By Rachel Bowman, America Votes Ohio State Director You’ve heard it before, and you’ve seen that it is true: elections have consequences. That rings true not only for the big-ticket elections, but with smaller elections that may not feature candidates at all. This August election is no exception. The ballot…

By Daria Dawson, America Votes Deputy Executive Director Last month, members of the America Votes coalition gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 14th America Votes State Summit. This was our largest summit yet, with more than 1,800 registrants from 47 states. During last year’s State Summit, we were gearing up…

By Greg Speed, America Votes President For much of this election cycle, conventional wisdom held that the 2022 midterm election would go very, very badly for Democrats. However, since the Dobbs decision decimated the right to reproductive freedom, Democrats have moved from a 3–4 percent deficit in generic congressional ballot…

By Greg Speed and Sara Schreiber The 2021 election has provided a new reminder of how fleeting progress in the fight to defend democracy can be. It has also reinforced how hard we must work to protect and empower people to vote next fall. America Votes is proud of the…

Thousands of Georgians have filled the streets demanding action in the wake of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and every other Black person killed by police — those whose names we know and those who we will never know. …

Jeff Graham, Executive Director, Georgia Equality — Georgia Equality is a partner of Georgia Engaged, the state’s America Votes affiliate. While various LGBTQ communities in the United States and around the globe celebrate with Pride celebrations throughout the year, June holds a special place in LGBTQ history because of an important milestone: The Stonewall Riots. This year…

America Votes founding president Cecile Richards discusses how far the progressive movement has come and where it must go from here. — “I have been enormously privileged to always do progressive work. It’s what feeds me, it’s why I feel like I’m on this earth.” America Voters founding president and progressive icon Cecile Richards has spent her entire life standing up for what she believes in. From her early days organizing in…

On a chilly day in February of 2017, Angela Aldous couldn’t believe her eyes as she drove by her local courthouse in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, a conservative-leaning community an hour outside Pittsburgh. …

America Votes allies in Colorado and Ohio lead the way in building long-term capacity among diverse communities. — For far too long, campaigns and political parties have tended to view communities of color as not much more than voting blocs, merely engaging with folks of color to secure their vote and moving on. America Votes partner organizations are saying: no more. From Colorado to Ohio, our partners are…