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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 denounces effort by Georgia State Election Board to undermine democratic process
In response to a measure approved by the Georgia State Election Board this week which appears to conflict with state law governing the certification of elections, Issue One released the…
Press releases
Faces of Democracy members react to Senate’s investment in our nation’s critical election infrastructure
In response to today’s Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee markup, which allocated $75 million in federal funding for critical election infrastructure, members of Issue One’s Faces of…
Press releases
Issue One responds after election-related AI bills fail to pass in the Senate
This afternoon, the Senate failed to advance two bills from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) relating to elections and generative artificial intelligence (S.3875, S.2770). These bills would have required political campaigns…
Analysis
8 Creative Ways New Poll Workers Are Being Recruited in 2024
Innovations to Attract and Keep New Poll Workers ...
Poll workers are critical to the success of our elections. According to estimates from the Election Assistance Commission, about one million poll workers are needed to staff the approximately 100,000 …
Analysis
Federal Funding for American Elections
An Analysis of HAVA Grants, 2018-2024...
Introduction The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 was enacted with strong bipartisan support in response to the shortcomings in election administration exposed during the 2000 presidential election. It…