Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is a convoluted system that makes it harder to vote and damages public trust in elections. Today, Governor Reynolds made Iowa the 17th state to ban ranked-choice voting. Congratulations to the Iowa legislature and Governor Reynolds for keeping it easy to vote and [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Texas Democrats have once again turned their backs on election integrity, blocking critical reforms that would ban foreign influence, establish new tools to stop noncitizen voting, and keep ranked-choice voting out of Texas. These safeguards would have improved elections for all Texans, but [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: "Tennesseans deserve elections that are free of foreign influence. Congratulations to Governor Lee and the Tennessee legislature for enacting a new ban on foreign funding for ballot issue campaigns. Foreign billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has already influenced state politics by funneling hundreds of millions of dollars through left-wing groups. Tennessee’s new law closes a critical loophole, ensuring that the [...]
Today, Honest Elections Project Action launched an additional five-figure digital ad campaign to encourage the Texas House of Representatives to pass SB 2035, legislation to ban the foreign funding of ballot issue campaigns, which advanced through the Senate last week. The campaign includes targeted digital advertising and a mobile billboard that can be seen [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Montana’s elections should belong to Montanans, not a foreign billionaire. Montana has already been flooded with nearly $3.3 million in foreign dark money funneled through the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a far-left group bankrolled by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss. House Bill 818 was [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “For too long, Missouri’s ballot initiative process has been co-opted by foreign dark money. The Sixteen Thirty Fund – fueled by $280 million from Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss – has already spent $13 million on ballot measures imposing a far-left agenda on Missouri. [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Due to a loophole in the law, foreign nationals have been able to impact state ballot issue campaigns across the country for years. Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has funneled more than $280 million into the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which in turn [...]
Today, Honest Elections Project Action launched a five-figure digital ad campaign to encourage Texas lawmakers to advance two bills to further enhance election integrity in Texas, SB 310 and SB 2035, legislation to ban ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the foreign funding of ballot issue campaigns. The campaign includes a mobile billboard that can be seen [...]
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “House Bill 818 was originally intended to protect the integrity of Montana elections by banning foreign influence. Unfortunately, the Montana legislature passed a version of the bill with amendments that leave it substantially weakened. If signed into law, foreign-funded groups like the Sixteen [...]
