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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
Issue One reacts to SAVE Act passage in the House, urges senators to vote ‘no’
In response to today’s vote in the House of Representatives passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — federal legislation that would require voters to provide in-person documentary proof of…
Press releases
Nearly 60 bipartisan election officials express their opposition to the SAVE Act
“Places unfunded, operationally unrealistic, and legally precarious burdens on election offices,” say election officials in a new letter to Congress...
Nearly 60 bipartisan election officials from across the country are expressing their opposition to the SAVE Act (H.R. 22, S. 128) — federal legislation expected to be voted on in…
Press releases
Issue One responds in support of letter sent by secretaries of state to Secretary of Homeland Security
On the heels of massive personnel cuts and the halting of election security programs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)…
Event Recaps
Panel discusses building a more democratic and resilient information environment
This week, Issue One hosted a panel to dig deeper into our most recent report, “Flooding the Gap: How Big Tech’s Failures Empowered Foreign Adversaries and Undermined the 2024 U.S.…
In the media
The Washington Post: Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.
Issue One's "Flooding the Gap" report cited; Legislative Manager of Technology Reform Jamie Neikrie quoted...