Voter Action Project Registration Team · [email protected]

December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM

For less than a latte

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 midterm elections. RUS…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Your thoughts on 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 Research Team · [email protected]

December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM

The MAGA push for one-day voting

Do you think we should still have various ways to participate in elections?   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: Cleta Mitchell -- a Trump lawyer, anti-vot…

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December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Bernie, AOC, and Pete seem to agree

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down on scrapping Electoral College: 'It's undemocratic'   We'll keep this short, John: The Electoral College is an outdated disaster that gives too much power to low-population states.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 e…

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December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM

The Supreme Court bailing out MAGA?

Axios - Scoop: GOP expects SCOTUS boost   Straight from Axios, John: "President Trump's political team privately told big donors that the Supreme Court will soon issue rulings on voting rights and contribution limits that could tilt future elections their way."Two main cases are making the MAGA mov…

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December 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM

We have to do this ourselves

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 long…

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

December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM

The best way to increase participation in next year's elections

Help register a new tidal wave of voters for 2026   Our voter registration work doesn't ever 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 voters navi…

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December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM

A nationwide problem

Democracy Docket: To Protect Gerrymanders, GOP Lawmakers Target Judges — and Voters   While the most egregious examples may not be the big-name swing states, rest assured that efforts to execute extremely partisan gerrymanders, attack judges for their decisions, and limit voter referendums are happ…

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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Pete's not wrong

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 Elector…

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December 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM

This is about 2026 and 2028

Democracy Docket: Trump Administration Snubs States Asking Why the DOJ Wants Their Voter Data   When DOJ won't specifically say what they want with personally identifiable voter information, especially given the history of the appointees involved, you can bet it is all about suppressing voters and …

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December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM

They want unobstructed suppression

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 w…

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December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM

This fight is about every elligible voter and their fundamental rights

@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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December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Targeting voters and judges

Democracy Docket: To Protect Gerrymanders, GOP Lawmakers Target Judges — and Voters   Vote-suppressing state legislators around the country have identified the biggest obstacles to their all-encompassing mid-decade redistricting efforts: Judges in the courts and the voters bringing those legal chal…

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

December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM

Your view on voter I.D. laws?

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 Vote…

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December 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM

DOJ's state voter data requests

Democracy Docket: Trump Administration Snubs States Asking Why the DOJ Wants Their Voter Data   John: If you didn't know, the MAGA-ified U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been demanding voter data from the states since May, requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Do you approve of the performance of Pam Bondi as Attorney General?

How do you feel about her 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 nearly a year, …

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December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Defending our fundamental right to vote nationwide

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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December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Why MAGA is after 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.   This is th…

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December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM

The lies about mail-in voting don't stop

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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December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Do you agree with the 85% who want this passed?

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 p…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Intimidating requirements and suppressive policies

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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December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM

Yesterday was just the beginning

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   Our voter registration and mobilization work for the 2026 midterm elections may have started with yesterday's appeal, John, but there is a long way to go to accomplish our goal of increasing voter participation in our elections. …

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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM

We must be the counterpoint to their attacks on 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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December 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM

This Supreme Court case shouldn't be under the radar

@ariberman.bsky.social: SCOTUS decision killing what’s left of Voting Rights Act could cost Dems 19 House seats, eliminate every majority-minority district in South, eviscerate 14th/15th Amendments & fulfill John Roberts 40-year crusade against country’s most important civil rights law  While …

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December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Your view on making 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…

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  Voter Action Project · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Voter registration for Giving Tuesday

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   John, We're sure your inbox has been packed with emails over the last few days, just like ours have. We're sorry to add another one to it, but it's Giving Tuesday and we're kicking off our end-of-year voter registration campaign …

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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM

The "private right to action" is so important

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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November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Taking apart the Civil Rights division piece by piece

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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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM

They want a complete dismantling of the Voting Rights Act

@ariberman.bsky.social: SCOTUS decision killing what’s left of Voting Rights Act could cost Dems 19 House seats, eliminate every majority-minority district in South, eviscerate 14th/15th Amendments & fulfill John Roberts 40-year crusade against country’s most important civil rights law   The i…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Poll: Election Assistance Commission official

DemocracyDocket: Dems ‘Need the Votes’ of ‘Illegal Citizens,’ Top Federal Election Official Claims in Unhinged Rant    John -- A top federal voting official is facing a call to step down after accusing Democrats of encouraging “open borders” and widespread voting by “illegal citizens,” because “the…

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November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM

Gaming an antiquated system

Pew Research Center: Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College   John: When nearly two out of every three Americans agree on something, it's probably a good idea to do it. When it comes to the Electoral College -- a system that isn't equipped to handle the stress te…

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November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM

This case is about whether we can protect our fundamental right to vote

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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November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM

“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history.”

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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November 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM

"Gutting of the Justice Department unit that enforces voting laws"

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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November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM

63% of Americans agree

Pew Research Center: Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College   As has been the case for over 200 years, the Electoral College determines the outcome of U.S. presidential races. Yet most Americans have long supported moving away from this system. More than six-in-t…

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

November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM

Student photo IDs for voting

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

November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM

Your view on Trump's tariffs?

How concerned are you about your personal finances?     John: President Donald Trump has repeatedly slapped sweeping tariffs on foreign imports. Nearly every time, the stock market reacted with major losses, including the biggest one-day drop since the pandemic flattened the global economy.  Many e…

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November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM

The end result of years of attacks

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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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Privatizing our services doesn't help Americans

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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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Stunning assault on voters

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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  Voter Action Project North Carolina · [email protected]

November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM

Every restriction erodes our fundamental right to vote

NC Newsline: NC House bill would allow elections board workers to be replaced with political hires   Every 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 stret…

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November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Mail-in voting is their top target

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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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM

You can't seperate the postal service and voting

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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November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM

The use of 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 pr…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Your thoughts on Speaker Johnson

How would you rate his performance?   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: GOP Leader Mike Johnson is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He wa…

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  Voter Action Project States Team · [email protected]

November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM

A legislative agenda driven by partisan lies

Brennan Center: 10 States Enacted Restrictive Voting Laws in 2024   This is what we're still up against: States have continued to execute an agenda of voter suppression, driven by partisan lies. Dark money and decades of work by opponents of voting rights have brought us here. It's scary and it sh…

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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Replacing election board officials with partisan political appointees

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 introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. …

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November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM

We have to fight their suppressive efforts

TPM: Inside the GOP’s Assault on Youth Voting Rights   Any voter suppression -- based on skin color, location, age, or otherwise -- is worth fighting against. Full stop.Our fundamental right to vote needs to be inviolable to fulfill the promise of our democracy. RUSH $25 or more right now to make e…

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November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM

We can't let this be the case next year

Brennan Center: 10 States Enacted Restrictive Voting Laws in 2024  John, we're not kidding: Ten states enacted new voting restrictions in 2024.In fact, according to the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice, "states enacted more restrictive voting laws in 2024 than in any year in the last decade …

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  Team Voter Action Project · [email protected]

November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM

Registration work never stops

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   Here's the deal, John: Voter registration work happens all year long, not just in the lead-in to the deadlines ahead of Election Day. There's no better way to fix our democracy than by registering a ton of new voters and winning …

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