of other states, D.C. would actually be ahead of Wyoming…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM

We need to ditch it

The Hill: Buttigieg doubles down on scrapping Electoral College: ‘It’s undemocratic’   John - leaders like Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Robert Reich are leading the charge to ditch the Electoral College and switch to a national popular vote system. Why?➜ The Elect…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 16, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Stripped a right away

AP: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue  We desperately need a "private right to action" to protect voting rights. All that phrase means is that we, the people, can bring forward a lawsuit ourselves when we see wrongdoing in our elections…
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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 15, 2024 at 9:03 PM

We've been waiting so long

Add your name to encourage Congress to act 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 re…
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 15, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Important study

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 …
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Supporter poll: Voter ID

Fox News: NC Supreme Court rejects voter ID law, state electoral map, claiming 'racially motivated purpose'     We want to hear from likely voters in your area about the Voter ID laws under consideration in several states. Will you take our one-question poll right away? John: Do you agree that Voter…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Tracking poll: Speaker Johnson

How would you rate his performance?   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]. John: GOP Leader Mike Johnson is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He wa…
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  Voter Action Project State Team · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Facing them down

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 down the opponents of vo…
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Vanity campaigns

USA Today: RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House.   Any 3rd party shenanigans can't be written off, regardless of the candidate. The Electoral College has been formed around a two-party system and isn't equipped to handle the impacts of so many candidates.…
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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
April 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM

This is why they want to run back the clock in Arizona

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…
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  Voter Action Project Mississippi · [email protected]
April 11, 2024 at 6:03 PM

We're fighting here on the ground

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 in every state natio…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM

Gutting it, one court decision at a time

AP: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue   The recent 8th Circuit ruling is one of the most dangerous anti-voter rulings we’ve seen in years. In the eight states impacted by the ruling, voters and voting rights organizations can no longer…
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  Voter Registration Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]
April 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Our focus all year

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 209 days.Vote-suppressing state legislatures are gearing up to pass more restrictive laws. Congress is paralyzed. Be…
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  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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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
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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