Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Fighting suppression in every state

Opponents of voting rights are betting we'll let them run free   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 rig…

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  Research Team [VAP] · [email protected]

August 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Should we be doing more to protect 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 …

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Rudy Giuliani'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…

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August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Why we need to fight for ourselves

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 secti…

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August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Erecting obstacles between you and your fundamental right

The SAVE Act would suppress votes to address a made-up problem   We 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 Blume…

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August 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM

This is about every state

Opponents of voting rights are betting we'll let them run free   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 swing states like Arizona, …

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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM

This progress is crucial

AP: Georgia Supreme Court overturns some election rules, curbing State Election Board’s power   Every journey starts with one step. Stopping the vote suppressors in Georgia won't happen overnight, but incremental progress like this is crucial.RUSH $25 or more right now to protect our fundamental ri…

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

August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM

A new political census?

The Trump/MAGA team is proposing a new mid-decade census based on 2024's voting data.     John: President Donald Trump is looking to change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects data, posting on Truth Social that his new method would utilize "the results and information gained from the President…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

August 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Stripping away our rights

Democracy Docket: New Ruling Cuts Off Key Tool to Protect Minority Voters 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 elections. These 8th Circuit decis…

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August 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM

This bill was written to disenfranchise legal voters

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 …

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August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Update from Georgia

AP: Georgia Supreme Court overturns some election rules, curbing State Election Board’s power  John: Georgia’s highest court recently overturned four rules passed by the State Election Board just before last year’s general election, ruling the board overstepped its authority and intruded on lawma…

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August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Just a dangerous ruling

Democracy Docket: New Ruling Cuts Off Key Tool to Protect Minority Voters John: An update from the federal 8th Circuit on one of the most dangerous anti-voter rulings we’ve seen in years. A federal appeals court recently cut off a key avenue for private groups and individuals to bring racial discr…

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August 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Mail-in voting and so much more

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 d…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

August 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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…

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  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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

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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  Voter Survey [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

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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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

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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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

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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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

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

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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

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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