Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM

They might try to run it back

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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  [email protected] · [email protected]

May 26, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Tracking survey: Foreign interference in our elections

Newsweek: Mississippi Hit With Cyberattack After Russian Hackers Call for Strike   Mississippi election officials confirmed the state was hit with a coordinated cyberattack that disrupted their website's operations periodically throughout Election Day.   The Mississippi Secretary of State's office …

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  Voter Action Project Redistricting Team · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Not what we deserve

NYT: Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map We deserve fair representation. We deserve lawful maps, not racial gerrymanders. We deserve our elections to fulfill the promise of our democracy, not be stuck at the whim of a feckless Supreme Court pursuing a partisan agend…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Congress needs to step up

Restore the Voting Rights Act and our freedom to vote. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. John,For decades, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was a critical check against anti-democratic efforts to silence and suppress the voices of millions of voters …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM

This 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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  Minnesota Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 12:03 AM

The new model

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 · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Increased participation in Wisconsin

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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  Voter Action Project Alerts · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM

🚨 A bad decision for South Carolina

NYT: Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map   We expected this, John, even if it's bad news: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along party lines to overrule a panel of three federal judges that had previously ruled that South Carolina's 1st Congressional District was unlawf…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

May 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Perfect example

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]

May 22, 2024 at 6:02 PM

More 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 law: ➜ Guaran…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

May 22, 2024 at 3:06 PM

One-click survey: Disbar Rudy Giuliani?

Politico: Disciplinary panel calls for Rudy Giuliani’s disbarment John: Rudy Giuliani's role in the election conspiracies of 2020 is well known. Now a panel of his legal peers is calling not just for fines and suspensions, but full disbarment so that he's no longer able to serve as a lawyer.  We'r…

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  VAP Electoral College Team · [email protected]

May 22, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Keep this momentum going

This is the kind of change that makes a difference  Minnesota and Maine joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) brings huge momentum to our fight to end the Electoral College. State legislatures in Michigan, Nevada, and several other states could be up next. We have to get this …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Looking for a win in 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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  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Please check your voter registration

With voters being purged across the country, we're urging you to check your registration and ask your friends and family to check theirs. John, We sincerely hope everyone getting this email has registered to vote. If you have not, do not hesitate, use our voter registration tool here. If the answe…

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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Laser 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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  Electoral College Team (VAP) · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM

209 of 270

This is the kind of change that makes a difference   The movement to end the Electoral College is making progress, John: Minnesota joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact last year and Maine has now passed a bill to join!If you don't remember -- The National Popular Vote Interstate Compa…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

May 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Important decision

CBS: Supreme Court lets Louisiana use congressional map with new majority-Black district in 2024 elections   We've heard a bunch of consternation about how we got this decision. And we get it -- this is a stay, not necessarily the final resolution of this map. But it's important to realize that no m…

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  Research Survey (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]

May 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM

One-click question: Voter ID options

Many states are changing the types of ID they accept for voting   Ohio counties are grappling with the impact of their voter suppression law that enacts stringent voter identification laws.  Franklin County, home to the state capitol of Columbus and more than a million Ohioans, is among the countie…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Tracking poll: Corporate profits

We need to know if you think Congress should take action   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]. Everyday Americans are feeling crunched yet corporate profits are r…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM

Registration is the whole ballgame

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   Our history of voter registration is great. But our future work is what's important and what really matters. We're going to register new voters, educate potential voters, and turn out everyone to make sure every voice is heard in our el…

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  Louisiana Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Great update 🚨

CBS: Supreme Court lets Louisiana use congressional map with new majority-Black district in 2024 elections   It's not often we get to applaud the Supreme Court, John. But they stepped up to overrule a lower federal court to protect the new congressional map intended to better represent Louisiana’s…

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  Voter Action Project PA · [email protected]

May 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Easy to understand

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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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Gearing up

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   We started our first voter registration work shortly after we were founded in 2020, John. Amidst a global pandemic, we came together to advocate for mail-in ballots, register new voters, and educate everyone on how easy mail-in voting w…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 16, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Throwing their weight behind a needed change

MSNBC: Jamie Raskin thinks the Electoral College threatens democracy. He's right.  Jamie Raskin, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren -- with more and more powerful voices throwing their weight behind abolishing the Electoral College, we are on the verge of a breakthrough! We deserve a popular vote syst…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM

An absurd situation

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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  Voter Action Project Pennsylvania · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM

How we vote this fall is still up in the air

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 Legal Team · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Can't afford to lose this right

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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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 6:12 PM

Must recuse herself

A Trump appointee is overseeing his case John -- Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has been assigned to oversee the case involving Donald Trump's mishandling (a.k.a. stealing) of classified documents. Judge Cannon has already shown her bias over and over, ruling in Trump's favor, causing ma…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Jamie Raskin knows the deal

MSNBC: Jamie Raskin thinks the Electoral College threatens democracy. He's right.   Congressman Jamie Raskin knows the score, John. Here's what he had to say: “I think that the Electoral College now, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century al…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 14, 2024 at 12:01 AM

South Carolina's 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]

May 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Using the courts to gut voting rights law

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 Action Project · [email protected]

May 13, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Nobody is happy with it

Chuck Todd is asking key questions about the Electoral College  Chuck Todd is right -- nobody is happy with the current Electoral College system and our country deserves better. The American people deserve a system where their votes directly count and their voices aren't muffled.We can end the Elect…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

May 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Supporter poll: Voting rights priorities

We want to see if you biggest concerns have changed With state legislatures in session around the country we need to know if your voting rights priorities have changed. Please take our quick one-click poll: John, which voting rights issue is most important to you? When you clic…

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Snap poll: Ballot languages

A federal law requires translating ballots, but not it all languages   Section 203 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has required certain states and local governments to provide voting ballots, registration forms and other election materials in more than just English. But not all languages are covered …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Mass challenges to voters

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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  (VAP) Electoral College Watch · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Serious 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…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Counteracting all these bad bills with registration

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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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM

The Governor just signed this into law

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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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 9, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Be real about this

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 · [email protected]

May 8, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Michelle's registration push

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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  End the Electoral College {Voter Action Project} · [email protected]

May 8, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Democracy stretching at the seams

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…

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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Big 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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  Texas Voter Action Project · [email protected]

May 7, 2024 at 12:04 AM

We shouldn't even have to say this

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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  [email protected] · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Expert "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…

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  Voter Action Project Louisiana · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 12:03 AM

They set us up to fail

NPR: Judges block Louisiana's congressional map. A Supreme Court appeal is expected   We have 10 days here in Louisiana to get these new maps approved by our Attorney General's deadline.Otherwise, just like South Carolina, we'll be forced to vote for candidates in districts that were already struck …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

May 5, 2024 at 9:04 PM

The rule and not the exception

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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  [email protected] · [email protected]

May 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM

One-click poll: Equal Rights Amendment

85 Percent of Voters Want Congress to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment     Fifty years after the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was initially passed in Congress, an overwhelming majority of likely voters want the provision aimed at guaranteeing equal rights for all genders to go into effect.  Recent po…

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  Research Survey [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

May 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Supporter poll: Expand the Supreme Court?

The Hill: Democrats reintroduce Supreme Court expansion legislation   A group of Democratic lawmakers recently reintroduced a bill that would create an additional four seats on the Supreme Court. This would make the number of justices match the number of U.S. Courts of Appeals (13 in total), as was …

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  VAP Wisconsin · [email protected]

May 3, 2024 at 6:04 PM

We're a key battleground

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 · [email protected]

May 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM

It's because they're scared of everyone voting

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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