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Honest Elections Project Action Applauds Iowa for Becoming 17th State to Ban Ranked Choice Voting
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 [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Slams Texas Democrats for Blocking Election Integrity Bills
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 House Democrats blocked these popular, [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Applauds Tennessee for Becoming 6th State to Ban Foreign Funding of Ballot Issue Campaigns in 2025
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 [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Encourages Texas House to Pass Foreign Funding of Ballot Issue Campaign Ban
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 [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Reacts to Signing of Weakened Montana Foreign Funding Legislation
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 [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Applauds Missouri Legislature for Passing Ban on Foreign Funding of Ballot Issue Campaigns
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 [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Applauds Texas Senate for Advancing Ban on Foreign Funding of Ballot Issue Campaigns
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 dropped $130 million on state [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Encourages Texas Lawmakers to Pass Ranked-Choice Voting and Foreign Funding Bans
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 around the Capitol. Jason Snead, [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Urges Governor Gianforte to Veto Weakened Foreign Funding Bill
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 Thirty Fund would remain free [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Applauds President Trump for Condemning Ranked-Choice Voting in Michigan
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “President Trump is right. Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is a disastrous voting method that is wrong for Michigan and America writ large, which is why 16 states have already banned it and six more rejected it at the ballot box. Ranked-choice voting has no place in Michigan elections."