By: Austin Laufersweiler, Press Secretary With a new year comes new opportunities for lawmakers to attempt to roll back voting rights. In such an important election year, we all need to keep a watchful eye to ensure legislators don’t use their power to make it harder for eligible Americans to vote. Step one: Identify bad […]
By Leigh Chapman, Senior Policy Advisor at Let America Vote Trump’s Sham Voting Commission has said from the very start that they have no “preconceived notions” about the outcome and of the commission — but their actions paint an entirely different picture. Not one, or two, but THREE of members of the Sham Voting Commission spoke on […]
Even seemingly small changes negatively affect voter turnout, especially in communities of color. Overview The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) dismantled key components of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). Originally passed to address systemic discrimination against non-white voters, especially in the South, the Voting Rights Act required certain jurisdictions […]
A message from Abe Rakov, Our Executive Director With the November 2017 elections now behind us, I wanted to update you on some of what Let America Vote has accomplished since Jason Kander founded the organization in February 2017. Our volunteers knocked on more than 203,000 doors between Virginia and New Hampshire, more than 65,000 […]
By Leigh Chapman, Senior Policy Advisor at Let America Vote Consider this a friendly reminder that the so-called Presidential Commission on Election Integrity was created to defend Trump’s reputation after his blatantly false statement that he only lost the popular vote because millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election. Trump wanted to justify […]
By Leigh Chapman, Senior Policy Advisor at Let America Vote Right now, there is a political game playing out and our votes are the trophy. If you’re on Team Democracy like we are, you respect the right of every eligible citizen to cast a ballot– no matter who they’re voting for. But just like in […]
