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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
September 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM

Nearing the pivot point

We are focusing on our GOTV operations  John,We are almost at the pivot point. We've been focused on voter registration all year -- it's been our number one priority, starting with reengaging lapsed voters and attracting new voters to our outreach on the ground and advertising online. Now that we'v…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
September 4, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Alabama made it harder to vote by mail

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-cal…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM

1 million purged in Texas

Newsweek: Greg Abbott Removes 1 Million People From Texas Voter Rolls   John: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott trumpeted Texas' purging of more than 1,000,000 voters under their 2021 voter suppression law. “That removal process has been, and will continue to be, ongoing,” Abbot’s office said. Partisan electi…
  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
September 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM

One-click survey: Rudy Giuliani

Politico: Rudy Giuliani disbarred in New York John: Rudy Giuliani's role in the election conspiracies of 2020 is well known. Now he's been fully disbarred in New York for his role in the scheme to subvert the election results in 2020. We're looking to hear from our supporters about this issue. Will…
  Research Survey (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]
September 2, 2024 at 6:06 PM

Quck, one-click poll: 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…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 31, 2024 at 9:06 PM

Control and power

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…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 31, 2024 at 6:14 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 …
  Voter Action Project North Carolina · [email protected]
August 31, 2024 at 12:09 AM

Continually targeted

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…
  Louisiana Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM

All these 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 cr…
  Registration Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]
August 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM

67 days

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 67 days. Vote-suppressing state legislatures are gearing up to pass more restrictive laws. Congress is paralyzed. Bea…
  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]
August 30, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Georgia's 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 easie…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Must get this done

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…
  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 9:08 PM

Take him at his word

MSNBC: Trump tells supporters they ‘won’t have to vote’ again if he wins   Four years of Donald Trump as president taught us to take him at his word. We could never assume we knew whether he was being hyperbolic or stating his true intentions. It's the same right now -- we have to assume the worst …
  Voter Action Project North Carolina · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Sneaky

DD: Disenfranchising Rural North Carolina Is By Design  One of the sneakiest things about North Carolina's 2023 voter suppression bill, S.B. 747, is how it disenfranchises rural communities across our state. The North Carolina state legislature, along party lines, passed a sweeping package of cha…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Time is short

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.…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 29, 2024 at 12:01 AM

We can't let them silence us

Rolling Stone: These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers  We can't let these vote suppressors and their inside-the-beltway supporters, fueled by dark money millions in a decades-long campaign, to silence our voices. Our country and our future are too important to give up n…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 28, 2024 at 6:05 PM

More than ever

BCJ: Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act John: We've repeatedly highlighted a key fact: The landmark John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement has been stuck in the U.S. House of Representatives. Supporters of voting rights from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris to Stacey Abrams have calle…
  VAP Research Team · [email protected]
August 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM

New 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 still feeling crunched yet corporate profits …
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
August 28, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Our greatest hope

We need to supercharge our GOTV operations   John: With the restrictions opponents of voting rights put in place in many states - like Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Wisconsin - turning out as many voters as possible is our greatest hope to defend our right to vote and stem this tide of voter suppres…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 27, 2024 at 9:05 PM

They won't have to vote again, apparently

MSNBC: Trump tells supporters they ‘won’t have to vote’ again if he wins   “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 beautiful Christians. I love y…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 27, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Election denying swing state officials

Rolling Stone: These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers  It's about power, John. It always is. Rolling Stone has found that nearly 70 MAGA conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day.They're …
  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Their goal is clear --

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…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
August 26, 2024 at 6:05 PM

We can't let a simple Senate rule stand in our way

WaPo: Democrats signal voting rights bills will top the agenda if Harris wins We've heard a lot this year about our democracy and the future of our country, about the road we're on and the paths we can choose. A challenge to defend voting rights lies in front of us next year and we can't let anyth…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 26, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Turnout is key

We need to supercharge our GOTV operations  John, Some day we won't have to say this anymore, but the reality is that there are critical elections across the country this fall, with the future of voting rights, abortion, and more in the balance. Opponents of voting rights have long worked behind th…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 26, 2024 at 12:02 AM

They didn't write this plan just to ignore it

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…
  Arizona Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM

They are trying 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, making …
  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]
August 25, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Supporter tracking poll: Voting rights priorities

We want to see if you biggest concerns have changed With the election coming up 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 click an option, your vote is …
  [email protected] · [email protected]
August 23, 2024 at 9:14 PM

Supporter 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 …
  Voter Action Project PA · [email protected]
August 23, 2024 at 6:04 PM

They can't win without dirty tricks

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.…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Sidelining the filibuster

WaPo: Democrats signal voting rights bills will top the agenda if Harris wins John: HUGE news from the Democratic Party's convention in Chicago.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he would be willing to set aside the filibuster to pass legislation that would protect and defend Americans' righ…
  Voter Action Project Minnesota · [email protected]
August 23, 2024 at 12:02 AM

More 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 c…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 22, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Voting starts in 15 days

Some states are about to start voting and many other key dates are on the horizon  John, You read that right -- North Carolina's mail-in voting period opens on September 6th, 15 days from now. In fact, we're just 75 days from Election Day.We still have a lot of work to do. Registering citizens, edu…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM

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, includ…
  Redistricting Team (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]
August 22, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Lawful maps

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…
  Pennsylvania Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Could greatly impact the result

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 withou…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
August 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Voter 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…
  Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]
August 21, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Register more voters today

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…
  Voter Action Project Wisconsin · [email protected]
August 20, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Increasing turnout

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 Wisconsin…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 20, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Minnesota's Voting Rights Act

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:➜ Guarante…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Not just a Georgia problem

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 tactics that opponents of voting rights use, once they find success with something in one state they export it for use in other states aro…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
August 19, 2024 at 6:09 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 unlawful…
  Voter Registration Team [VAP] · [email protected]
August 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Getting the job done

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 …
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM

We have to answer

Opponents of voting rights want you scared of our elections  Our answer to these brainwashed, willfully ignorant, wannabe-cultists can't be just words. It must be through our actions: expanding access to the ballot, increasing voter participation, and swelling the voter rolls with newly registered …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Wisconsin Update

Kenosha News: Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses previous decision, allows absentee ballot drop boxes To quote the president, John: This "is a big f-ing deal". The Wisconsin Supreme Court made a key pro-voter ruling and reversed its previous two-year-old decision banning absentee ballot drop boxes. T…
  Research Survey [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]
August 18, 2024 at 6:08 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…
  Research Survey [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM

Tracking poll: Ballot initiatives

Democracy Docket: Lawmakers Look To Restrict Ballot Initiative Process in Florida, Missouri and Ohio   In 2023 legislative sessions, suppressive lawmakers across the country looked to curtail the ballot initiative process, which allows citizens to directly affect policy change by voting on proposal…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM

A crucial legal 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…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 3:05 PM

State voter purges

CBS: Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls  John: Up to 500,000 Georgians were at risk of having their voter registration “purged” before Election Day. Untold numbers were removed. Partisan election officials conduct mass registered voter removal…
  Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Can't stress it enough

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 …
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
August 15, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Short and to the point

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…