Senate Republicans have refused to act on election security legislation. Now, they're the target of a new campaign by a large progressive activist group that hopes to sway their minds.
On 9/4/19 at 8:30 AM EDTSeveral Republican senators, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are the targets of a new six-figure campaign by a progressive activist group that seeks to pressure the lawmakers to take action on election security funding.
The group's campaign will consist of a digital billboard in McConnell's home state of Kentucky, Facebook ads, calls and emails to constituents, office visits to lawmakers and peer-to-peer texting that will target GOP senators who Stand Up America either views as vulnerable in upcoming elections or who have expressed some degree of support for election security funding in the past.
that would provide money for states to bolster their systems by upgrading voting infrastructure and requiring post-election audits, as well as the use of backup paper ballots, among other things.
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