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Washington Post: After harassment, Arizona county official won’t run for reelection
Issue One and Faces of Democracy member Bill Gates mentioned...
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The public is being bombarded with information and ads about this year’s elections, including dangerously false details about where, when, and how to vote. Adding to the chaos, tech tools — especially generative artificial intelligence — are being used to manipulate voters with deepfakes and spread misinformation at unprecedented speeds.
Voters in competitive states, critical for securing the Electoral College, are particularly vulnerable to these rapidly evolving, reality-blurring narratives. That’s why Issue One is dedicated to providing accurate, trustworthy information about the voting process in every locality and highlighting the crucial role of election officials in administering free and fair elections. Our mission is to cut through the noise and ensure voters have the facts they need to confidently participate in democracy.
Voters urgently need accurate information on how elections work in their specific areas and how election officials ensure every eligible voter’s ballot is counted as cast. To address this critical need, Issue One developed HowElectionsWork.org, guiding audiences to the most authoritative source — state election officials — to get credible information about elections and voting.
VoteWise is a simple and free way for users to fact check information they see online, in their social media feeds, hear in their circles or on the news about U.S. elections. Available on WhatsApp, Telegram, and Meta Messenger, users can submit and fact check content and get nonpartisan, credible information about elections.
VoteWise also has an extensive FAQ function that allows users to learn more about how elections are administered and who administers them, the post-election process, and complicated systems like the Electoral College. Users may also be referred to Issue One’s “How Elections Work” website, providing links to state specific information not covered in the chatbot.
Hearing directly from respected, local messengers about how elections work will help to increase confidence in the integrity and fairness of elections. Issue One developed an Election Integrity Communications Toolkit to empower local messengers with clear information about the security of elections and with shareable content to promote Americans’ freedom to vote.
The Toolkit provides:
VoterCast is a communications product developed by Ideas 42 to give election officials the tools they need to communicate directly to voters about where, when, and how to vote. Issue One is collaborating with Ideas 42 to develop new messaging to help election officials educate voters about election processes and security provisions in their jurisdictions.
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Issue One and Faces of Democracy member Bill Gates mentioned...
Analysis
Michigan Republican and self-proclaimed history nerd talks 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. Justin…
Press releases
In response to the reintroduction of the Election Worker Protection Act by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Issue One released the following statement from Deputy Chief of…
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Exclusive about Issue One's new poll and funding requests from members of the National Council on Election Integrity and Faces of Democracy...
Press releases
New poll also finds overwhelming bipartisan agreement that the federal government should do more to fund elections...
More than three dozen bipartisan election officials, former members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries, and national security leaders have joined together to urgently call on Congress to adequately fund U.S. election…
Analysis
California election official discusses the challenges of hand counting thousands of ballots...
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. Since…
Op-eds
Op-ed by National Council on Election Integrity Co-chairs Barbara Comstock and Donna Edwards...
Press releases
Faces of Democracy members Brianna Lennon of Missouri and Justin Roebuck of Michigan warn lawmakers of ongoing threats to elections...
In new congressional testimony submitted this week, two members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy called on Congress to take steps to strengthen our elections, protect the officials running them,…
Analysis
Former rodeo queen-turned-county clerk talks running elections...
Editor’s note: Roughly 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series published each month that highlights the election heroes and heroines who are…
Press releases
Today, Issue One and the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund released a new report that outlines thirteen steps the federal government and state legislatures should take…