Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM

They think everything is a conspiracy

Opponents of voting rights want you scared of our elections  Nothing is ever good enough for opponents of voting rights. If the ballots are counted quickly and efficiently, reporting the results in a timely manner? "Oh it's rigged, no way they could have gone that fast."If precincts take their time…

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August 15, 2024 at 3:03 AM

Anti-voter 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 Team · [email protected]

August 15, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Must take 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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August 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM

Tracking poll: 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 e…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

August 14, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Crucial state

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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  Voter Action Project Texas · [email protected]

August 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Codified power

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 · [email protected]

August 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Evergreen work

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]

August 13, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Continued attempts to restrict voting

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 o…

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  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]

August 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM

"It’s undemocratic"

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 Electora…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

August 12, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Linchpin

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you  John -- this campaign to register new voters across the country is the linchpin of all our work this year. The math is simple -- every $3 can help register a new voter. Can we count on you to chip in $24 and help register 8 new voters, …

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August 11, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Threats in Arizona

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 202…

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August 11, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Need your input

Make your voice heard 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 infamously spoke on the Senate floor amidst debate about meaningful…

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

August 9, 2024 at 9:08 PM

Tracking survey: Statehood for D.C.

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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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Billionaires are funding 3rd party candidates to mess with the Electoral College

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 Wisconsin · [email protected]

August 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Born from conspiracy theories

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 Admi…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

August 9, 2024 at 12:02 AM

The fight for democracy is on

MJ: Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights This is a pivotal moment. The future of our country is in our hands. The idea of America, the promise of our democracy -- it lies here before us. We just need to step up and turn out the voters who will stand with us and defend our fundamental ri…

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August 8, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Challenges in Texas

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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August 8, 2024 at 3:29 PM

These state voter suppression laws

AP: Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work John: if you've been with us for a while, you know all about the voter suppression laws passed in states like Florida, Georgia, Texas, and more. Among the new, suppressive restrictions on dro…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

August 8, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Less than 3 months away

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you   VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES UPCOMING ELECTION DAY 2024 John -- Registering as many new voters as possible is critical for this year's elections and our fight to protect voting rights. We're less than three months out from the general …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 7, 2024 at 9:08 PM

No democracy without voting

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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August 7, 2024 at 6:02 PM

It needs to change before it makes things worse

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]

August 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM

An excellent choice

MJ: Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights Today is the 59th anniversary of the Voting Rights act of 1965, John. It's fitting that today the Governor who signed Minnesota's new Voting Rights Act into law earlier this year became a candidate for Vice President of the United States. Minne…

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  Voter Action Project Pennsylvania · [email protected]

August 6, 2024 at 6:02 PM

Clearly proves that opponents of voting rights are lying

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 a…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 6, 2024 at 3:05 PM

The meaning of "fundamental"

Witchita Eagle: Kansas Supreme Court finds Kansans have no ‘fundamental right’ to vote Sit down before you read this, John: The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right protected by the Kansas Constitution. It should go without saying, but this decision will likely we…

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August 5, 2024 at 9:10 PM

Proof that mail-in ballots are safe and secure

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 recent study -- a literal 85-page report, from a study conducted by two Stanford University academics -- found no evidence of voter fraud…

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  Voter Research \ Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 5, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Tracking 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 Vote…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 5, 2024 at 12:02 AM

On the line

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year   This is what's on the line in November: 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 wil…

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August 4, 2024 at 6:05 PM

Quarterly survey: Rate 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 w…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

August 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Tracking poll: Ballot 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 r…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM

They did this on purpose

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, nea…

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August 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM

How we win this year

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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  Electoral College Team (VAP) · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Straight to the point

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 Pennsylvania · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM

They want to shake our faith in our elections

WaPo: Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count   Pennsylvania state lawmakers had four years to change the law and allow pre-canvassing, but they didn't. The Democratic-led Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill to begin pre-canvassing mail ballots seve…

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July 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Literally and figuratively

Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’   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 hav…

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  Ohio Voter Action Project · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 12:02 AM

160,000 less voters

Ohio Capitol Journal: Ohio’s voter purge “disproportionately targets voters of color”, civil rights organizations say   There's a reason why opponents of voting rights pursue these purges whenever they take control in a state -- because it helps guarantee that they'll stay in power in that state, e…

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July 30, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Michigan's potential new 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:➜ Guarantees in state law protections previously afforded under the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. ➜ Establishes a nonpartisan electi…

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  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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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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