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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
Podcast episodes
Swamp Stories Episode 41: Zuckerbucks
The 2020 election season, while carried out successfully by dedicated election officials and poll workers, exposed one glaring problem with the U.S. system of elections: it is chronically underfunded. Though…
In the media
Christian Science Monitor: Jan. 6 panel holds up public officials as ‘backbone of democracy’
Quotes Deputy Chief of Strategy and Program Dokhi Fassihian discussing the Faces of Democracy campaign...
In the media
Insider: Advocates are asking lawmakers for a major increase in federal funding as the January 6 hearings highlight threats to election workers
Issue One leads organizations urging Congress to invest more federal funds in election administration....
In the media
Politico Weekly Score: Election administrators go to Washington
Exclusive announcement of our Faces of Democracy campaign...
Podcast episodes
Swamp Stories: January 6th Committee Hearing Debrief with former Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt
Over the next few weeks, the bipartisan House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is holding a series of historic hearings to shed…