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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, NCEI co-chairs, and Faces of Democracy members denounce Congress for failure to invest in our critical election infrastructure
In response to today’s House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee (FSGG) markup, which allocated zero dollars in federal funding for critical election infrastructure, Issue One’s Director of Election…
Op-eds
The Fulcrum: Election officials are heroes. Support them by becoming poll workers.
Op-ed by Issue One Director of Election Protection Carah Ong Whaley...
Press releases
Dozens of bipartisan election officials, former members of Congress, national security leaders, and government officials call on Congress to invest in our critical election infrastructure
Ahead of a key appropriations markup in the House this week, nearly fifty bipartisan election officials, former members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries, and national security leaders are calling on Congress…
In the media
Roll Call: Election officials, retired lawmakers plead for more money to protect voting
Issue One Legislative Director Gideon Cohn-Postar quoted, and Faces of Democracy and NCEI sign-on letters cited...
In the media
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...
Press releases
National security leaders from Issue One’s National Council on Election Integrity respond to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing on 2024 election threats
In response to today’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, which focused on foreign threats to our election infrastructure, Issue One released the following statement from former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel…
Press releases
More than 50 bipartisan election officials, national security experts, technologists, and former members of Congress call for safeguards to protect U.S. elections against threats posed by AI
A bipartisan coalition of more than 50 election officials, national security experts, technologists, and former members of Congress are calling for the enactment of federal legislation to protect our democracy…
Analysis
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Amy Burgans
Nevada Republican and U.S. Army veteran discusses voter engagement, mail-in voting, and running elections...
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. Amy…
Analysis
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tate Fall
Georgia election official and Auburn sports fan talks about the need for federal funding for elections, the necessity of transparency measures, and building trust with voters...
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. Tate…
Press releases
It’s beneath the office of the speaker to cast doubt on our free and fair elections, say Issue One and NCEI member
In response to today’s joint news conference between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and former President Trump, in which both men repeated numerous falsehoods and conspiracy theories related to election security…