Secure Democracy USA

05/02/2025

"We shouldn’t be putting more voting mandates on military members and their families as they are protecting our democracy abroad." —Curtis Register, Durham Town Councilor & USMC veteran.

Curtis Register is a Town Councilor in Durham and a United States Marine Corps veteran.

01/16/2025

Former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes (D) and former Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen (R) make the case for smart policy to strengthen Wisconsin elections. Their latest, via the bipartisan Democracy Defense Project:

01/06/2025

In October, we spoke with MS lawmakers, explaining how a bill amending the state constitution's section on disenfranchisement would be most effective for restoring voting rights. This is one of 2 issues likely to resurface in the 2025 session.

Mississippi lawmakers charged with handling suffrage bills in 2024 are again pushing the issue, but those who tackled ballot initiatives are hesitant.

09/09/2024

🎧 LISTEN: Our Senior Director of Policy Daniel Griffith joined Texas Impact for a podcast episode on state voting policies and voting systems. Tune in!

This week we are having a timely conversation on voting and voting systems with Daniel Griffith, Senior Director of Policy with Secure Democracy USA. As the name implies, Secure Democracy USA works to protect voting rights and oppose efforts to...

08/30/2024

Our Director of Policy Samantha Buckley was in Mississippi this week making the case for early in-person voting, which would make for less paperwork for circuit clerks' offices to handle than with absentee or affidavit ballots and lead to shorter lines on Election Day.

Mississippi lawmakers held a hearing to discuss early in-person voting.

06/12/2024

The NH state legislature is considering bills that could see otherwise eligible New Hampshire citizens turned away from the polls if they do not bring certain documents like a passport or birth certificate with them.

Lawmakers have advanced legislation to require photo identification without exception at polling places in New Hampshire – and to mandate that new voters provide hard evidence of citizenship in order to register. But Secretary of State Dave Scanlan says some aspects of the bill could be difficult ...

05/14/2024

Rural Wisconsin counties have just one in-person polling location every 34 square miles —vs. one every square 13 miles in suburban counties. Ballot drop boxes, banned by the state's supreme court in 2022, would help ease these disproportionate burdens.

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers whether to legalize them again, clerks explain how the ban has made elections more logistically complicated, for them and for voters.

03/04/2024

State Sen. Jeremy England (R) writes that the Magnolia State is one of only three states in the nation not to offer in-person early voting — it's time to change that.

State Sen. Jeremy England (R) writes that the Magnolia State is one of only three states in the nation not to offer in-person early voting. He says it is time to change that.

02/22/2024

“It is critical that the General Assembly leave early voting days ... intact.” — KY Secretary of State Michael Adams, in agreement with local election clerks.

Daviess County Clerk Leslie McCarty and officials from the Kentucky County Clerks Association said Monday they are opposed to a bill that would eliminate the state’s “no excuse” early voting

12/12/2023

Our recent poll of Florida voters found that 88% support having multiple options for Florida voters to cast a ballot, 87% support convenient options for early, in-person voting, and 76% express confidence in voting by mail. Learn more:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new poll, commissioned by Secure Democracy Foundation and conducted by the Tyson Group, finds broad consensus among Florida voters around trust in local election officials, and policies that would improve voter access.