The Future

Give Where It Counts

We took a few days off

I haven’t had a day off in about 2 months. I slept for several days. We’re back now, rested, re-charged and focused.

This Has Been a Pivotal Year

With the 2024 election there has been an about-face in the awareness of progressives regarding the vulnerabilities of our elections. As one of the few organizations offering honest and accurate information about U.S. election security weaknesses, we've become the center of gravity for many people seeking to understand what may have happened in the election.

We are continuing to explore problems with the 2024 election. We have upcoming research on:

• The bomb threats during the election

• The audits following the election

• Internet connectivity of the voting machines

• Cellular capability in regards to voting machines

• Statistical analysis of election results

We are also maintaining the relationships we built with conservatives over the last 4 years and are now poised to become a truly trans-partisan force for improved election security and oversight.

Why are people turning to SMART Elections?

• Because while we are honest about the problems with our elections, all of our work is factually accurate and evidence-based.

• We are giving people the information and courage required to get involved in this issue, and they are responding in force!

  • Our Substack received over 100,000 views in the last 30 days.

  • Our Ask Me Anything session received over 70,000 reads across 2 platforms.

  • Our website had over 40,000 visitors in the last 30 days.

This is a pivotal moment, and we need to seize it.

• Over 1000 volunteers have reached out to us.

• We're reaching back to them with training and leadership, teaching them how to get involved in their local elections. We are forming regional and state teams that will concentrate on:

  • Improving voting technology so that elections can be verifiable (making sure that hand-marked paper ballots are always an option for voters.)

  • Improving audits so that they are meaningful and robust.

  • Setting up trans-partisan election observation teams to monitor, verify and protect elections.

  • We hope you’ll join one of these teams.

  • Thank you if you’ve already joined a regional team, or if you’re working on a research or data team! You’re the reason we’re able to do what we do.

It’s truly a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and we hope that you will help us fully realize it.

Our goal is to raise $150,000 to fully fund our programs for a year. Over the past 2 months, we've already raised almost $45,000.

Thank you!!

Thank you so much to all those who have taken out paid Substack subscriptions and to those who have made a donation as well - a special heartfelt thank you!

We have a lot more to do to fully investigate what happened in the 2024 election, and to lay the groundwork for improved U.S. elections long term.

We hope that you'll take this opportunity as you're making your end-of-year donations to include SMART Elections. If you find our work valuable, please subscribe and make a tax-deductible donation as well.

Consider adding us to your estate planning to ensure our longevity.

Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.

~ Henry David Thoreau

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