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Today, the U.S. Postal Service released a proposed rule to implement Trump’s executive order attacking mail voting. The plan: USPS will only deliver ballots to voters on a federal government-approved list. If your name isn’t on the list, you don’t get a ballot. Let me
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I wrote to you this week about the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act. Everyone has a role to play right now. Some groups will sue. Some will organize protests. But because of supporters like you, we get to do something different: give away our best-in-class GOTV
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Some massive good news for once: the SAVE Act failed in the Senate yesterday. The bill would have required every American to present documentary proof of citizenship in order to register to vote: a passport, a birth certificate, or a REAL ID that indicates citizenship. This is the second time
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I want to talk to you about the executive order Trump signed on March 31st targeting mail-in voting. I know it’s alarming. I also know that a lot of the coverage is making it sound scarier than the legal reality warrants. I want to give you the facts,
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ICYMI: We hosted a donor briefing last week. I talked for too long, as usual, but there was one part that I keep coming back to, and I want to share it with you. It’s a math lesson. I gave it at the briefing, and my friend, who has
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It’s been a minute since we sent a proper update, and a lot has happened. I want to walk you through what we’ve been building, because I think you’ll be impressed. I’m impressed, and I work here! The team grew. We brought on four new people:
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This message, like all my messages, will contain a lot of numbers. Bear with me. The numbers are the point. VoteAmerica just launched our permanent absentee voting (PAV) recruitment program in Michigan. I want to tell you why Michigan, what PAV actually does, and why this is the single most
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I want to tell you about a part of VoteAmerica that doesn’t get enough attention: our software. We build voter engagement tools. Register to vote, request an absentee ballot, find your polling place, pre-register before you turn 18, sign up for permanent absentee voting, track your ballot, add
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Last Tuesday, nearly 4.5 million Texans voted in the March 3 primaries. That’s about 24% of registered voters, up from 17% and 18% in the 2018 and 2022 midterm primaries. It was the highest midterm primary turnout in the state’s recent history. The Texas Senate race became
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I’ll be honest: you haven’t heard from us in a while. That’s going to change. You’ll be hearing from me more often this year, with real updates about what we’re working on and what we’re learning, because I think the people who fund and/
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If you’ve supported VoteAmerica for any length of time, you know we’re relentlessly focused on turning out voters. That focus explains a few things about the linked 2023-2024 Annual Report. It’s dense with meaningful programs. It’s candid about what worked and what didn’t. And
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Across 2024, there was a steady stream of commentary insisting young voters were “shifting to the right.” Even at the time, the data didn’t support that. My read of the data pointed to a collapse in participation, not an ideological realignment. Now, just weeks after the 2025 elections, we