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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 laments early retirement of county clerk in northeastern Nevada, urges additional support of election officials
In the wake of Elko County, Nevada, Clerk Kristine Jakeman’s resignation today, Issue One issued the following statement: “Local election officials are the backbone of our democracy,” said Issue One…
In the media
Raw Story: ‘Threats and harassment’ are causing America’s West to bleed election officials: report
Cites Issue One's "The High Cost of High Turnover" report...
Press releases
New report from Issue One highlights the high cost of high turnover as election officials leave their positions in record numbers
New research from Issue One shows that the turnover rate among local election officials since November 2020 is far higher than what would normally be expected, especially in battleground states…
In the media
NPR: In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020
Exclusive about Issue One's new report, "The High Cost of High Turnover"...
Reports
The High Cost of High Turnover
When local election officials leave their positions in record numbers, the costs to institutional knowledge and running elections are significant...
Introduction In the wake of a contentious presidential election in November 2020 that led to harassment and death threats against many once-obscure election administrators, droves of local election officials have…
Videos
A video from the Faces of Democracy: Congress needs to act now to support election officials
In this video from Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign, election officials from across the country call on Congress to provide reliable and consistent funding to ensure safe and secure…
Event Recaps
Issue One and Public Citizen host bipartisan event on threats posed by AI on democracy
Issue One recently partnered with Public Citizen to host a virtual event that brought together a bipartisan group of congressional leaders and election officials to discuss the threats posed by…
Analysis
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Stephen Richer
Republican county recorder in Arizona’s largest county discusses the challenges of running elections when the the information environment is awash in lies...
Editor’s note: More than 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series highlighting the election heroes who are the faces of democracy. In…
Event Recaps
Faces of Democracy Fly-In 2023
Making noise to protect our elections!...
In early June 2023, two dozen nonpartisan and bipartisan election officials and poll workers from Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign traveled to Washington, D.C. to sound the alarm about…
In the media
Associated Press: Election workers have gotten death threats and warnings they will be lynched, the US government says
Issue One's Deputy Chief of Strategy and Program Dokhi Fassihian quoted...