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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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April 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Tell Congress to stop Trump's plan to privatize the USPS

We need to pass bipartisan H.Res.70 and S.Res.147 to stop Trump's privatization plan now. John -- We know Donald Trump is attempting to take over the United States Postal Service and make it part of the Commerce Department. But now we know his true endgame. Trump and his greedy billionaire buddies o…

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April 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Sour grapes caused this

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…

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April 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Work the margins to stop this bill

NC Newsline: Trump order and so-called “SAVE Act” threaten the fundamental right to vote With margins so tight in the House we have room to work, John. We can stop this bill and more like it but we need to unite and fight now, before they vote and start checking voter suppression bills off their to-…

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April 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Election theft in plain sight

Popular Information: The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat The end game is finally coming in this case in North Carolina, John, and we're heading for election theft in plain sight. The backstory: The North Carolina state supreme court stepped in to stop the certificati…

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April 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM

In the House this week

NC Newsline: Trump order and so-called “SAVE Act” threaten the fundamental right to vote  The SAVE Act is being fast-tracked by opponents of voting rights in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill is a stunning assault on our fundamental right to vote, and we can not afford to let this anti-…

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April 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM

Disastrous compromise

We should scrap the Electoral College The Electoral College was a compromise that tired delegates made without truly understanding the future implications. Now we can see the whole system is a disastrous mistake that could lead to the end of true democracy in this country.There is stopping anti-demo…

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April 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Tracking survey: Protecting election workers

We need to know if you think Congress should take action  John: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced and is working hard to pass the Election Worker Protection Act, which would would "provide states with the resources to recruit and train election workers and ensure these workers’ safety, while als…

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April 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Rudy's legal woes

Newsweek: Rudy Giuliani Faces Further Legal Woes After Failing to Turn Over Assets John: Rudy Giuliani's role in the election conspiracies of 2020 is well known. Now he's facing an additional contempt of court charge for refusing to comply with his punishment for his role in the scheme to subvert th…

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April 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Updated survey: Trump's tariffs

How concerned are you about your personal finances?   John: President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on foreign imports this week and the stock market reacted with major losses as U.S. financial markets closed with their biggest one-day drop since the pandemic flattened the global economy fiv…

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April 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Ignore Trump's words at our own peril

NBC: Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so  If we've learned anything from a decade of the Trump political experience, the most ridiculous things he talks about are often the ones closest to his heart, and the ones which most cl…

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April 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM

The ability to personally fight for our fundamental rights

AP: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue Voters desperately need a "private right to action" to protect their rights. All that phrase means is that we, the people, can bring forward a lawsuit ourselves when we see wrongdoing in our electio…

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April 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM

We can do this

We can scrap the Electoral College There are times this fight for a popular vote system feels impossible. But John, we can assure you it's not.   There are a number of ways it can be done. A constitutional amendment, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), and more.What we really need …

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April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM

We can't ignore the 3rd term talk

NBC: Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so  We were told during Trump's first term to "take him literally and figuratively," John, so we have no choice but to continue to do so, potential distraction or not. In an exclusive inte…

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April 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM

What are your voting rights priorities?

We want to see if your biggest concerns have changed  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]. As more state legislative sessions begin, we need to know if your voting r…

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April 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM

We weren't joking

WaPo - Opinion: A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in grave danger  Seriously, John -- in an interview yesterday Trump said he wants a third term and interrupted the interviewer to clarify that he wasn't joking. He's already called himself a "king", and he's been reshaping …

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March 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM

Before tomorrow

CFPM: Florida holds special primary election to fill vacancies in U.S. House  Opponents of voting rights are running scared. Pulling nominations, dumping cash into these races, tossing in everything including the kitchen sink to hold these seats. They know our best way to stop these dangerous bills …

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March 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM

The under-the-radar stuff we're facing

AP: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue John, This ruling by the federal 8th Circuit still needs our attention, as it continues to be ignored in the media. It's one of the most dangerous anti-voter rulings we’ve seen in years. If you miss…

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March 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Counting down the hours

Milwaukee J-S: Early voting surpasses 500,000 in Wisconsin's election featuring pivotal Supreme Court race  Whether you live in Wisconsin or not, this race will impact you. Going back to a suppressive state Supreme Court means unfair maps, leading to skewed representation in Congress. Just like we'v…

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March 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM

"Grave danger" to our democracy

WaPo - Opinion: A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in grave danger  We’ll keep this short, John: those experts are right.The attacks of the last few years in our state legislatures across the country targeting the right to vote, especially minority communities, are an ass…

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March 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM

Great signs in Florida

CFPM: Florida holds special primary election to fill vacancies in U.S. House  You can tell that we're making progress in Florida, John, because the MAGA crew just pulled back Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. -- worried that it might cost them the house.…

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March 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Trump is trying to cancel mail-in voting

Democracy Docket: With New Order, Trump Tries to Kill Off Vote By Mail   Trump’s order is the culmination of years of attacks on absentee ballots and vote-by-mail. In the months before the 2020 election, Trump repeatedly spread disinformation and conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of mail-in b…

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March 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM

72 hours left

Milwaukee J-S: Early voting surpasses 500,000 in Wisconsin's election featuring pivotal Supreme Court race  John: On Tuesday Wisconsin voters will decide between progressive Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford and conservative former Attorney General Brad Schimel in a race that will deter…

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March 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Top-down voter suppression

Votebeat: Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge  Just a quick recent history lesson -- when Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2021 that said “it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to expand access to, and education about, voter registr…

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March 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Survey: 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]. Americans are still feeling crunched by rising prices yet corporate pr…

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March 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Trump's order attacks mail-in voting

Democracy Docket: With New Order, Trump Tries to Kill Off Vote By Mail  We're going to keep hammering this home, John, because the mainstream media continues to ignore this executive order and how it will change our elections forever. President Donald Trump's massive anti-voting executive order has …

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March 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Crucial special elections

CFPM: Florida holds special primary election to fill vacancies in U.S. House One of our best ways to stop these dangerous bills -- and other parts of this ugly anti-voting agenda, plus all the other terrible things happening -- is to win these special elections and narrow the margins in the House. R…

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March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM

The EO we've been dreading

Votebeat: Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge  President Donald Trump just issued a sweeping executive order that would dramatically change the administration of U.S. elections, John.  What does this order do? The order attempts to take control away …

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March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM

One week until Florida's special elections

CFPM: Florida holds special primary election to fill vacancies in U.S. House  There are two big states holding special elections next week on April 1, John. The state of Florida is holding a special election to fill vacancies in the U.S. House of Representatives, following cabinet nominations by …

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March 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Ballot 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 Voter…

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March 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Stealing an election in plain sight

NC Newsline: Republicans on the NC Supreme Court block certification of the Democratic incumbent’s election  The mantra of the vote suppressors must be "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 …

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March 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM

2025 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 pol…

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March 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Voter 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 b…

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