Timeline of iVote's Success
Arizona:
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2015 - 2018: A Republican Secretary of State purged tens of thousands of voters from the rolls and closed hundreds of polling locations, disproportionately affecting voters of color
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August 2018: A self-funding Republican candidate spent over $2 million on his primary, running on a platform of English-only ballots and a citizenship test to be eligible to vote
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Fall 2018: iVote ran a $3.5 million campaign supporting Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs
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November 2018: Katie Hobbs won by 20,252 votes, flipping the office blue for the first time in 23 years
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August 2022: State Rep. Mark Fitchem, who CNN called a “QAnon conspiracy theorist,” won the GOP nomination for Secretary of State. Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes won the Democratic nomination.
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Fall 2022: iVote ran a $5 million campaign supporting Fontes and opposing Rep. Finchem, increasing our record-setting 2018 investment by over $1.5 million.
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November 2022: Adrian Fontes won 52-48, holding the office for Democrats. Secretary Hobbs also won her election for Governor.
Minnesota:
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May 2022: Attorney Kim Crockett won the endorsement of the Minnesota GOP at their convention. She denied the results of the 2020 presidential election, spread conspiracy theories, was suspended from a previous job for making racist comments, and the largest newspaper in Minnesota called her campaign a "far-right bid."
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Fall 2022: iVote ran a $2 million outside ad campaign supporting Secretary of State Steve Simon and opposing Kim Crockett.
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November 2022: Secretary Simon won with 55% of the vote, earning the most votes of any candidate on the ballot.
Michigan:
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2011 - 2018: A Republican Secretary of State purged tens of thousands of voters from the voting rolls, closed polling locations, and installed broken voting machines – all targeting people of color.
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April 2018: The Republican nominee for secretary of state, backed by the DeVos family, praised and credited voter purges going into 2016 for handing Michigan to Trump.
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Summer and Fall 2018: iVote ran a $2.5 million independent expenditure campaign supporting Democratic candidate Jocelyn Benson.
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November 2018: Jocelyn Benson won by 9 points, flipping the office blue for the first time since 1995.
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April 2022: Michigan Republicans chose Kristina Karamo, who accused police officers and others who testified to Congress about the January 6th attack on the Capitol of being “actors and actresses,” as their nominee for Secretary of State.
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Fall 2022: iVote ran a $2 million outside ad campaign supporting Secretary Benson and opposing Kristina Karamo.
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November 2022: Secretary Benson won by 14 points, earning more votes than anyone else on the ballot.
Nevada:
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November 2018: iVote leads the campaign to pass automatic voter registration in Nevada, succeeding with nearly 60% of the vote.
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January 2020: Automatic voter registration takes effect, leading to 750,000 eligible but previously unregistered Nevadans to be automatically registered to vote.
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October 2020: Nevada reports a record 1.8 million registered voters.
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November 2020: A record 1.3 million Nevada voters cast ballots. President Biden wins Nevada by 33,596 votes.
Colorado:
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2017: The Republican secretary of state handed over the personal information of millions of voters to the Trump/Kobach “Voter Fraud Commission” causing tens of thousands of voters to de- register
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Fall 2018: iVote invested over $1.5 million in an outside campaign, creating digital and TV ads targeting Independent Latino and “surge voter” turnout audiences.
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November 2018: Jena Griswold, a Democratic election attorney, defeated a popular incumbent by 6 pts, becoming the first female secretary of state in Colorado history.