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mjbeckel
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Research director: Issue One & Issue One Action. Investigating political . Defending elections. Protecting democracy. Alum: Center for Public Integrity & OpenSecrets.
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Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tate Fall
In Issue One's latest "Meet the Faces of Democracy" Q&A, Georgia election official and Auburn sports fan Tate Fall talks about the need for federal funding for elections, the necessity of transparency measures, and building trust with voters. Thrilled to see Issue One create virtual love letters to America's election workers this Valentine's Day! 🩷 💜 💙 As Social Media Executives Prepare to Testify Before Congress, Records Show Their Lobbying is On The Rise
The CEOs of Meta, ByteDance, X, Snap, and Discord will testify before Congress today. An Issue One review of OpenSecrets data and federal filings shows these five social media combined to spend a staggering $30 million on lobbying in 2023 — and collectively employed 142 individua Social Media Platforms Assemble Influence Army in D.C.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, spent a record $8.7 million on lobbying last year, and the company, which first hired federal lobbyists in 2019, employed 45 lobbyists in 2023 — one for roughly every 12 members of Congress! Crosspartisan coalition calls on presidential candidates to reveal their campaign bundlers
Bundlers frequently raise vast sums of money for presidential candidates. This enables them to ingratiate themselves — and curry favor — with those candidates. That's why Issue One is spearheading a cross-partisan effort to urge all presidential candidates to commit to transparen Meet the Faces of Democracy: Wesley Wilcox
Wesley Wilcox, the elections supervisor in Marion County, Florida, talks with Issue One about his love of running elections, tackling cybersecurity challenges, and solving Rubik’s Cubes — which he can do in under 3 minutes! PhRMA gave $7.5 million to dark money group aligned with GOP House leadership in 2022
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America — the trade association also known as PhRMA that represents the country’s top drug companies — has contributed more than $34.5 million to the Republican-aligned dark money group American Action Network since 2010, including a r Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tonya Wichman
Tonya Wichman, elections director in Defiance County, Ohio, discusses the joy of bringing democracy to voters and the importance of additional protections for election workers in the latest installment of Issue One's "Meet the Faces of Democracy" Q&A series. Meet the Faces of Democracy: Brianna Lennon
Missouri county clerk discusses why she launched the High Turnout Wide Margins podcast and why now is a great time to become an elections administrator. Crosspartisan coalition urges presidential candidates to disclose their campaign bundlers
14 organizations from across the political spectrum are urging each of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates to publicly reveal information about their campaign bundlers on a regular basis throughout the 2024 election cycle. Alarming Exodus of Election Officials
Half of the people who live in the western United States will see the 2024 elections administered by someone different than in 2020, according to a new Issue One report . And the election officials in the western USA who left these posts took with them more than 1,800 years of com Meet the Faces of Democracy: Stephen Richer of Arizona
New Q&A from Issue One: Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer discusses the challenges of running elections when the the information environment is awash in lies. Don't miss this insightful conversation ! #FacesOfDemocracy
