Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Dark money to distort elections

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 …

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 3:25 PM

Worried about November

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 refo…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 12:04 AM

We need other states to follow

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 …

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  Voter Action Project Louisiana · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 6:10 PM

A parade of voter suppression bills

Louisiana's Governor Signs Multiple Anti-Voter Bills and More Are Pending   Louisiana's governor, Jeff Landry, has now signed eleven anti-voter bills into law in the last couple of weeks. He started the month off with these seven new suppressive laws: ➜ House Bill 285 requires the state secretary …

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Supporter survey: Grade Joe Biden

How do you think President Biden is doing?   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]. Throughout his first term, we have kept track of how our supporters feel about Joe Bid…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 12:02 AM

A solution even the Founding Fathers didn't like

We can scrap the Electoral College  Even after agreeing to the Electoral College, founder James Madison said the constitutional congress delegates were impaired by “the hurry­ing influence produced by fatigue and impatience.” Yes -- even the person who created it didn't like it and thought it was a…

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  Voter Action Project State Team · [email protected]

June 25, 2024 at 6:04 PM

These anti-voter laws

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 peop…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

June 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Key state update

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: ➜ Guara…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM

This needs to be stopped

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 v…

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  (VAP) Electoral College Team · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM

A fair warning

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 p…

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Supporter 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" …

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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 12:02 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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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 23, 2024 at 9:08 PM

Take it from Kamala

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 fig…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

June 23, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Supporter 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 fairn…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Snap poll: Expunging Trump

Trump has pressured every Speaker for this   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]. House conservatives repeatedly pressured previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold…

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  Voter Registration Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM

The future depends on you

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 e…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Not uncommon

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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  End the Electoral College (VAP) · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Just a tired compromise

We can scrap the Electoral College!   The Electoral College was a compromise that tired delegates made without truly understanding the future implications. Now we can see the whole system is a disastrous mistake that could lead to the end of true democracy in this country. The Jan. 6th Committee he…

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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 9:03 PM

They want to end our mail-in voting

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, makin…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Registration is a key pillar of our movement

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 …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Exactly what we need

9 & 10 News: Michigan Voting Rights Act advances out of committee State-level Voting Rights Acts -- like this one in Michigan, or Minnesota's recent law -- are models for other states across the country and exactly the type of pro-voter legislation we need to protect our right to vote everywh…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 19, 2024 at 6:07 PM

We really can do this

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 78% of the states needed to make the popular vote the law of the land are on board with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NP…

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  Nevada Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

June 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Saying one thing and doing another

DD: Trump and the RNC File Second Lawsuit Targeting Nevada’s Mail-in Ballots   When you cut through all the noise, these lawsuits are all about power. They can promote the use of mail-in ballots all they want but they filed these lawsuits to try and get votes thrown out because they think those vot…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM

Just another ploy

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.…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Michigan's Voting Rights Act

9 & 10 News: Michigan Voting Rights Act advances out of committee John: The Michigan Voting Rights Act is making good progress toward becoming law. This bill would:➜ Guarantees in state law protections previously afforded under the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. ➜ Establishes a nonpartisan …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Their latest shady tactic

CBS: Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls   This isn't just a Georgia problem, John. As with all the shady tactic that opponents of voting right use, once they find success with something in one state they export it for use in other states aroun…

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  Voter Action Project Nevada · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Sleight of hand

DD: Trump and the RNC File Second Lawsuit Targeting Nevada’s Mail-in Ballots   Actions count more than words, John.The Republican National Committee (RNC) and their presidential nominee, Donald Trump, have recently publicly encouraged the use of mail-in ballots. In private, however, they keep fi…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Taking her at her word

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 e…

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  Pennsylvania Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 9:09 PM

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 with…

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM

Tracking poll: Mass eligibility challenges

Rome News-Tribune: Eligibility of 364,000 Georgia voters challenged     Georgia and other states have an expansive legal statute that permits any voter to challenge the right to vote of any other voter in that county or municipality. Dark money voter suppression groups have allegedly used this lega…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Supporter poll: Mail-in ballots

Mail-in balloting continues to be attacked   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]. Mail-in balloting continues to be attacked in the wake of the 2022 elections. Lo…

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  Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM

143 days out

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 143 days.Vote-suppressing state legislatures are gearing up to pass more restrictive laws. Congress is paralyzed. B…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 3:04 PM

More voter purges on the horizon

CBS: Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls   John: We're hearing from allies on the ground that up to 500,000 Georgians are at risk of having their voter registration “purged” before Election Day.Partisan election officials conduct mass regist…

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  Team VAP · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 12:03 AM

This state is near the top of our list

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 …

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  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM

She really said this

NBC: Kari Lake suggests supporters 'strap on a Glock' to be ready for 2024   John: Sometimes the headline is all we need to know the truth.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 …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM

Big 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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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 13, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Can't lose this crucial 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 election…

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  Voter Action Project Alabama · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM

No exception

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 elec…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 12:03 AM

It's an outdated disaster

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 Wisconsin · [email protected]

June 11, 2024 at 6:08 PM

They use bills like this to protect their own power

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 A…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Just a dangerous ruling

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 longe…

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  Voter Action Project Alabama · [email protected]

June 11, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Mail-in 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-c…

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  Research Team [VAP] · [email protected]

June 10, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Tracking poll: Protecting election workers

We need to know if you think Congress should take action   John: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar recently joined colleagues in writing the Election Worker Protection Act, which would would "provide states with the resources to recruit and train election workers and ensure these workers’ safety, while a…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 10, 2024 at 3:03 PM

We can ditch the Electoral College

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 Elec…

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  Texas Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM

No sugarcoating

Austin American-Statesman -- Opinion: Cherish your vote and our democracy. Both face new challenges in Texas.   If there's a more effective way to limit the impact of people's votes than this plan in Texas -- aside from eliminating the right to vote -- we haven't seen it, John. Opponents of voting …

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  Voter Action Project Polling · [email protected]

June 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Tracking poll: Fraud concerns

WaPo - The truth about election fraud: It’s rare     As the 2022 midterm elections got underway, many Americans, in particular those who identify as Republicans, were increasingly fearful that the outcome will be affected or even determined by election fraud.  Thousands of poll watchers were dispat…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 8, 2024 at 6:09 PM

They're targeting voter registration groups like us

AP: Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work The vice president of law and policy at the Voting Rights Lab has come out and said it -- voting rights experts expect to see continued attempts to restrict voting and the activities of voter …

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  Louisiana Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Power and control

Louisiana's Governor Signs Multiple Anti-Voter Bills and More Are Pending   Listen, we can't stop these suppressive laws from going into effect to start, and we can't stop the pending bills from being signed. But we can draw attention to them, we can use them to organize and to turn out voters, and…

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  Voter Action Project Texas · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Proposed statewide election change

Austin American-Statesman -- Opinion: Cherish your vote and our democracy. Both face new challenges in Texas.   John, There's no way to sugarcoat this: A major party is advocating for a constitutional change in Texas that would codify their power and control into the state constitution. From the A…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Voting is a fundamental right

Witchita Eagle: Kansas Supreme Court finds Kansans have no ‘fundamental right’ to vote You can't have a democracy without voting -- period, end of story, full stop. Saying that "voting isn't a fundamental right" is basically admitting that your state isn't a real democracy. Kansas told its citize…

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