By: Saige Draeger As the midterm election approaches, people are looking for ways to get involved and learn about how elections work. One meaningful opportunity available in many states is signing up to be an election observer. Each election, thousands of nonpartisan volunteers fan out in jurisdictions across the country to observe various parts of…
CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2026) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision reviving the Department of Homeland Security’s overhauled SAVE database, which a federal court found violated multiple laws and threatened Americans citizens’ right to vote, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision today wrongly…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2026) — As the fall midterms draw closer and scrutiny of election offices intensifies nationwide, the safeguarding of ballots is taking on renewed importance as a critical safeguard for protecting ballots and maintaining public confidence. Leading this effort to equip election offices with the tools they…
Atlanta, Georgia, September 17, 2026 Mark Lindeman, Policy & Strategy Director, Verified Voting Full Testimony: Good morning, Chairman Anderson, Chairman Burns, members of the committee. My name is Mark Lindeman, and I’m policy and strategy director of Verified Voting, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization. Our mission is to strengthen democracy for all voters through the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (September 14, 2026) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting President Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Today the Supreme Court left in place the injunction halting implementation of the ill-advised USPS Rule that would have…
by Alexa Raad A serious operational hazard recently brought forward by a whistleblower reveals a critical flaw in election readiness: mandating a brand-new federal tracking portal and rigid ballot envelope intake standards across thousands of decentralized county election offices weeks before an election violates fundamental principles of sound systems engineering. In large-scale IT and logistics…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (August 25, 2026) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision clearing the way for part of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Attempting to force administrative overhauls while ballots are actively going to…
by Cheryl Billard and Corrie Emerson Georgia’s legislature passed Senate Bill 3EX during a special session in June 2026, and Governor Brian Kemp signed it into law. The bill changes how local election officials will administer parts of this year’s elections, while pushing other changes past November. Here’s what’s different and what stays the same…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (July 16, 2026) — In response to President Trump’s false and misleading claims about election security during his address tonight, Verified Voting President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Tonight’s claims are nothing more than another flimsy attempt to rewrite the past, cause chaos and sow…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (July 10, 2026) — In response to President Trump causing the removal of the remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Verified Voting President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Election administration doesn’t stop because the President fired the EAC commissioners. Thousands of state and…