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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Poll: Air Force One from Qatar?

Trump apparently wants a new plane  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 Donald Trump is facing backlash for his willingness to accept an airplane worth an…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
May 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM

So much still to do

Multiple states are giving us an opportunity to fight back and defend out right to voteIt's not just elections, John. There are state legislative sessions going right now and continuing all year across the country. We're fighting to expand the right to vote, increase ballot access, make voting more …
  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]
May 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM

Our greatest democracy defender --

MSNBC: Jamie Raskin thinks the Electoral College threatens democracy. He's right.  There's no greater defender of our democracy than Congressman Jamie Raskin -- and he 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 lo…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM

More than a handful

Multiple states are giving us an opportunity to fight back and defend out right to vote 2025 has been a handful so far John. Thankfully, we have opportunities on the horizon to fight back for our fundamental rights.There are upcoming elections in Virginia, Arizona, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, a…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Supporter poll: Voter data verification system

CNN: Florida, West Virginia and Missouri withdraw from bipartisan effort aimed at maintaining accurate voter rolls   The Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, is a nonprofit system that helps participating states keep their registration rolls accurate and up to date by anal…
  Voter Research // Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM

New poll: USPS Ballot Division

Are you worried they are a target for DOGE?  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 few years ago the United States Postal Service created a special division to hand…
  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]
May 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Poll: Trump's voting access executive order

Do you agree with his decision? 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: On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden’s…
  Voter Action Project Alabama · [email protected]
May 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM

More good news, John

AP: Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial Another happy update to end the week: In a "scathing" ruling, a panel of three federal judges struck down Alabama’s 2023 congressional map as a violation of both the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the 14th Amendment to the U.S.…
  North Carolina Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM

GREAT news

The saga is over, months laterJohn, Last year's Supreme Court election is finally over. Yesterday, Judge Griffin conceded. We're not going to pretend like everything is fixed now. Opponents of voting rights still spent six months litigating this loss, trying to throw out thousands of legitimate vote…
  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]
May 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM

What this is all about

Popular Information: New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theoriesLook, this isn't about wanting to silence people's opinions. If someone wants to believe these radical conspiracy theories, we can't stop them. This is about lies being taught as the truth when we need to live -- and …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM

The latest about North Carolina's open Supreme Court seat

Popular Information: The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat The saga over this election continues, John. Here's the latest update: Last year, North Carolina passed a bill that reallocated power away from the Governor. This was a purely partisan move after the state legi…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM

A foundational right at risk

The SAVE Act would suppress votes to address a made-up problemWe MUST stop this bill in the Senate and more like it but we need to unite and fight now, before opponents of voting rights in the Senate start checking voter suppression bills off their to-do list. Why? Listen to Senator Richard Blumenth…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
May 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM

1-click poll: Trump targets ActBlue

AP: Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats’ top fundraising platform  President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to investigate the progressive movement’s top fundraising platform, ActBlue.ActBlue said it would pursue “all legal avenues to protect and defend itself.”…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Teaching election conspiracy theories in high school?

Popular Information: New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories This is hard to believe, John, but it shows just how deeply misled some opponents of voting rights are.Recent reporting shows that "beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Mobilizing to stop federal suppression

The SAVE Act would suppress votes to address a made-up problem The Senate is standing up to stop the SAVE Act in its tracks, John. Defenders of voting rights know that non-citizen voting is already illegal, extremely rare, and that this bill is written in a way that could disenfranchise millions of …
  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
May 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Will you give a letter grade for Donald Trump's performance?

How do you think his first 100 days went?  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]. We previously kept track of how our supporters felt about Joe Biden and his performance as …
  [email protected] · [email protected]
May 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Quick poll: Voter's 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" to p…
  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM

We deserve better

“Is anyone really happy with this bizarre Electoral College system we use today to decide our president?”Chuck Todd is right -- nobody is happy with the current Electoral College system and our country deserves better. The American people deserve a system where their votes directly count and their v…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
May 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM

A sacred promise to the people

Trump had his 100 days. Now it’s our turn. John, President Trump and his allies have spent the past 100 days attacking our rights, undermining our democracy, and enriching the ultra-wealthy, while driving up the cost of living for working-class Americans. It’s a deliberate strategy to distract and d…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
May 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Gutting the very people we need more of right now

The Guardian: Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit  Back in January the voting section of the civil rights division had seven managers overseeing around 30 attorneys. Since then, one manager was detailed to a task force, one retired, and the other five were all reas…
  Electoral College Team @ Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM

Good question:

Most people have one clear answer Straight from the mouth of NBC's Chuck Todd, John:  “Is anyone really happy with this bizarre Electoral College system we use today to decide our president?”  The answer is no. It’s the biggest tool the opponents of voting rights have to swing national elections and…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Check out this scary list of election security changes

CNN: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed Don't believe us? Check this out: ➜ In early February, Musk’s team laid off 130 staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, including 10 regional security specialists who worked with loca…
  Alabama Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Can't forget this case is still going

AP: Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial  This case isn't new. A three-judge panel found that Alabama's maps violated the VRA in 2022, and the Supreme Court agreed in 2023. Alabama used the court-mandated nonpartisan map in 2024, then turned right around to try and…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM

They are purging the civil rights division at the Department of Justice

The Guardian: Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit  This speaks for itself, John. Straight from The Guardian:"Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting sectio…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Dismantling our election security

CNN: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed John, The United States has a history of strong preparation and quick work by an information-sharing and analysis network of hundreds of federal, state, and local election, cybersecurity, and law enforcement officials …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM

The first domino

Popular Information: The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seatThe new mantra of the vote suppressors is "if you can't beat 'em," John, "just try and get their votes thrown out". By waiting until after Election Day and the recounts, it's clear that the challenger's campaign…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM

The state of Alabama wants suppressive maps

AP: Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial John, Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial that wil decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative. From the AP: "A three-judge pa…
  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
April 27, 2025 at 9:18 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 fairness.…
  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Tracking 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 former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold a vot…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Their desire for control

Des Moines Register: Iowa is changing when candidates can request a recount — and who conducts them. Here's how. Iowa's legislature isn't making these changes for fairness, for efficiency, or for a better democracy. It's to protect their power and shave the edges off our democracy so they stay in co…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Fifty state strategy

Opponents of voting rights are betting we'll ignore certain states  Fighting in every state that's trying to suppress voters doesn't mean we're going to ignore the big purple states that get all the attention, John. But the truth of the matter is that the time and resources spent to protect voting r…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Update: North Carolina Supreme Court Seat

Popular Information: The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat We promised to keep you updated on this race, John, so here's the latest: After incumbent Justice Allison Riggs appealed a ruling to cure or discard 60,000 valid votes, a federal appeals court blocked the part…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Changing the rules in Iowa to protect their own power

Des Moines Register: Iowa is changing when candidates can request a recount — and who conducts them. Here's how.  John: Last year, Congresswoman Marianette Miller-Meeks won reelection in Iowa by just 0.19 points after a recount—the second-closest House race in the country.So what have the opponents…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM

We have to fight everywhere

Opponents of voting rights are betting we'll ignore certain states John -- Opponents of voting rights have made a strong bet. They've doubled down on it the last few years, too. Their bet was that we'd only care about certain states. That as long as we were focused on the so-called "swing states" li…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM

What these protests have shown us

Now more than ever, our world is shaped by those who show up John, In a world that increasingly feels siloed and fractured, the protests we saw across the country Saturday -- and in the weeks previous -- show us how much of a community there is out there, working every day to invest in the future of…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Tracking survey: Mass voter 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 legal t…
  VAP Research Team · [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Quick click 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 even after the 2024 election. Losing cand…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM

“This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”

CBS: Experts warn the proposed SAVE Act could make it harder for some married women to vote. Here's who could be affected. Sean Wilentz, a professor of American History at Princeton University, makes the stakes of the SAVE act clear: “It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American h…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Tell your Senator to stop the SAVE act

Every eligible American deserves the freedom to vote without jumping through impossible hoops. John -- Every eligible American deserves the freedom to vote without jumping through impossible hoops. The SAVE Act would scare newly naturalized citizens out of voting and make it harder for millions of e…
  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Not held back any longer

New Yorker: The Case for Dumping 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 an…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM

"There’s never been an attack on voting rights out of Congress like this”

CBS: Experts warn the proposed SAVE Act could make it harder for some married women to vote. Here's who could be affected.    The SAVE Act was fast-tracked by opponents of voting rights and passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill is a stunning assault on our fundamental right to vote, an…
  [email protected] · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Supporter survey: Foreign interference in our elections

Politico: Foreign influence efforts are circling the presidential election. Again.   The Department of Justice has previously seized websites linked to Russian disinformation campaigns. Federal authorities separately accused two employees of the Moscow-controlled media organization RT of being a par…
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM

A damning list of attacks on voter protections

CNN: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed Don't believe us? Check this out: ➜ In early February, Musk’s team laid off 130 staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, including 10 regional security specialists who worked with loca…
  [VAP] Electoral College Team · [email protected]
April 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM

We can't lose sight of this

New Yorker: The Case for Dumping 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 a…
  Voter Action Project Polling · [email protected]
April 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Voter survey: Fraud concerns

WaPo - The truth about election fraud: It’s rare   As recent elections got underway, many Americans, in particular those who identify as Republicans, were increasingly fearful that the outcome would be affected or even determined by election fraud.  Thousands of poll watchers were dispatched. Drop …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM

This is crucial for election security

CNN: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed John, The United States has a history of strong preparation and quick work by an information-sharing and analysis network of hundreds of federal, state, and local election, cybersecurity, and law enforcement officials …
  Research Survey (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Quick 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 counties …
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM

These purges shouldn't happen

Fox5 Atlanta: Georgia set to purge nearly half-million inactive voters this summerThese purges could disenfranchise people with unreliable mail delivery, those who have lost their homes, and other legitimate registered voters. Voters of color, those in underserved communities, and residents of rural…
  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Alarming dismantling of election security

CNN: Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed John, The United States has a history of strong preparation and quick work by an information-sharing and analysis network of hundreds of federal, state, and local election, cybersecurity, and law enforcement officials …
  Voter Action Project · [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM

More purges in Georgia

Fox5 Atlanta: Georgia set to purge nearly half-million inactive voters this summer John: Another 500,000 Georgians are at risk of having their voter registration “purged” this summer.  What happens? Partisan election officials conduct mass registered voter removals, as required by recent Georgia vot…