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January 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM

"Ransom" isn't hyperbole

Mother Jones: DOJ’s “Ransom” Letter to Minnesota Reveals How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms   Sending poorly supervised federal agents without the proper training and regulations of our police forces into a city and then demanding unredacted voter data in return is exactly the hostage situation it…

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  Voter Action Project Courts Team · [email protected]

January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Supreme Court case about mail-in ballots

DD: SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting  John: Mail-in ballots are under attack again. The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in RNC v. Wetzel, a lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s law allowing a five-day grace period for late-arriving ballots mailed by Election…

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

January 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM

Game-changing voter registration

Help register a new tidal wave of voters for the midterms   Our voter registration work never stopped, 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…

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January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM

The fastest way to shape our elections

These Secretary of State races are a key focus for next year's elections.  In each of these 26 states, the results from these Secretary of State elections will determine not just who holds those offices but how future elections are run and the shape of our democracy as a whole. We must make sure th…

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January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Trump's solution in Minnesota: MAGA access to the unredacted voter roll

Mother Jones: DOJ’s “Ransom” Letter to Minnesota Reveals How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms   This is sickening, John. On the same day a masked ICE agent executed Alex Pretti on the street in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz stating that if he wa…

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January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM

MAGA states left a 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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January 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM

It's never funny, but it's always a "joke"

Politico: Trump says individuals will soon be prosecuted for 2020 election   We know the drill with Trump at this point, John. Everything he says is a "joke" until it's suddenly real. That's why we have to take him at his word, whether it is his attacks on mail-in ballots, his threat to prosecute p…

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January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM

26 critical, underreported races for 2026

These Secretary of State races are a key focus for next year's elections.  These types of elections always fly under the media's radar, John, but this year 26 Secretary of State races will shape the future of our elections, redistricting in 2030, and the outcome of the 2028 presidential race.Oppone…

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  Voter Action Project Team · [email protected]

January 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM

Their masks are off

NC Newsline: Amid protests, NC elections board rejects campus voting sites and Sunday voting in several counties   Every suppressive action these vengeful partisans take shows their true colors. For all their talk about election integrity, voter ID, and not harming eligible voters, closing legitima…

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January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM

Your opinion of a voter's Bill of Rights:

Should Congress pass a national version of some state laws?   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]. Several states, including California, have passed a "Voters Bill …

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

January 23, 2026 at 10:03 PM

Keep the USPS ballot division?

Are you worried they are a target for MAGA?   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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January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM

The threats are mounting

The Independent: Trump DOJ admits DOGE Social Security staff worked with political group trying to ‘overturn election results’  It seems we can't have a week go by without a major story effecting our fundamental right to vote, and most slip right past the mainstream media, who seem too overwhelmed …

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January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM

What Trump said this week

Politico: Trump says individuals will soon be prosecuted for 2020 election     Donald Trump flew to Davos, Switzerland this week, John, to meet with and give a speech to our European allies. So, of course, President Trump spent his time talking about the 2020 election as he threatens not to hold e…

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January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM

MAGA's deeply partisan reason to end the VRA

Mother Jones: Republican Justices Appear Poised to Destroy What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act   Knocking out this leg of the Voting Rights Act -- by weakening Section 2 -- would almost certainly reconstitute state legislatures, city councils, judicial districts, and every other type of political …

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  North Carolina Voter Action Project · [email protected]

January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM

Reducing voting sites to increase voter suppression

NC Newsline: Amid protests, NC elections board rejects campus voting sites and Sunday voting in several counties   We're now facing the repercussions of the partisan election takeover laws that went into effect at the end of 2024, John. To refresh your memory: After the 2024 elections and the defe…

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January 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM

We don't have to wait

Axios - Scoop: GOP expects SCOTUS boost   We don't have to sit around waiting for these Supreme Court decisions. All the recent election results show that, when we have the time and resources to organize, we can elect pro-voter candidates who will enact pro-democracy policies and protect our right …

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January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM

DOGE used Social Security data to try and overturn election results

The Independent: Trump DOJ admits DOGE Social Security staff worked with political group trying to ‘overturn election results’   Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly working with a right-wing advocacy group trying to “overturn election results,” …

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January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM

Weaponizing the Justice Department?

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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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM

Now, more than ever since his time

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words are just as relevant today   Every day seems to bring us some new Trump/MAGA horror related to our fundamental rights. Now, more than ever since Dr. King's time, it shows us how important this movement to protect our right to vote and our access to things like early …

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January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM

The wrong approach to the Voting Rights Act

Mother Jones: Republican Justices Appear Poised to Destroy What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act   We'll hand this straight to Mother Jones, John: "The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

January 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM

Your grade of Donald Trump's performance?

Trump & MAGA are executing Project 2025 line by line   You are invited to join our one-click response poll. For data integrity purposes, please do not complete this survey if your email address is not [email protected]. We regularly keep track of how our supporters feel about the performance o…

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January 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM

A day to remember how far we've come

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words are just as relevant today   John, We are spending today honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the 40th time in our nation's history.We're also celebrating his legacy at the very moment when the Voting Rights Act, the seminal achievement of the Civil Righ…

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  [VAP] Voter Registration Team · [email protected]

January 19, 2026 at 1:02 AM

Here's the deal:

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 summer and through the lead-in to the deadlines ahead of Election Day. There's no better way to defend our fundamental right to vote than by re…

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  Voter Action Project Research · [email protected]

January 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Quick poll: 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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January 18, 2026 at 7:03 PM

The MAGA Supreme Court

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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January 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM

This is about suppression and limited ballot access

Democracy Docket: Trump Administration Snubs States Asking Why the DOJ Wants Their Voter Data   When the MAGA Department of Justice 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 ab…

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

January 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM

All year long

Help register a new tidal wave of voters ahead of the next election   The 2025 elections showed us a valuable truth, John: Voter participation is increasing in all the right ways. Voter registration activity increased across the country. According to the team at National Voter Registration Day, New…

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  Electoral College Team @ Voter Action Project · [email protected]

January 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM

The founding father's second-guessed it

New Yorker: The Case for Dumping the Electoral College   Even after agreeing to the Electoral College, founder James Madison said the constitutional congress delegates were impaired by “the hurry­ing influence produced by fatigue and impatience.”Yes -- even the person who created it didn't like it …

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

January 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM

Nonpartisan redistricting commissions?

We need to know how you feel about this important issue   Opponents of voting rights across the country are working now to use 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 rega…

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January 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM

Weaponizing voter data

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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January 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM

His urges were stopped in his first term. But not this one.

NYT: Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election   Donald Trump considered sending the National Guard to seize voting machines after the 2020 elections. While advisors like Michael Flynn and anti-voting rights lawyer Sidney Powell urged Trump to act, his White House counsel and At…

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  [VAP] Electoral College Team · [email protected]

January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM

It makes things so much worse

New Yorker: The Case for Dumping the Electoral College   The Electoral College has been described as “a loaded pistol pointed at our system of government.” They warned that it created “a game of Russian roulette” because the way it distorts the will of the people could threaten our democracy. We've…

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  Voter Action Project HQ · [email protected]

January 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM

MAGA will do anything to suppress mail-in voting

HuffPost: Mail-In Voters Could Face A New Obstacle This Midterm Season   These USPS postmark changes are just the latest step taken by MAGA's vote suppressors to limit mail-in ballots.Why? Because in recent elections, the percentage of people voting by mail hasn't favored their extremist candidates…

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  Voter Action Project Research Team · [email protected]

January 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM

Should the House expunge Trump's impeachments?

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 former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold a …

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January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Trump regrets not seizing ballots. (He literally said so. Again.)

NYT: Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election     No sugar-coating this, John. President Trump said during a recent interview with The New York Times that he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after his loss in the 2020 election.…

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January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM

Vengeful partisans want to control Houston's elections

Texas governor threatens state takeover of Houston elections   Why did the Texas governor make this threat? Because vengeful partisans want to protect their power and give themselves the ability to overturn elections. That's why they've passed these bills, started a mid-decade redistricting war, an…

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January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Mail-in voting's new obstacle

HuffPost: Mail-In Voters Could Face A New Obstacle This Midterm Season    John: Changes at the U.S. Postal Service are going to make a known problem even worse, and it could affect thousands of voters across the country in this November’s midterm elections.Legally speaking, the date stamped on your…

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January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM

We must defend 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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January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM

Poll: Mass voter 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 lega…

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

January 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM

Just 1% of documents?

CBS: DOJ says it has reviewed less than 1% of Epstein files so far    Weeks after the Department of Justice (DOJ) was supposed to release all of the Epstein files, it has stated that only 0.6% of the documents have been published. This comes after DOJ suddenly removed images of President Donald Tru…

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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM

"They always call me a dictator"

“They say that when you win the presidency you lose the midterm,” President Trump said   Our right to vote has never been more important. We've never truly faced threats like this before, and with the midterms coming up fast we have to do everything possible to combat voter suppression, register vo…

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  Voter Action Project Texas · [email protected]

January 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM

Explicit threats

Texas governor threatens state takeover of Houston elections  Opponents of voting rights are after Houston again, John. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently threatened Harris County (which contains Houston) with a state takeover of its elections. This is just the latest step in an ongoing escalation of …

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January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM

They want to use these laws to suppress voters

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 ramping up their attacks on our fundamental rights. We have to put pressure on…

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January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM

MAGA wants to take power away from 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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January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Couldn't be clearer

The midterm elections could be a turning point in defense of our democracy   The stakes of the 2026 election couldn't be more clear. A dictatorial president subverting the constitution to gain more power for himself while Congress stands by in thrall, subservient to his political movement. November…

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  VAP Research Team · [email protected]

January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM

Your opinion on 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 even after the 2024 election. Losing ca…

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January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Trump doesn't want to bother with elections anymore

“They say that when you win the presidency you lose the midterm,” President Trump said   “How we have to even run against these people—I won’t say cancel the election, they should cancel the election, because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator.’ They always c…

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January 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Years and years of lies led us here

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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January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM

A trend we need to end in 2026

BCJ: State Bills Would Require Passport or Birth Certificate to Register to Vote   John, We know 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 restrictive a…

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January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM

What's at stake this year

The midterm elections could be a turning point in defense of our democracy   When it comes to fighting voter suppression, our work is never done. Increasing participation in free and fair elections that are accessible to ALL eligible voters is our #1 goal for 2026, John.Unfortunately, this is what…

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