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October 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Poll: Undermining trust in our elections?

Non-citizen voting was a prominent talking point in the run-up to the 2024 elections   You are invited to join our one-click issue response poll. Please do not complete this survey if your email address is not [email protected]. Alleged non-citizen voting became a talking point during the 2024 ele…

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October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Advancing in the right direction

We need a national popular vote   We must keep the momentum in our fight to move to a popular vote system, even with opponents of voting rights fighting back in these two states and elsewhere across the country. From the NPVIC to other movements to advance the popular vote, we've got to keep advanc…

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October 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM

It's clear why they are attacking vote-by-mail

@JeffMerkley: Why does Trump want to ban Vote by Mail? Because it blocks Election Day interference: closing polling places, long lines, voter suppression. Vote by Mail is the best tool we have to put power where it belongs—in the hands of the people. I'll fight like hell to protect it.   Donald Tru…

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October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM

States moving the wrong direction

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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October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Do we need to try to remove these barriers to voting?

Newsweek: How Trans Voters Could Be Excluded From the Election    Nearly 210,000 transgender Americans who were eligible to vote in the 2024 general election faced barriers to voting because of stringent voter ID laws, according to new research. The study shows that roughly 414,000 voting-eligible …

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October 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM

The most meaningful and precious right we have

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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  Voter Action Project Electoral College Team · [email protected]

September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM

This is progress

We can scrap the Electoral College   The movement to end the Electoral College is making progress, John: Minnesota and Maine are just the latest states to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. If you don't remember -- The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreemen…

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  Voter Registration Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Must do everything we can to register voters

Statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia are critical in 2025   Whether 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 sur…

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September 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM

The best tool to put power in the hands of the people

@JeffMerkley: Why does Trump want to ban Vote by Mail? Because it blocks Election Day interference: closing polling places, long lines, voter suppression. Vote by Mail is the best tool we have to put power where it belongs—in the hands of the people. I'll fight like hell to protect it.   This is th…

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September 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Stripped of our fundamental 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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September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM

A few weeks until voter registration deadlines

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 Jerse…

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September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Help fight his lies and attacks on voting

ABC: Trump says he will lead 'movement' to end mail-in voting   The lies and attacks on vote-by-mail have only increased from MAGA, John. Trump's statement has brought all the usual anti-voting, anti-democracy suspects out of the woodwork to ramp up the falsehoods we've heard for years. But we've a…

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September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM

This bill will disenfranchise elligible 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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September 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Hugely 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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September 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM

From 30 attorneys down to 3

The Guardian: Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit   When Trump took office, 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 wer…

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September 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Trump ending mail-in voting

ABC: Trump says he will lead 'movement' to end mail-in voting   Our time in the barrel has come, John.  President Donald Trump said that he will lead a "movement" to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines, falsely claiming that they lead to voter fraud. Word for lying word: "I am going to l…

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September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Vengeful partisans are behind this

NYT: Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted   After a filibuster, the Texas state Senate passed these extreme new districts. This didn't need to happen, but vengeful partisans who want to restrict voting and protect their power are worried about next year's elections and want…

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  Research Team (Voter Action Project) · [email protected]

September 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Go back to paper ballots?

Ohio Capitol Journal: Trump executive order on voting machines puts many Ohio counties in limbo    President Donald Trump has continued his crusade to radically reform how we vote, targeting the machines we use around the country to cast our ballots and calling for a return to paper ballots that ar…

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September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM

MAGA's Justice Department is suing for voter data

Democracy Docket: DOJ Doubles Down on Demands for Maine’s Voter Data, Secretary of State Fires Back   What does the DOJ want with personally identifiable voter information? They won't specifically say, but given the history of the appointees involved, you can bet it has something to do with suppres…

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September 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Should we still have runoff elections?

Fox 5 Atlanta: Georgia secretary of state calls for end of general election runoffs     Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has said that he wants the Georgia General Assembly to end the Peach State's use of general election runoffs. In a statement, Raffensperger called on Georgia officia…

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September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM

A dramatic escalation

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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September 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM

This started long before Trump

Slate: The Supreme Court Is Determined to Turn Voting Into a Limited Privilege   The last two decades of U.S. Supreme Court rulings and the written opinions of the six members of the suppressive majority tell us all we need to know about where these voting rights cases are going.That's exactly why …

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September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM

This was always the wrong choice

NYT: Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted   John: As much as we wanted to stop them, Texas's new gerrymandered maps have been signed into law. Court challenges are pending. Remember, President Trump was so scared about the upcoming midterm elections that he pressured Texas…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

September 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Private financial support for our elections?

NPR: Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it    Private sector companies and nonprofit charities often donate money and provide grants to communities across the country to help administer voting. This includes mail sorting machines in Philadelphia, nonpartis…

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September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Targeting state voter rolls

Democracy Docket: DOJ Doubles Down on Demands for Maine’s Voter Data, Secretary of State Fires Back   We’ll keep this short, John: The MAGA-ified U.S. Department of Justice has been demanding voter data from the states, requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls …

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September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Voting should not be a "limited privilege"

Slate: The Supreme Court Is Determined to Turn Voting Into a Limited Privilege   At Voter Action Project, John, we believe that voting is a fundamental right, not a privilege or some test of everyone's endurance and ability to wait in a long line. We believe that our right to vote is the core bedr…

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September 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM

We always knew it was headed this way

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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September 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Your thoughts on USPS privatization?

AP: FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization    David Steiner, a former CEO of the nation’s largest waste management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors, has taken over control of the U.S. Postal Service, becoming th…

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September 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Survey: Jeanine Pirro as DC Attorney

Huffpost: Jeanine Pirro’s Cases Keep Falling Apart, And The Judges Have Had Enough     Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was sworn in as the US attorney for the District of Columbia earlier this year. The position of US Attorney for DC is important because it serves as both the federal prosecutor …

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September 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Join powerful voices

MSNBC: Jamie Raskin thinks the Electoral College threatens democracy. He's right.   Jamie Raskin, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren -- with more and more powerful voices throwing their weight behind abolishing the Electoral College, we are on the verge of a breakthrough! We deserve a popular vote sy…

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September 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Attacks coming against advocacy groups?

Truthout: House Passes Chilling “Nonprofit Killer” Bill   We don't want to see any nonprofit bludgeoned and silenced for dissent -- especially not one dedicated to protecting and expanding our right to vote. This dangerous bill needs to be stopped before bad actors are empowered to weaponize the ta…

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September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM

MAGA wants 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 Electoral College Team · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Even a leading constitutional expert in Congress

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…

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September 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM

We must protect our elections from conspiracy theorists

Add your name today to defend our democracy   John, Donald Trump just handed control of U.S. election infrastructure to a known 2020 conspiracy theorist — and Congress is doing nothing to stop it. Heather Honey, a far-right operative who pushed Trump’s lies about election fraud, has been appointed …

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  Voter Registration Team [Voter Action Project] · [email protected]

September 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Just a few weeks left

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   We have a few weeks left to register voters in key states with elections this year, like New Jersey and Virginia, where governorships and control of the state legislatures hang in the balance. It is crucial to make sure the voice…

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September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Today is National Voter Registration Day

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   It's National Voter Registration Day, John. It's a day where organizations like ours and so many other partners around the country focus on registering as many voters as possible ahead of the 2025 elections and next year's cruci…

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September 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM

MAGA's way to crackdown on nonprofits they disagree with?

Truthout: House Passes Chilling “Nonprofit Killer” Bill   We've got to let you know, John, that a bill that would give President Donald Trump broad powers to target his political foes passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last Congress and is sure to come up again.The bill, last known as H.R.…

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September 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Nonprofit, independent 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 …

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September 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM

A vital service that supports our democracy

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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September 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Your view: 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 Bid…

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September 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Will they keep the 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 h…

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  Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]

September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM

This would make a huge difference in our upcoming elections

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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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM

Must take away this opportunity to subvert elections

Bolts: After a Judge’s Death, Renewed Scrutiny for a Georgia Loophole That Can Nullify Elections   We 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…

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September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Spoiler alert: They're right

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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September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Push them back

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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September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM

We need your support to register more voters

Help 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 helping potentia…

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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]

September 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM

This loophole to get around elections

Bolts: After a Judge’s Death, Renewed Scrutiny for a Georgia Loophole That Can Nullify Elections   A quick story, John: After losing an election race last year, a Georgia State Court Judge turned to a loophole in state law that could have erased the result and blocked the winner from taking office…

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September 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Using the government to attack opponents?

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 itse…

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September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM

DOJ is working 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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM

More than half the country

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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