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All ethics issues with our elected officials should be approached with this level of scrutiny and due diligence, and then met with swift compliance.

Last week, House lawmakers budgeted only $15M in federal election funding. "Without adequate federal investment, the cost of running elections will fall to local taxpayers. Supporting our nation’s election infrastructure isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a practical one.".

Meet Spenser Mestel! The #FacesOfDemocracy member and former New York City poll worker, elections journalist, and adventure seeker shares his experiences from a decade of working the polls and voting while living abroad.

During the first half of 2025, ByteDance spent $5.4 million on lobbying and hired 41 lobbyists — one for every 13 members of Congress. More numbers to know in our latest tech lobbying report:

“As a journalist, I’ve covered election administration for a decade. To me, it felt negligent not to work the polls.” . Get the scoop from former Brooklyn poll worker Spenser Mestel in this #FacesOfDemocracy Q&A:

Our Corruption Chronicles report pulls back the curtain on how Donald Trump is selling political access to the highest bidder and chipping away at the foundation of our democracy. Get the facts:

Pay-to-win politics makes democracy lose. Crypto lined President Trump’s pockets, and now he’s returning the favor. Our analysis dives into how Trump hands out favors to the crypto industry time and time again:

During the first half of 2025, ByteDance spent $5.4 million on lobbying and hired 41 lobbyists — one for every 13 members of Congress. More numbers to know in our latest tech lobbying report:

It’s been proven that Big Tech's products cause harm and stoke division among the American public, but our latest lobbying report found that these companies show no sign of slowing down their influence operations on the Hill.

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez @RepMGP is right. Our voters and our election workers deserve better. We need to see more federal lawmakers fulfill their responsibility to support the very people who elect them.

"If parties want to win elections, they have to stop telling voters the system is rigged every time they lose. Because when you chip away at people’s trust in democracy, you’re chipping away at your own turnout, too."

From record-breaking inauguration spending to fundraising for Trump's future presidential library, the opportunities for donors to influence presidential power grow by the day.

Trump once called crypto a "scam," but now that it makes up most of his net worth, he's become it's biggest supporter. The corruption is clear.

“As a journalist, I’ve covered election administration for a decade. To me, it felt negligent not to work the polls.” . Get the scoop from former Brooklyn poll worker Spenser Mestel in this #FacesOfDemocracy Q&A:

Our Corruption Chronicles report pulls back the curtain on how Donald Trump is selling political access to the highest bidder and chipping away at the foundation of our democracy. Get the facts:

Pay-to-win politics makes democracy lose. Crypto lined President Trump’s pockets, and now he’s returning the favor. Our analysis dives into how Trump hands out favors to the crypto industry time and time again:

During the first half of 2025, ByteDance spent $5.4 million on lobbying and hired 41 lobbyists — one for every 13 members of Congress. More numbers to know in our latest tech lobbying report:

Say hello to Spenser Mestel! In our latest #FacesOfDemocracy Q&A, the journalist and former NYC poll worker shares what he learned while working the polls in America’s biggest city. Get to know Spenser: