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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
Op-eds
Detroit Free Press: Why county election clerks are sure your vote will be counted
Op-ed by Faces of Democracy participants Barb Byrum and Justin Roebuck...
In the media
Politico: ‘Raise the challenge’: Eastman exhorts poll watchers to build a record
Issue One Founder and CEO Nick Penman quoted...
TV appearances
The Problem with Jon Stewart: Midterms: This Is What Democracy Looks Like?
Faces of Democracy participant Virginia Chau appeared on The Problem with Jon Stewart...
Op-eds
Ms. Magazine: Protecting the Process: Why You Should Always Talk Politics at the Dinner Table
Op-ed by Faces of Democracy participant Carly Koppes...
Reports
Who’s Bankrolling Election Deniers?
Election-denying secretary of state candidates have raised more than $12 million from megadonors, fake Trump electors, and scores of small-dollar donors....
As a record amount of money flows into races for states’ top election officials across the country, a new Issue One analysis shows that election-denying secretary of state candidates have…
TV appearances
NBC LX: Former Republican Congresswoman Endorses National Election Reforms
National Council on Election Integrity Co-chair Barbara Comstock (R-VA) joined NBC LX to discuss the council and its importance...
Op-eds
Washington Examiner: Don’t delay — update the Electoral Count Act now
Op-ed by ReFormers Caucus Co-chairs former Amb. Tim Roemer (D-IN) and former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)...
Press releases
National Council on Election Integrity urges Congress to pass full and complete update to the ECA
In an open letter sent to Congress, members of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity urged both chambers to pass a full and complete update to the Electoral…
Press releases
Issue One releases new ‘Faces of Democracy’ guide telling the story of U.S. elections and the people behind them
Today, as the early voting period of the 2022 election season officially begins, Issue One released a new digital guide, “Faces of Democracy: How Our Elections Work and the Challenges…
Press releases
Issue One applauds bipartisan House passage of bill updating Electoral Count Act
Following today’s bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives to pass legislation updating the Electoral Count Act, Issue One ReFormers Caucus Co-chairs Amb. Tim Roemer (D-IN) and Zach Wamp (R-TN)…