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Building Confidence in 2024 Elections
Issue One is at the forefront of crucial efforts to support election officials, combat false election information, and educate voters about how elections work. Our mission is to ensure that…
Free & Fair Elections
Election Protection
Our peers and neighbors are the election officials and poll workers that keep our elections free and fair, but they need regular, predictable, and sufficient funding to protect and modernize America’s election infrastructure. In addition, those serving on the frontlines of our democracy need legal protection from harassment and intimidation. Learn about our work to elevate the voices of election officials and workers in the policy debate through our Faces of Democracy campaign.
Featured Press
The New York Times: Elections Officials Battle a Deluge of Disinformation
Faces of Democracy members Tate Fall, Justin Roebuck, and Adrian Fontes interviewed...
The Hill: To preserve the integrity of our elections, language matters
Op-ed by National Council on Election Integrity members Donna Brazile and Michael Steele...
The Guardian: Trump allies push bill to bar non-citizen voting, even though it’s already illegal
Issue One Director of Election Protection Carah Ong Whaley quoted...
C-SPAN: Nick Penniman on Election Security and Integrity
Issue One CEO Nick Penniman talks election security on C-SPAN's Washington Journal...
The Latest on Election Protection
Press releases
Bipartisan election officials from across the country urge Congress to step up and bolster U.S. election infrastructure ahead of 2026 midterms
Nearly two dozen bipartisan election officials from across the country are urgently calling on Congress to provide at least $400 million to support the nation’s critical election infrastructure ahead of…
Press releases
President Trump’s pardons for those involved with efforts to overturn 2020 election results are “a rejection of American democracy”
In response to today’s news that President Trump is pardoning former U.S. Attorney General Rudolph W. Giuliani and more than 76 others involved in the effort to overturn the 2020…
Analysis
What Virginia and New Jersey Tell Us About Democracy’s Next Test
American elections are facing new and intense national political pressures. The basic machinery of democracy — who runs elections, who is on voters lists, how votes are counted, and who…
In the media
Politico: Testing U.S. Election Security
Issue One Policy Director Michael McNulty quoted...
Op-eds
The Fulcrum: Hands Off Our Elections: States and Congress, Not Presidents, Set the Rules
Op-ed by Issue One Policy Director Michael McNulty...