As voting rights move forward in public discussion, urge your Senators to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R.4) with a customized message through the ELCA Action Center. 

What’s on the ballot? Criminal justice and policing, access to utilities and quality education, local development and more - turning out in local elections is a meaningful way to move us toward a more just society. More at ELCA.org/votes

Millions of Americans miss out on the opportunity to vote every year because they don’t meet deadlines or don’t know how to register. National Voter Registration Day attempts to right this wrong and make sure every person who is eligible to vote and wants to do so is registered.

What impact do nonprofits have in getting those newly engaged voters, some for the first time, to the polls?

Join faith leaders in contacting Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R.4). Offer a customized letter with your own story or faith-based reflection to Congress today through the ELCA Action Center.

“Criticism of this effort, for which the stakes are obviously enormous, is generally centered on the idea that it is about “transparency,” that only those who are worried about what might be uncovered are actually opposed to what's happening.”

Join faith leaders and faith-based advocates throughout Arizona to urge our Senators to pass Senate Bill 1, For the People Act. As people of faith we unite together to support our vulnerable neighbors.

As the hand count of the more than 2 million ballots cast in Maricopa County continues, many questions have been raised about who is involved, who is paying for it, how the Senate plans to keep ballots and voter information secure and who is allowed to observe in person.

In Arizona, lawmakers are … launching what is the most extensive endeavor around the country to look backward and scrutinize the official November results, in which Biden won the state by 10,457 votes.

These election bills will receive a final vote in the Arizona Legislature this week. LAMA believe these bills curtail the rights of initiative and referendum and limit access to early voting, both electoral rights that Arizonans have long exercised.

Arizona was the first state to adopt a redistricting commission model that was independent of the legislative branch. Arizona’s IRC begins January 14 to draw new lines according to the data recorded in the 2020 U.S. Census.

Though Mr. Biden won the state, making him only the second Democrat presidential candidate to do so since 1948, he did so with the thinnest of margins, receiving roughly 11,000 votes or 0.3 percentage points more than Mr. Trump.

Voters in precincts on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in northeastern Arizona cast nearly 60,000 ballots in the Nov. 3 election, compared with just under 42,500 in 2016. Biden won Arizona by about 10,500 votes, according to unofficial results.

Are you thinking about the messaging for election day and beyond, and wrestling with what is the right thing to say? These talking points Voting Rights Lab is a useful resource.

You’ve done your part. You voted. You made sure your voice was heard. You care about your democracy and it shows. Your action alert for today is to breathe. Pray for our nation. Pray for healing and hope, and rejoice in God’s goodness. Reflect on your many blessings.

Have you taken the pledge and shared your voting commitments to reach out to family and friends and even your faith community?

“I think this is almost invariably (note the tiny escape clause) an accurate statement: Lutheran pastors do not tell parishioners how to vote. Not only is this technically illegal but also probably unwise.”