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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM

No more double standards

Call on Congress to act now John: Listen, the honest truth is: Felony disenfranchisement laws have a shameful history dating back to Jim Crow – and were never intended to target wealthy, powerful people. These laws were expressly written to make it harder for someone who had ever committed a crime…
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  VAP Registration Team · [email protected]
September 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Not going to quit

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]
September 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM

New anti-voting lawsuits in Texas

NYT: Texas Attorney General Sues to Stop Voter Registration Push in San Antonio  Texas is truly the new capital of voter suppression, John. Texas A.G. Ken Paxton has now sued Travis County (Austin) and Bexar County (San Antonio) over their plans to try and register unregistered voters. The suits se…
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  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]
September 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Check out this map of campaign stops

This presidential campaign is being fought in seven states   Whenever we talk about the Electoral College, John, we get a bunch of replies complaining that, if we dropped the Electoral College, the candidates would only go a handful of big states. Well, check out this map the Associated Press put t…
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
September 9, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Restoring the USPS

No more mail slowdowns, not for anyone. John, The truth is clear:We need to act to save the United States Postal Service from Wall Street and Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. It’s no accident that DeJoy -- the first Postmaster General in two decades without experience working in th…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM

The time is now

Mail-in ballots are going out in key states and many other key dates are on the horizon  There's no more waiting, there's no more "later". States have started voting and it won't stop until November. We have to maximize every opportunity we get to register and turn out pro-democracy voters. We can …
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 8, 2024 at 6:18 PM

Past can be prologue

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 succe…
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  [email protected] · [email protected]
September 8, 2024 at 3:08 PM

1-click survey: Foreign interference in our elections

Politico: Foreign influence efforts are circling the presidential election. Again.   The Department of Justice recently announced it had seized websites linked to a Russian disinformation campaign. Federal authorities separately accused two employees of the Moscow-controlled media organization RT …
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
September 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Whole ballgame

We are focusing on our GOTV operations   GOTV is going to be the whole ballgame soon, John. We either help turn out the countless new voters that we've helped register as part of the pro-democracy coalition -- along with millions of voting rights supporters -- or we watch the wave of voter suppress…
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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 6, 2024 at 9:07 PM

End shameful double standards

Call on Congress to act soon John: Listen, the honest truth is: Felony disenfranchisement laws have a shameful history dating back to Jim Crow – and were never intended to target wealthy, powerful people. These laws were expressly written to make it harder for someone who had ever committed a crim…
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
September 6, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Still have a little time

Election Day is closer than we realize   You've still got time to make an impact ahead of Election Day. We've got to produce record-breaking pro-voter turnout nationwide and help defend ballot access, drop boxes, mail-in voting, and so much more. Our grassroots team is getting the job done, but we …
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 6, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Some states start voting today

Mail-in ballots are going out in key states and many other key dates are on the horizon   John -- North Carolina's mail-in voting period opens today, with other states following quickly behind. Check out this map from Axios to see which states are up first:We still have a lot of work to do, because…
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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
September 6, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Opponents of voting rights are scared

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 Team · [email protected]
September 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Their bill would make it harder to vote

Sign on to stop this blatant disenfranchisement John, Opponents of voting rights in the U.S. House are attempting to pass the "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act," a last-minute bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. Never mind that it is already against fed…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 5, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Two months

Election Day is closer than we realize  John -- we can keep this short: There are just two months until Election Day 2024. That's just two months to register as many voters as possible ahead of deadlines. Two months left to fight voter suppression before opponents of voting rights pick and choose w…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 5, 2024 at 12:03 AM

More than just Texas

Newsweek: Greg Abbott Removes 1 Million People From Texas Voter Rolls   This is so much more than a Texas problem, John. So many of these bills -- like the other underhanded tactics that opponents of voting rights use -- were written by think tanks as generic legislation and when these dark money g…
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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
September 4, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Every voter should be safe and empowered

Weapons don't belong with voting booths John --It’s time to ban guns from every polling place in America. The voting booth should be a sanctuary of democracy. But every election year, we see reports of extremists openly carrying weapons as voters go to the polls – turning what should be a safe and…
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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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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 …
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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 …
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  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…
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  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.…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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 …
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  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…
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  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…
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  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 …
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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 …
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  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 …
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  [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 …
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  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.…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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  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…
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