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Mar 24, 2023

Press releases

Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity Co-chairs Call on Congress to Invest in U.S. Elections to Protect National Security

Co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity (NCEI) today called on Congress to invest in America’s critical election infrastructure to “protect our nation’s elections from foreign interference…

Mar 23, 2023

Press releases

Top Political Journalist Fernando Espuelas, Issue One Join Forces in a New Podcast to Expose How Power Works in Washington

A new podcast from Issue One, The X-Ray with Fernando Espuelas, launched today, to give listeners a fresh take on political power and insightful analysis of the biggest issues facing…

Mar 21, 2023

Press releases

Issue One announces Nicole Lagace as its new communications director

Issue One is excited to welcome Nicole Lagace as its new Communications Director, where she will lead a growing communications team that is fighting to strengthen U.S. democracy, protect our…

Mar 10, 2023

Press releases

Tax filing obtained by Issue One reveals new financial information about nonprofit peddling election conspiracies founded by Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn

A nonprofit known as The America Project — which was launched by several prominent election deniers just a few months after the January 6th attack on our democracy — raised $7.7…

Mar 10, 2023

Analysis

Document obtained by Issue One reveals new financial information about nonprofit peddling election conspiracies

A nonprofit launched by several prominent election deniers just a few months after the January 6th attack on our democracy raised $7.7 million in 2021, with much of the money…

Mar 10, 2023

Press releases

In new congressional testimony, Shasta County Clerk and Faces of Democracy member calls for attacks on democracy at the county-level to stop

Today, Shasta County Clerk and Faces of Democracy member Cathy Darling Allen submitted written testimony to the House Administration Elections Subcommittee, calling attention to ongoing attacks on democracy in counties…

Mar 09, 2023

Press releases

Issue One applauds election funding in president’s budget, urges Congress to invest in election infrastructure

In response to President Biden’s FY2024 budget released today, which includes $1.625 billion in election funding in FY2024 and $5 billion over the next decade, Issue One released the following…

Mar 08, 2023

Press releases

Withdrawals from ERIC are the result of politics that hurt the integrity and security of U.S. elections, say current and former election officials

In response to Florida, Missouri, and West Virginia announcing that they would be withdrawing from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a nonpartisan organization whose mission is to assist states…

Mar 03, 2023

Press releases

Issue One mourns the passing of Common Cause’s President Karen Hobert Flynn

Issue One joins with Common Cause and all who knew and loved Karen Hobert Flynn in mourning the tragic passing of the organization’s president. Issue One released the following statement…

Mar 03, 2023

Sign-on letters

Members of Issue One’s Bipartisan ReFormers Caucus Urge House Leadership and Ethics Committee Leadership to Conduct a Thorough Investigation into Rep. George Santos and to Codify the Office of Congressional Ethics

We as members of Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus — a bipartisan coalition made up of nearly 200 former members of Congress, governors, and Cabinet officials — urge the House Committee…