Democracy

Voting Rights

Track records matter: more states with AVR, near-universal ballot tracking, and practical reforms that make voting routine instead of chaotic.

The Republican party? Redistrict to keep pedophiles in power, protect encumbents from challengers, and enflame a culture war so you don't realize they are against your best interests.

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Gavin announcing prop 50 to stop election rigging

Republicans keep rigging the rules to shrink the electorate

From copy-paste voter ID bills to midnight voter-roll purges and shuttered polling places, the MAGA playbook is simple: silence the voters most likely to fire them.

Strict ID filters

Republican legislatures keep tightening photo-ID rules mid-decade — banning student IDs, narrowing acceptable documents, and forcing voters to chase paperwork that only DMV regulars have.

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Mass roll purges

GOP secretaries of state scrub voter files in bulk, often right before registration deadlines, so infrequent or young voters show up only to learn they were erased without notice.

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Polling-place shutdowns

County boards stacked with Republicans close precincts in Black, Latino, and student neighborhoods, creating hours-long lines while GOP suburbs keep their express lanes.

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Mail-ballot sabotage

New GOP laws limit drop boxes, reject ballots over signature 'mismatches,' and shorten cure windows — rules that hit seniors, students, and disabled voters hardest.

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Mid-decade map manipulation

Texas lawmakers pushed through mid-cycle redistricting that courts and voting-rights groups say siphons power from diverse urban areas and locks in districts designed to boost Republican presidential margins — including those projected to favor Donald Trump.

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Partisan takeover attempts

State GOP leaders empower partisan legislatures to overrule local election boards, intervene in certification, or even replace election officials who refuse to tilt the process.

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THE OPPOSITION ↗

Daddy's Plan

Make voting a habit, not a hazard

California proved that automatic registration and proactive ballot tracking are not moonshots - they are defaults when leaders care about access. Gavin wants every state to copy the boring but effective infrastructure that lets voters focus on choices, not logistics.

The playbook: treat election administration like customer service, publish transparent status dashboards, and fund the clerks who make democracy run. No more lines, no more mystery, no more signature-divining contests.

Solution

Automatic registration

Keep expanding AVR through DMVs and the social-service touchpoints people already use.

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Solution

Ballot visibility

Normalize statewide ballot tracking plus text and email notifications for every mailed vote.

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Solution

Voter services

Plain-language rules, prepaid returns, and accessible options across all 50 states.

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Power metrics

Where access already works

Real progress tracked state-by-state. These aren't aspirations—they're receipts.

Verified wins Closer to national standard = higher bar

Coverage check

Coverage

49%

Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) adoption

As of June 2024, 24 states and D.C. have enacted AVR.

Low coverage Nationwide

States + D.C.

24 states + D.C.

Access win

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Coverage

94%

Ballot tracking coverage

Statewide mail-ballot tracking is available in nearly the whole country.

Low coverage Nationwide

States + D.C.

47 states + D.C.

Access win

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Coverage

39%

Postage-paid mail ballots

States requiring pre-paid return postage for mailed ballots.

Low coverage Nationwide

States + D.C.

19 states + D.C.

Access win

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Receipts for voting rights work

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