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Honest Elections Project Action Praises Iowa’s Senate Committee Passage on Foreign Funding Ban
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Securing elections from foreign influence is a common sense policy to ensure elections remain free and fair for the American people. Foreign nationals should have no say in the ballot issue process to amend state policies or state constitutions. “Honest Elections Project Action applauds Iowa Senators for [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Praises Michigan Rules Committee for Advancing Foreign Funding Ban
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “For years, Michigan’s ballot issue campaigns have been tainted by foreign influence more than any other state in the country, thanks to a loophole in federal law. Michigan House Republicans are right to prioritize this common sense legislation to ban foreign contributions to ballot measures to [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Provides Testimony on Arizona Foreign Funding Bills
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Foreign nationals should have zero say in American elections. But loopholes in federal and state law have allowed them to impact elections across the country, including in Arizona. “Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has contributed nearly $300 million to the left-wing Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has in turn [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Provides Testimony Supporting Nebraska Legislature’s Ban on Foreign Funding
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “For years, foreign nationals have had a massive impact on many states' policymaking and constitutional amendment process thanks to a loophole in federal law that allows them to contribute indirectly to ballot issue campaigns. Nebraska lawmakers have already moved to make these contributions illegal, but that [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Provides Testimony Supporting ZuckBucks 2.0 Ban in Missouri Senate
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, provided the following statement: “Elections should be accountable to the people, which is why private, moneyed interests should play no role whatsoever in their administration. But the group behind the “Zuck Bucks” scheme in 2020 has already found a way around the laws Missouri and other states to ban this [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Submits Testimony Supporting Legislation to Require Ballot Receipt by Election Day in West Virginia
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Requiring mail ballots to be received by the close of the polls on Election Day is just common sense. Allowing ballots to be accepted after Election Day unnecessarily delays results and invites public doubt in elections. That is why the overwhelming majority of states already require ballots [...]
Honest Election Project Action Testifies in Support of Kansas Bill Requiring Citizenship Status on Driver’s Licenses and ID Cards
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Voter-ID requirement is perhaps the simplest yet most effective election integrity policy, and the Kansas legislature is right to work towards strengthening the state's existing requirements by enshrining voter-ID into its constitution. In addition, denoting citizenship status on driver’s licenses and identification cards makes it easy to [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Provides Testimony Supporting Foreign Funding Ban at Wisconsin Committee on Campaigns and Elections
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “For too long, foreign nationals have been able to give millions of foreign-tied dollars to ballot issue campaigns, helping to rewrite the laws and constitutions of states across the country. Make no mistake, foreign nationals should have no role to play in America's democratic process. “Honest Elections Project [...]
Honest Election Project Action Executive Directors Submits Written Testimony on New Hampshire Foreign Funding Bill
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “For years, a loophole in federal law has allowed foreign nationals, like left-wing Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, to indirectly contribute over tens of millions to ballot issue campaigns across the country. Wyss has given more than $280 million to the progressive Sixteen Thirty Fund, which in turn, has donated [...]
Honest Elections Project Action Praises Indiana Senate Passage of Bill Banning Ranked-Choice Voting
Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action, released the following statement: “Ranked-choice voting is a convoluted scheme that voters neither understand nor want, and erodes public trust in the electoral process. Indiana is now one step closer to becoming the 18th state to ban ranked-choice voting and protect its elections from becoming a black box. Honest Elections Project Action urges the [...]