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Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: "Thanks to the hard work of Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry, the state legislature, and Governor Landry, Louisiana has taken a major step towards outlawing foreign influence in ballot issue campaigns. Foreign nationals like Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss have been exploiting a loophole in our laws [...]

Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Ranked-choice voting is a convoluted system that makes it harder to vote and damages public trust in elections. Seventeen states have banned ranked-choice voting, but now progressives are trying to push it as a ballot measure in Michigan. Michigan House lawmakers are right to call attention to [...]

Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: "The people of Louisiana deserve elections free from foreign influence. Thankfully, Secretary of State Nancy Landry and the Louisiana Legislature acted by advancing HB 693. This legislation takes a crucial first step towards closing the loophole that has allowed foreign nationals to influence ballot issue campaigns. We call [...]

Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Ranked-choice voting is an unpopular, convoluted system that makes it harder to vote. With Senate Bill 63, Ohio lawmakers have a great opportunity to pass a bipartisan bill that will keep ranked-choice voting out of Ohio. Seventeen states have already banned ranked-choice voting, and voters resoundingly [...]

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 hard to cheat in the [...]

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 voices of everyday Tennesseans are [...]

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 around the Capitol. Phase one [...]

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 originally intended to fully close [...]

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. "Senate Bill 152 closes the [...]