Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]

August 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM

A tidal wave of new voters

We're trying to register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   We can't stress this enough: For less than the price of a latte at your local coffee shop, you can help cover the costs of registering a new voter.We have to start now to be ready for next year's elections. RUSH $24 or…

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August 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM

This is a pivotal moment

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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August 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Clear now that it was a mistake

We can 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.This is about stopping anti-…

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August 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM

Voter registration work

We're trying to register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   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 helpi…

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August 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Gumming up the works in Texas

Texas is targeting minority voters in their latest round of partisan redistricting   The legislators who fled Texas to stop this extreme, highly partisan attempt at gerrymandering these districts are bravely standing up for our fundamental right to a democracy where our voice is heard.The maps belo…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

August 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Would you ban Congressional stock trading?

We want to know what you think of recent proposals   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]. Straight from Politico: "A Senate committee voted to advance a bill that w…

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August 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Not an impossible fight

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 nee…

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August 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Easy to see how they are suppressing voters

Texas is targeting minority voters in their latest round of partisan redistricting   John: Texas's new gerrymandered maps are so bad, it's easy to see why lawmakers from the Texas House of Representatives left the state to deny suppressive lawmakers the quorum (the number of legislators required …

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August 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM

"The most extraordinary attack..."

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 America…

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August 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Trump firing the nonpartisan economic statistics official?

NYT: Trump Fires BLS Commissioner, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged’   President Trump unleashed his fury about weakness in the labor market recently, saying without evidence that the data were “rigged” and then firing the bipartisanly Senate-confirmed Department of Labor official responsibl…

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August 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Ramping up their attacks on voting

BCJ: State Bills Would Require Passport or Birth Certificate to Register to Vote   Whether it's these 27 different state bills, John, or the SAVE Act in Congress, it's abundantly clear that opponents of voting rights are only ramping up their attacks on our fundamental rights. We have to put pressu…

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July 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM

MAGA wants to end 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…

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July 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM

This bill could prevent millions from voting

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, …

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July 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM

"Zealously" advocating for MAGA instead of voters

CNN: Inside Trump’s gutting of the Justice Department unit that enforces voting laws On her first day as attorney general, Pam Bondi penned a memo requiring DOJ lawyers to “zealously” advocate for administration positions or face disciplinary action and potential firing. It's clear we can no longer…

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July 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM

27 different states

BCJ: State Bills Would Require Passport or Birth Certificate to Register to Vote   John, We've told you that voter I.D. laws are unfairly biased against people of color, young people, and unmarried women. However, across the country, states are introducing bills to make these laws even MORE restri…

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July 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM

They want to end mail-in voting forever

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 …

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  Voter Action Project Michigan · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Can't slide backwards

National vote suppressors are attacking states for encouraging voting Michigan is a state that's just coming out of decades of extreme gerrymandering and voter suppression. We can't afford to let this crucial battleground state slide backwards and have the voices of these voters be silenced. RUSH $…

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July 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Gutting the unit that defends our fundamental rights

CNN: Inside Trump’s gutting of the Justice Department unit that enforces voting laws  John, what's happening is so clear: Trump and his MAGA cronies are fundamentally transforming our Department of Justice and turning it into a tool for undermining voting rights, not protecting them.Under his watch…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Corporate profits and rising prices

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 by rising prices and i…

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July 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Now they're targeting Michigan

National vote suppressors are attacking states for encouraging voting We'll keep this quick, John: Seth Keshel is a former Army intelligence captain and MAGA diehard who has traveled the country spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. He's not just some online influencer, as he recen…

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July 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Patently unfair and not representative

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 …

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July 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Voter approval survey: Pam Bondi as Attorney General

How do you feel about her performance leading the Justice Department?  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: Attorney General Pam Bondi has been in office rough…

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July 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Make sure this extreme partisan gerrymander gets called out like it deserves

Texas is targeting minority voters in their latest round of partisan redistricting The swirl you see on the maps below isn't just fair representation circling down the drain, John. It's a visual representation of what one party thinks of our fundamental right to vote and our ability to have our voic…

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July 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM

An anti-democracy testing ground

NC Newsline: NC House bill would allow elections board workers to be replaced with political hiresEvery chip here, every little slice there, every restriction passed on our fundamental right to vote erodes our democracy. At a time when every level of government seems pushed and strained to stretch t…

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July 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM

We understand exactly why they're attacking the VRA 👉

Atlanta Voice: Georgia seeks another Supreme Court showdown over Voting Rights Act It's simple: The Voting Rights Act was passed to outlaw racial discrimination in elections, including the drawing of districts in ways that effectively blocked minority groups from electing their preferred candidates.…

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July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Petition your local election officials: Defend the midterm elections

Help stop Trump's plot to steal the 2026 elections John,Donald Trump and the MAGA movement are already plotting to rig the 2026 elections, and Trump’s using his Justice Department takeover to do it. Trump’s DOJ is demanding that states and counties hand over sensitive voter rolls, voting histories, …

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July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Every day support for ditching it grows

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 Electoral…

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July 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM

These draft redistricting maps are unbelievable

Texas is targeting minority voters in their latest round of partisan redistricting Texas's new gerrymandered maps are out, John, and boy are they bad. You can see by the spiral around each city below -- Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio -- how vengeful partisans in Texas are trying to spread out vote…

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July 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM

North Carolina's latest attempt at voter suppression

NC Newsline: NC House bill would allow elections board workers to be replaced with political hires Get this, John: Opponents of voting rights in North Carolina have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout…

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July 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Another state level attack on the Voting Rights Act

Atlanta Voice: Georgia seeks another Supreme Court showdown over Voting Rights Act  Bad news for everyone, John: The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, asking a federal appeals court to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it much harder…

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July 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Defending a foundational, fundamental right

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…

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July 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Voter poll: Just another suppression tactic?

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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July 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

We must do everything possible for voter registration

Statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia are critical in 2025Whether you live somewhere with elections in 2025 or not, voter registration is critical work to protect our democracy. We have to do everything we can to bring in new voters, lapsed voters, and voters who have moved and make sure th…

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July 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Now, more than ever?

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 poll…

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July 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Privatization means real harm to voters

WaPo - Opinion: A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in grave danger  Seriously, John -- Privatizing the USPS doesn't help Americans, it will harm rural communities all over the country, and it will remove a vital public service from our everyday lives. In addition, it'll des…

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July 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM

This bill is still a threat we need to stop

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 …

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July 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM

The voter registration deadlines we're up against this year

Statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia are critical in 2025 2025 may be an "off year" election as far as Congress goes, but that doesn't mean we don't have important elections this year or we can take a break with our voter registration work, John. Voter registration is open in New Jersey un…

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July 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Should we make ballots more accessible to citizens?

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 by…

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July 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM

This moment will be judged

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 assau…

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July 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM

The bottom line --

Courier: Trump's executive orders seem to be ripped right from the pages of Project 2025  The bottom line is that opponents of voting rights are on track to 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 th…

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July 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Purging more legitimate voters in Georgia

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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July 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM

We're living out their reality

Courier: Trump's executive orders seem to be ripped right from the pages of Project 2025  Remember when opponents of voting rights spent 2024 disavowing the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025", John? Now that they're in control they are following that playbook line by line. Organized by the Heritag…

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July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Happening right now

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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July 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Are student IDs enough?

@taniel.bsky.social‬: Indiana already has stringent voter ID rules... & the GOP is advancing a bill right now to strip university IDs from the list of options you can use. This would make it much harder for students to vote. At polling site at IU Bloomington, 2/3rds of voters in November used th…

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July 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Most precious resource of our democracy

DemDocket: DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm We can't wait for some hero to ride over the hill at full gallop to come save us, John. It's up to us, our movement, and supporters like you to fight back with vote-suppressors taking over the Department of Justice's Civi…

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July 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM

Voter survey: Trump's tariffs

How concerned are you about your personal finances?   John: President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on foreign imports again. Last time he did this, the stock market reacted with major losses as U.S. financial markets closed with their biggest one-day drop since the pandemic flattened the gl…

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July 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Another way for them to ignore voters

Bolts: After a Judge’s Death, Renewed Scrutiny for a Georgia Loophole That Can Nullify ElectionsWe know this all just amounts to another way that opponents of voting rights can try and ignore voters and subvert the will of the people. We have to get this loophole in Georgia eliminated before the vot…

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July 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Help us say no to these nominees

We can't let Trump privatize the USPS. John, We've reached the next stage in our fight to protect the U.S. Postal Service from privatization. Donald Trump has nominated Anthony Lomangino and John LaValle to the USPS Board of Governors, two very wealthy Wall Street types with deep ties to Trump, zero…

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July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Vote suppressors take over the Justice Department

DemDocket: DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm  This seems like something out of a twisted novel, John, but the new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for yea…

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July 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Voter survey: Ballot initiatives

Democracy Docket: Lawmakers Look To Restrict Ballot Initiative Process in Florida, Missouri and Ohio  In state legislative sessions, suppressive lawmakers across the country have looked to curtail the ballot initiative process, which allows citizens to directly affect policy change by voting on prop…

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