Nov 04, 2024

Analysis

Billionaires help bankroll legal funds used by parties to challenge election rules

Even before the results of the presidential election are tabulated, partisan actors are busy behind the scenes filing lawsuits seeking clarification about existing election rules and, in the most extreme…

Oct 22, 2024

Press releases

Big Tech companies pump more than $51 million into lobbying this year, as industry seeks to thwart passage of Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act

It has been almost three months since the Senate passed the Issue One-endorsed Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act in a nearly unprecedented 91-3 vote. But the House has yet…

Oct 22, 2024

Analysis

Big Tech Ramps Up Lobbying as Industry Seeks to Thwart Legislation to Protect Kids Online

Big Tech pumped nearly more than $51 million into influence operations between January and September, new filings show...

It has been almost three months since the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act was passed with nearly unanimous approval in the Senate. While 90% of the electorate believes in…

Oct 03, 2024

In the media

Los Angeles Times: Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads

Issue One's Liana Keesing and Alix Fraser quoted...

Sep 18, 2024

Analysis

Meet the Faces of Democracy: Bill Gates

Arizona Republican on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors discusses the humans behind elections and why now is the time to serve as a poll worker...

Bill Gates, a registered Republican, was re-elected to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in 2020 after first being elected in 2016. Before joining the Board of Supervisors, he served…

Aug 14, 2024

project

Big Tech’s Broken Promises

A project of Issue One, the Big Tech’s Broken Promises tracker catalogs the history of public proclamations and policy changes announced by the largest technology companies that purported to protect…

Jul 29, 2024

Analysis

8 Creative Ways New Poll Workers Are Being Recruited in 2024

Innovations to Attract and Keep New Poll Workers ...

Poll workers are critical to the success of our elections. According to estimates from the Election Assistance Commission, about one million poll workers are needed to staff the approximately 100,000 …

Jul 21, 2024

Press releases

Members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign reassure voters in wake of changes to Democratic presidential ticket

Given the news that President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race, members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign issued the following statement: “As public servants dedicated…

Jun 24, 2024

Analysis

Tax documents detail how election deniers profit from group founded by conspiracy theorists Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn

A new tax filing reviewed by Issue One shows that several prominent election deniers have been profiting from The America Project, a nonprofit founded in 2021 by former Overstock.com CEO…

Mar 13, 2024

Press releases

Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign welcomes new election officials

In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Issue One is proud to welcome three new election officials to the growing Faces of Democracy campaign — a bipartisan group of nearly 50…