Nevada Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Cut through the noise

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 Electoral College Team · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 3:03 PM

What the NPVIC is really about

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 Louisiana · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Organize and repeal

Louisiana's Governor Signs Multiple Anti-Voter Bills and More Are Pending  Listen, we can't stop these suppressive laws from going into effect -- at least to start. But we can draw attention to them, we can use them to organize and to turn out voters, and we can work to repeal these laws or fight t…

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  Pennsylvania Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM

Vote counting delays

WaPo: Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count   John: Do you remember all the cries to "Stop the count!"?When the polls closed on election night in 2020, one candidate appeared to be winning Pennsylvania. But over the next several days, as officials counted mail…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM

"In four years, you don't have to vote again"

Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’   “Christians, get out and vote!” yelled Trump. “Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine! You won’t have to vote anymore, my beauti…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Thye danger is clear

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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  Voter Action Project Ohio · [email protected]

July 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Ohio's voter purge

Ohio Capitol Journal: Ohio’s voter purge “disproportionately targets voters of color”, civil rights organizations say   Ohio is removing nearly 160,000 voters from the rolls, John. More than half of Ohio voters who might be purged from the state’s voter rolls are registered in counties where a maj…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM

Poll: How do 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 ground…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

July 26, 2024 at 9:13 PM

1-click 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 Team · [email protected]

July 26, 2024 at 6:07 PM

These Georgia laws are an example

AJC: VP Harris visits ‘ground zero’ for voting rights battle in Atlanta  More from Kamala 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 pe…

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  Voter Action Project Nevada · [email protected]

July 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Lawsuits to limit mail-in ballots

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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  Democracy Watch [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

July 26, 2024 at 12:02 AM

"Nothing can come in the way"

DD: Kamala Harris Could Be the New Democratic Presidential Nominee — Here’s Her Record on Voting Rights President Biden said it as he addressed the nation: “nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy”."The great thing about America is here, kings and dictators do not rule. The people do.…

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  Voter Action Project State Team · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Eleven 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 so far this year. He started off with these seven new suppressive laws: ➜ House Bill 285 requires the state secretary of state’s office to …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM

This is what we need

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 oppone…

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  VAP Registration Team · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Shaping our future

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   Our voter registration work will shape the future of our democracy. We're not going to quit until we've registered every new voter, educated potential voters, and turned out everyone we can to make sure every voice is heard in our elec…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM

"Fundamental freedoms"

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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  Election Research Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Snap poll: Biden's decision

How do you feel about Joe Biden's decision to step aside?   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]. President Joe Biden recently chose to step aside and end his run …

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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 12:01 AM

All gas/no brakes

CNN: Biden will not seek reelection; endorses Harris If there is any election for us to go all out, it's this one. We put our democracy back on the right track four years ago and have spent the last three and a half years fighting in the states as opponents of voting rights try to roll back the r…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

July 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Strong track record

DD: Kamala Harris Could Be the New Democratic Presidential Nominee — Here’s Her Record on Voting Rights In her time in office, all the way to the Vice Presidency, Kamala Harris has been a strong proponent of voting rights and our democracy, John. ➜ As a District Attorney and then California's At…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Respond and register new voters

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   We've been working on voter registration since 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 was. We succ…

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  Mississippi Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 23, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Constant battleground for voting rights

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 v…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Pro-democracy sacrifice

CNN: Biden will not seek reelection; endorses Harris Yesterday's news landed like a thunderbolt, John. It's rare that we've seen such a selfless act of political courage in American history. Joe Biden gave up his political ambition to put our country and our democracy first. He's one of two pres…

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  VAP Electoral College Team · [email protected]

July 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM

A major step

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 Mississippi · [email protected]

July 21, 2024 at 9:07 PM

"Signs of change"

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 nati…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Will 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]

July 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM

1-click 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 explanatio…

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

July 19, 2024 at 6:23 PM

Our most important task

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

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  Electoral College Team [VAP] · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM

17 states plus DC

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 Comp…

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  Voter Action Project GA · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Baseless accusations

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 …

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

July 18, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Their plan is no joke

Vox - Project 2025: The myths and the facts   The bottom line is that opponents of voting rights could easily enact many of the proposed policies from Project 2025. We're focused on the changes to voting and our elections, but there's no doubt that this plan would radically alter our country and ou…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 18, 2024 at 3:05 PM

We have to make a big 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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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM

One the verge

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 sys…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM

It's time

The Electoral College system no longer aligns with the democratic principles upon which our nation was founded John --According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 65% of Americans favor moving away from the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote system – and we agree.The Electoral Colle…

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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM

More election changes

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 easi…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They're tearing down our electoral system

WaPo: Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance  Opponents of voting rights at the Heritage Foundation have spent decades trying to undermine faith in our elections, cast fear over who is voting and how, and seed doubts in the minds of voters. They want you afraid becau…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM

Quick 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 …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM

We need to talk about "Project 2025"

Vox - Project 2025: The myths and the facts   There's been a lot of talk about the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025", John. It's time for the truth. Project 2025 is a detailed and specific plan for what the next Republican president could (or in the eyes of some, should) do with his power, inc…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Fear is at the heart of these lies

Noncitizens are not voting, don't believe the fear-mongering   Straight from the Brennan Center: "Imagine you’re an undocumented person living in the United States. You’ve come to this country seeking a better life for you and your family. Or maybe your parents brought you here seeking the same whe…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

July 15, 2024 at 9:07 PM

Snap poll: Executive power

@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 sei…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

July 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM

Vestige of the past

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 a…

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  Michael Kanick, Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM

We condemn political violence

Violence is not the answer John,To make this clear up front: We condemn political violence in any form. This isn't an email that I've ever wanted to write. I vividly remember the hearing about the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords along with her staff and constituents while at home tha…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Quick 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 officia…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM

They feel threatened by voter participation

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 · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 3:21 PM

Preemptive election denial

WaPo: Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance   This isn't a joke, John. A dark money, inside the beltway think tank that has spent decades opposed to voting rights has already declared the election illegitimate. News broke this morning that the ultra-conservative Her…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

July 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Desperately need to register more voters

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 $2…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 11, 2024 at 6:04 PM

They're trying to scare you with lies

Noncitizens are not voting, don't believe the fear-mongering   You're being lied to, John. Plain and simple.Time and again, it's been proven that noncitizens are not voting in our state or federal elections. All states -- across the country -- have multiple systems in place to stop attempted non…

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  Voter Action Project NC · [email protected]

July 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Suppressing on the margins to win elections

DD: Disenfranchising Rural North Carolina Is By Design There's no code to break down when we say "rural". We're not talking about voters who are likely to vote one way or another. This is about the working poor and struggling middle class that are continually targeted by opponents of voting right…

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  Wisconsin Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM

This makes a huge difference for November

Kenosha News: Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses previous decision, allows absentee ballot drop boxes 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... this Wisconsi…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

July 10, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Alabama 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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  Voter Registration Team (VAP) · [email protected]

July 10, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Crucial efforts

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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