Voting Groups Warn of Funding Shortfalls Affecting Midterm Turnout
Voting groups warn of funding shortfalls that could impact midterm turnout, with organizers sounding alarm over reduced support for key voter engagement effo...
POLICY WIRE — Washington, United States — Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing significant funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks as voting begins in an election that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term.
The funding challenges have raised alarms among Democratic strategists who are counting on high voter turnout and strong voter protection efforts to boost the party’s chances this fall. They fear that many grassroots groups may not be able to mount effective registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, much less protect against the possibility of election interference from the Republican administration.
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America Votes, a coordinating hub for more than 400 progressive groups, has fallen well below the level of funding it had during the 2022 midterms, according to its executive director, Daria Dawson. She warned that the window to engage voters is narrowing rapidly, and that there is still time to reach voters but only if action is taken now.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
