Voter Action Project Arizona · [email protected]

October 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Partisans want to end our mail-in voting

AZ Mirror: More than 75% of voters use early ballots. Every AZ House Republican voted to take that away.  This headline says it all, John. Arizona made "no-excuse" early and mail-in voting legal back in 1991. For decades, Arizona's mail-in voting laws were the model of ballot accessibility, making …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 9, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Nothing is ever good enough for them

Opponents of voting rights want you scared of our elections  Nothing is ever good enough for opponents of voting rights. If the ballots are counted quickly and efficiently, reporting the results in a timely manner? "Oh it's rigged, no way they could have gone that fast."If precincts take their time…

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  End the Electoral College (VAP) · [email protected]

October 9, 2024 at 12:03 AM

It was a tired compromise

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. The Jan. 6th Committee he…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

October 8, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Bypassing the filibuster for voting rights

WaPo: Democrats signal voting rights bills will top the agenda if Harris wins John: HUGE news came from the Democratic Party's convention in Chicago.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would be willing to set aside the filibuster to pass legislation that would protect and defend Americans'…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

October 8, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Quick 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 fairne…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

October 8, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Less than a month

29 days to turn out every voter  At this point all the chips are going down on the table. 2024's elections are less than a month away and opponents of voting rights are all-in. Now the press, the pundits, and the political strategists are all watching to see if we -- along with our pro-democracy pa…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

October 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM

All the way

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights this year   Our voter registration campaign made a huge difference in 2022 and 2023. We've got no choice but to keep it going for 2024 -- all the way to Election Day -- and stop any chance of losing more of our voting rights to cynical consp…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM

We know it has to go

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.   That's because 78% of the states needed to make the popular vote the law of the land are on board with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Turnout to overwhelm the restrictions

We need to supercharge our GOTV operations   John: With the restrictions opponents of voting rights put in place in many states - like Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Wisconsin - turning out as many voters as possible is our greatest hope to defend our right to vote and stem this tide of voter suppres…

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  Voter Registration Team (VAP) · [email protected]

October 6, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Still some states and some time

Voter registration is the key to protecting voting rights this year   John: There is still time to help with our 2024 voter registration campaign. If we had you at "voter registration campaign", please click right here to fuel our efforts. Some deadlines have landed already but others are still ope…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

October 6, 2024 at 3:06 PM

1-click 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 previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold a…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 6, 2024 at 12:01 AM

One month left

31 days to turn out every voter  One month to go, John. There are just 31 days between now and Election Day that we have to stand up for voting rights and defend our democracy against the voter suppression we've seen put in place since the last election.By reaching out to voters right now — to get …

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

October 4, 2024 at 9:08 PM

Supporter poll: Mass 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…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Stop this trend

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year   This is what's on the line in November: Sixteen states executed an agenda of voter suppression in 2023. Dark money and decades of work by opponents of voting rights have brought us here. It's scary and shows just how far the vote suppressors are wil…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Must turn out every voter

We need to supercharge our GOTV operations  John, Some day we won't have to say this anymore, but the reality is that there are critical elections across the country in just a few weeks, with the future of voting rights, abortion, and more in the balance. Opponents of voting rights have long worked…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

October 4, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Key battleground state

Wisconsin Public Radio: Republican bill would abolish Wisconsin Elections Commission   Wisconsin is a key battleground as we fight to defend voting rights. Time after time opponents of voting rights have tried to guarantee their control over our state at the expense of our democracy -- and there's …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 3, 2024 at 9:03 PM

So many purges

Newsweek: Greg Abbott Removes 1 Million People From Texas Voter Rolls   This is so much more than a Texas problem, John. So many of these bills -- like the other underhanded tactics that opponents of voting rights use -- were written by think tanks as generic legislation and when these dark money g…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM

The honest truth

538: 16 States Made It Harder To Vote  John: It's worth emphasizing how new voting restrictions were passed in 16 different states in 2023. Driven by many opponents of voting rights' false belief that lax voting laws allowed the 2020 election to be stolen, nearly 400 laws with voting restrictions h…

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  Voter Action Project Wisconsin · [email protected]

October 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Continued attacks on voting

Wisconsin Public Radio: Republican bill would abolish Wisconsin Elections Commission   John: First, Opponents of voting rights gerrymandered Wisconsin. Then they lost critical elections for Governor and State Supreme Court. Then they tried to fire the nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Admi…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 2, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Organize, fight, and vote

Louisiana's Governor Signs Multiple Anti-Voter Bills and More Are Pending  Listen, we can't stop these suppressive laws from going into effect -- at least to start. But we can draw attention to them, we can use them to organize and to turn out voters, and we can work to repeal these laws or fight t…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

October 2, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Tracking 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 as we head towards the 2024 election. Lo…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

October 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Last major reporting deadline

We've got to have more voters register and participate Our quarterly deadline is just 4 hours away and our campaign to register voters is the most important thing we'll do this year. We can't do our work without you. Just $3 can cover the costs to find and register a new voter. RUSH $24 or more ri…

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  Voter Action Project North Carolina · [email protected]

September 30, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Crucial state this year

Fox News: North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls  There's so much on the line in North Carolina this year, John. Everyone is focused on the presidential polls, but they forget that key statewide races that impact voting rights -- from governor to attorney general to secretary of state to t…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 30, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Legalized voter suppression

Newsweek: Greg Abbott Removes 1 Million People From Texas Voter Rolls   John: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott trumpeted Texas' purging of more than 1,000,000 voters under their 2021 voter suppression law. “That removal process has been, and will continue to be, ongoing,” Abbot’s office said. Partisan electi…

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  Voter Action Project Louisiana · [email protected]

September 30, 2024 at 3:06 PM

*Eleven* voter suppression bills

Louisiana's Governor Signs Multiple Anti-Voter Bills and More Are Pending  Louisiana's governor, Jeff Landry, has now signed eleven anti-voter bills into law so far this year. He started off with these seven new suppressive laws: ➜ House Bill 285 requires the state secretary of state’s office to cr…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Need this in more states next year

9 & 10 News: Michigan Voting Rights Act advances out of committee State-level Voting Rights Acts -- like this one in Michigan, or Minnesota's recent law -- are models for other states across the country and exactly the type of pro-voter legislation we need to protect our right to vote everywher…

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  Voter Action Project North Carolina · [email protected]

September 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM

More than 700,000 voters purged

Fox News: North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls  John: More than 700,000 North Carolinians had their voter registration “purged” before Election Day. The State Elections Board made the announcement of compliance with state law.This means that North Carolina -- emerging as a crucial state …

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

September 29, 2024 at 6:07 PM

Help us inform voters

Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’   Four years of Donald Trump as president taught us to take him at his word. We could never assume we knew whether he was being hyperbolic or stating his true intentions. It's the same right now -- we hav…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 29, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Fight in every state

Austin American-Statesman -- Opinion: Cherish your vote and our democracy. Both face new challenges in Texas.   If there's a more effective way to limit the impact of people's votes than this plan in Texas -- aside from eliminating the right to vote -- we haven't seen it, John. Opponents of voting …

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

September 29, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They're scared of registering new voters

AP: Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work The vice president of law and policy at the Voting Rights Lab has come out and said it -- voting rights experts expect to see continued attempts to restrict voting and the activities of voter o…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Michigan's state Voting Rights Act

9 & 10 News: Michigan Voting Rights Act advances out of committee John: The Michigan Voting Rights Act is good legislation. This bill: ➜ Guarantees in state law protections previously afforded under the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.➜ Establishes a nonpartisan election information database. ➜ …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM

Have to take it literally

Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’   “Christians, get out and vote!” yelled Trump. “Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine! You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautifu…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 28, 2024 at 12:01 AM

How we fight overreach

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

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  Research Team [VAP] · [email protected]

September 27, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Snap poll: 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 a…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 27, 2024 at 6:03 PM

What opponents of voting rights really want

Austin American-Statesman -- Opinion: Cherish your vote and our democracy. Both face new challenges in Texas.  John, There's no way to sugarcoat this: A major party is advocating for a constitutional change in Texas that would codify their power and control into the state constitution. From the Aus…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM

So many state voter suppression laws

AP: Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work John: if you've been with us for a while, you know all about the voter suppression laws passed in states like Florida, Georgia, Texas, and more. Among the new, suppressive restrictions on drop…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM

Make sure voters know

Georgia Public Broadcasting: State Election Board passes new rule ordering hand count of ballots. Election officials aren't happy  Opponents of voting rights in Georgia are willing to go to any length to make sure they gain more power and control. We must make sure voters know to vote early and tur…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Why we must turn out

AP: Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue   The recent 8th Circuit ruling is one of the most dangerous anti-voter rulings we’ve seen in years. In the eight states impacted by the ruling, voters and voting rights organizations can no longe…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

September 26, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Turnout is the key

We are focusing on our GOTV operations   GOTV is going to be the whole ballgame soon, John. We either help turn out the countless new voters that we've helped register as part of the pro-democracy coalition -- along with millions of voting rights supporters -- or we watch the wave of voter suppress…

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  Georgia Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 25, 2024 at 6:04 PM

Hand counting our ballots will lead to chaos

Georgia Public Broadcasting: State Election Board passes new rule ordering hand count of ballots. Election officials aren't happy   In case you missed the news, John: "Georgia’s State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of the new rules it had been considering for conducting electio…

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  Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]

September 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM

This year more than ever

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you  We can't stress this enough: For less than the price of a latte at that coffee shop you see on every corner, you can help cover the costs of registering a new voter. This year more than ever, please, RUSH $24 or more right now and help …

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 24, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Early voting has started

We are focusing on our GOTV operations  John,We are almost at the pivot point. We've been focused on voter registration all year -- it's been our number one priority, starting with reengaging lapsed voters and attracting new voters to our outreach on the ground and advertising online. Now that we'v…

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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]

September 24, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Our anti-voter laws

AJC: VP Harris visits ‘ground zero’ for voting rights battle in Atlanta  More from Kamala Harris: "Yet we have seen in the state of Georgia, by example of what is happening in the country, anti-voter laws — laws that have limited drop boxes, have made it illegal to even provide food and water to pe…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Must keep this work going

Our ability to register voters depends on supporters like you  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 potential voter…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 23, 2024 at 12:04 AM

Backwards step

Witchita Eagle: Kansas Supreme Court finds Kansans have no ‘fundamental right’ to vote You can't have a democracy without voting -- period, end of story, full stop. Saying that "voting isn't a fundamental right" is basically admitting that your state isn't a real democracy. Kansas told its citizen…

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  Voter Action Project Georgia · [email protected]

September 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Key state in the balance

AJC: VP Harris visits ‘ground zero’ for voting rights battle in Atlanta  Straight from Vice President Kamala Harris during her recent trip to Georgia, John: "Leaders here who have a continuing conversation — a conversation that many of us have been having for years — around the significance of figh…

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  Voter Action Project Polling · [email protected]

September 22, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Tracking survey: Fraud concerns

WaPo - The truth about election fraud: It’s rare   As the 2022 midterm elections got underway, many Americans, in particular those who identify as Republicans, were increasingly fearful that the outcome will be affected or even determined by election fraud.  Thousands of poll watchers were dispatch…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 20, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Still a battleground

AP: Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage  John, we're intimately aware of the challenges we need to overcome to make sure our voices are heard in our elections -- because our partners on the ground have been facing down the opponents of v…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

September 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Voting is fundamental for our democracy

Witchita Eagle: Kansas Supreme Court finds Kansans have no ‘fundamental right’ to vote Sit down before you read this, John: The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right protected by the Kansas Constitution.It should go without saying, but this decision will likely weak…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

September 20, 2024 at 12:01 AM

They want people afraid to use their right to vote

Noncitizens are not voting, don't believe the fear-mongering   Straight from the Brennan Center: "Imagine you’re an undocumented person living in the United States. You’ve come to this country seeking a better life for you and your family. Or maybe your parents brought you here seeking the same whe…

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