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Featured Interviews
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
In the media
Politico: Former leaders call for election sanity
Statement from over 100 top leaders & veterans calling for America’s trust in elections and peaceful transfer of power cited...
In the media
The Washington Post: Early voting turnout high as nearly 47% of 2020 electorate cast ballots
Issue One's Claire Woodall quoted...
Press releases
Social media platforms promote extremist groups and promulgate foreign adversaries’ election disinformation ahead of Election Day
In the final stretch to Election Day, we continue to see social media platforms wreaking havoc. Reports have emerged of how Facebook has autogenerated pages for extremist militias that enable…
In the media
The Don Lemon Show: Lemon Live: Voters Fear Violence
Issue One's Carah Ong Whaley and Claire Woodall interviewed...
Press releases
NCEI Co-chairs: Recent arson incidents an egregious attack on every American’s right to cast their vote securely
In response to arsonists setting fire to ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington and USPS mailboxes in Arizona, where it appears that hundreds of ballots have been damaged or…
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National Council of Election Integrity Co-chairs respond to rapidly evolving threats and false claims about 2024 election
Following confirmation that Russia is responsible for a FAKE video about ballots being destroyed in Pennsylvania and comments made by House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Andy Harris suggesting that the…
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New Issue One investigation illuminates connections, secretive donors behind groups pushing false election-related narratives
In recent months, a network known as the “Only Citizens Vote Coalition” — which counts more than 80 organizations as members — has been amplifying the biggest myth circulating this…
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Issue One responds to new social media lawsuit: “We can’t continue allowing our children to fall victim to manipulative and dangerous platforms”
In response to today’s lawsuit brought against Character.AI by a family whose 14-year-old son died by suicide after using the platform, Issue One Vice President of Technology Reform Alix Fraser…
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Big Tech companies pump more than $51 million into lobbying this year, as industry seeks to thwart passage of Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act
It has been almost three months since the Senate passed the Issue One-endorsed Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act in a nearly unprecedented 91-3 vote. But the House has yet…
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States United and Issue One Launch Project to Uplift Women Election Officials During the 2024 Election Season
New Video “Behind the Scenes” Focuses on the Role of Women in Our Democracy; 80 Percent of Election Officials Are Women...
The States United Democracy Center (SUDC) and Issue One today launched a six-figure digital effort to recognize and build support for women election officials heading into November and during the…