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C-SPAN: Nick Penniman on Election Security and Integrity
Issue One CEO Nick Penniman talks election security on C-SPAN's Washington Journal...
NBC News Now: ‘No change, no accountability’: Mother reacts to social media reform hearing
CRSM member Kristin Bride interviewed about Big Tech CEO hearing...
MSNBC: Whistleblower warns about risks teens face on social media
Council for Responsible Social Media member Frances Haugen interviewed...
Issue One in the Media
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...
Roll Call: Nearly 8 percent of Senate aides make less than a living wage, report finds
Issue One's "The Road to Fair Pay" report cited...
Press and Statements
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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…
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‘Death threats against journalists doing their job unacceptable and un-American,’ NCEI co-chairs say following NABJ interview with Trump
In response to death threats directed at ABC’s Rachel Scott for asking questions of Mr. Trump at the recent meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, former Reps. Barbara…
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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…
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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…
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Issue One celebrates historic passage of bipartisan kids’ online safety bill in the Senate
Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act in a historic and bipartisan vote. The bill, which combines two pieces of bipartisan legislation — Sens. Richard…
In the media
Politico: The unlikely alliance bringing the tech giants to heel
Cites Issue One...
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Co-chairs of Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus praise advancement of bipartisan proposal banning members of Congress from trading stocks
Last week, Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced the bipartisan ETHICS Act, a framework – built off of a proposal from…
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Sen. Menendez made the right decision to step down, ReFormers Caucus co-chairs say
Following the news that Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has tendered his resignation after being found guilty of bribery, extortion, and wire fraud, Issue One released the following statement from Amb.…
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ByteDance and Meta spent over $200,000 per day lobbying in first half of 2024
It has been nearly one year since the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was voted unanimously out of committee by the Senate Commerce Committee. In the year since, the bill…
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Members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign reassure voters in wake of changes to Democratic presidential ticket
Given the news that President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race, members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign issued the following statement: “As public servants dedicated…