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New York’s Matching System of Citizen-Funded Elections for State Offices

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Yesterday, we discussed Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers program, a concept under statewide consideration in Minnesota & New Hampshire. But there’s another style of citizen-funded elections just implemented in New York State after the midterms.

Seattle’s Democracy Voucher System of Financing Elections Helps Restore Power to the Voters

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

In the recent midterms, 3,700 political donors gave more than $100,000 to candidates, parties and SuperPACs, and accounted for –get this– $2.43 Billion dollars. What if there was a way to fund elections with small donors, not just big ones?

The Election Worker Protection Act Failed in December. Will it Be Re-Introduced?

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

Despite the hundreds of threats to election workers after the 2020 and 2022 elections, a bill in the U.S. Senate which would have made intimidation of election workers a federal crime, failed in December.

Election Workers Quitting Over Intimidation; Some States Are Taking Action To Protect Them

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

We’re spending a second day in Arizona, where a seasoned election official resigned last week citing a hostile workplace. That hostility, though, extends beyond Arizona and throughout the United States, and bipartisan bills are being filed in some states to protect an election workforce put at risk by disinformation.

It’s 2023, But Arizona Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Persist from Candidates & Legislators

January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

Today, we’re giving you an update from Arizona which, three years after the 2020 election, STILL has candidates and legislators pushing disruptive election fraud conspiracy theories.