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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...
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Press releases
Issue One applauds the Supreme Court’s rejection of the so-called independent state legislature theory
In response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of Moore v. Harper, Issue One released the following statement from Founder and CEO Nick Penniman: “The so-called independent state…
In the media
The Washington Post: We asked election workers about election denialism
Faces of Democracy members interviewed...
In the media
Politico Nightly: Election officials sound the alarm about violence against poll workers
Cites Faces of Democracy fly-in and quotes Faces members...
Press releases
Election officials from across the country call on Congress and the Administration to adopt a “zero tolerance” policy on threats and take urgent action to fund elections ahead of 2024
This week, two dozen current and former election officials from Issue One’s Faces of Democracy program came to Washington, DC, to urge lawmakers and the Biden Administration to work in…
In the media
Politico Weekly Score: GOP pulse check in Jersey
Cites Issue One's Faces of Democracy fly-in...