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<p>The left-leaning ballot access group iVote will spend at least $5 million across swing states to elect Democratic secretaries of state — the latest front in the “voting wars” that Democrats worried they have been losing.</p>

<h4>Democratic group will spend $5 million to elect secretaries of state</h4>

<p>One Democratic group focused on these races, iVote, has raised $3 million and hopes to collect a total of $15 million to shape contests in several key battleground states, said Ellen Kurz, the group's president. Its top targets: Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and Minnesota, all of which backed President Joe Biden in 2020.</p>

<h4>'Democracy will be on the ballot': Secretary of state races emerge as newest US political flashpoint</h4>

<p><em>By Ellen Kurz</em></p><p>The big news from Georgia’s primary election last Tuesday wasn’t who won and who lost. It was the galling meltdown at polling places in black communities across the state. New voting machines were missing or didn’t work. Voters waited hours in line to cast their ballots. Some understandably gave up.</p>

<h4>Want Better Elections? Choose Better Elections Officials</h4>

<p>A voting rights group focused on electing Democrats to Secretary of State offices across the country plans to launch an eight-figure media campaign supporting Democratic candidates in five states. iVote, a group founded in 2014, says it is raising the alarm about Republican candidates with extreme views running for Secretary of State this year in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Minnesota.</p>

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<h4>Democratic group to spend millions on Secretary of State races this fall</h4>

<p><em>By Ellen Kurz</em></p><p>The midterm elections are less than 30 days away, but if you missed the deadline to register to vote in your state — many of which already passed this week — you’re out of luck.</p>

<h4>Registration is a voter-suppression tool. Let’s finally end it.</h4>

<p><em>By Ellen Kurz</em></p><p>In 2020, Democratic secretaries of state stood as a firewall against the Big Lie, earning them threats of violence from armed protestors and the former president. Now, in 2022, these election administration officials are on the ballot again, and whether they defeat their "Stop the Steal" opponents may determine whether the 2024 presidential election is free and fair.</p>

<h4>Is the Future of Arizona the Future of America Without Democracy?</h4>

<p>Ellen Kurz, the founder and president of iVote, has been focused on secretary of state races for nearly a decade, she said in an interview. In 2018, the group spent $7 million helping elect Democrats in Arizona and Michigan who later became important players in the 2020 election. This year, iVote has a budget of more than twice that amount — $15 million, which it plans to spend on broadcast, cable and digital advertising to bolster its candidates.</p>

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<p><em>By Rep. Jim McGovern and Ellen Kurz</em></p><p>The Capitol insurrection isn't over. In Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country, the assault on American democracy that began on January 6 rages on.</p>

<h4>Congress Must Defeat the Continued Insurrection Against American Democracy</h4>

<p>In recent weeks, our nation and our democracy were attacked by our own government. Donald Trump’s “voter integrity” commission demanded each state hand over the names, addresses, and social security numbers of millions of Americans citizens. Led by state secretaries of State, more than 40 states said “no” in whole or part to Trump’s effort.</p>

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<p>Most of the money that the Arizona Democratic Party spent on Hobbs' behalf, about $3.2 million, came from iVote Fund. ... 'In the general election, Democrats outspent our campaign two-to-one on television,' said Brian Seitchik, Gaynor's campaign consultant. 'In a Democrat-friendly year, [Hobbs's] spending advantage was the difference.</p>

<h4>Behind Katie Hobbs' win: How Democrats flipped Arizona's 2nd-highest office</h4>

<p>In my years of focus groups and polling, Democrats, Republicans and independents have said the same thing: They want honest, competent, nonpartisan secretaries of state running their elections. Yet in the four swing states choosing one this year, look closely at who is asking for the job. ... </p><p>We are choosing who will run the next presidential election. If we do not pay attention now, the American people may not be the ones who decide who wins it.</p>

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