We are seeing the tilting of election administration. And we need to act urgently.
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U.S. State Secretaries of State
Quotes from current and former U.S. state secretaries of state.
Current secretaries of state
ALWes AllenAlabama5 Quotes
KYMichael AdamsKentucky22 Quotes
NVCisco AguilarNevada11 Quotes
RIGregg AmoreRhode Island6 Quotes
DCKimberly BassettDistrict of Columbia
MEShenna BellowsMaine41 Quotes
MIJocelyn BensonMichigan153 Quotes
FLCord ByrdFlorida598 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
VTSarah Copeland-HanzasVermont
NEBob EvnenNebraska3 Quotes
AZAdrian FontesArizona49 Quotes
MABill GalvinMassachusetts2 Quotes
ILAlexi GiannouliasIllinois15 Quotes
WISarah GodlewskiWisconsin1 Quote
WYChuck GrayWyoming5 Quotes
COJena GriswoldColorado115 Quotes
TNTre HargettTennessee
NDMichael HoweNorth Dakota6 Quotes
VACandi KingVirginia2 Quotes
OHFrank LaRoseOhio18 Quotes
NCElaine MarshallNorth Carolina
INDiego MoralesIndiana11 Quotes
NYWalter MosleyNew York2 Quotes
TXJane NelsonTexas
NMMaggie Toulouse OliverNew Mexico33 Quotes
IAPaul PateIowa8 Quotes
DECharuni Patibanda-SanchezDelaware1 Quote
GABrad RaffenspergerGeorgia74 Quotes
ORTobias ReadOregon15 Quotes
NHDavid ScanlanNew Hampshire2 Quotes
PAAl SchmidtPennsylvania45 Quotes
KSScott SchwabKansas16 Quotes
MNSteve SimonMinnesota28 Quotes
Former secretaries of state
It's akin to electing someone, who's an arsonist, to oversee a fire department. It's very troubling.
In every swing state, where there's a Secretary of State race, in 2022, there is a Republican candidate, who is either, at the Insurrection, or lying about 2020, including, here in Colorado, where there are two Republicans running, who are…
Let`s be clear. We must pass voting rights bills that are now before the Senate. And the American people must also do something more. We cannot sit on the sidelines. We must unite in defense of our democracy.
What the extremists who roamed these halls targeted was not only the lives of elected leaders, what they sought to degrade and destroy was not only a building, hallowed as it is, what they were assaulting are the institutions, the values…
As of now, we have, had, as in past tense, lifted 40 percent of America`s children out of poverty.
Elections have consequence. Elections matter.
It’s incumbent on all of us to really pay attention and demand more from elected officials, and make sure that we turn all these big liars into big losers in 2022.
What Senator Paul is doing is saying the quiet part loud. They don’t want certain people to vote.
We have to extend that. You don’t give up. That’s how we do it.
Six months ago, we launched a call to action for businesses to invest in Central America. Six months ago, 12 People were around this table. Today we have 77 partners who are here and virtually here, with 1300 more businesses, civil society…
No, I don`t feel -- I don`t have any personal feelings about this. This is about let`s get the job done.
Here`s the truth, and it`s a hard truth. Millions of people in our country, many of them children, are still exposed to lead every day. The action is to direct and coordinate the efforts of local state and federal partners to a single…
We have got to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. And we have got to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, because we need the tools to be able to fight against what these states are trying to do.
I think it's one of the most critical battles before us right now, is what we must do to protect the integrity of the right to vote.
Now that the signature matching has been attacked again and again with no evidence, I feel we need to take steps to restore confidence in our elections.
We know that our democracy is not immune from threats. January 6th looms large in our collective conscience, and the anti-voter laws that many states have passed are part of an intentional effort to exclude Americans from participating in…
The status of women is the status of democracy in this country.
Here in the United States we know that our democracy is not immune from threats. January 6th looms large in our collective conscience. And the anti-voter laws that many states have passed are part of an intentional effort to exclude…
Democracy is presently under threat and for 15 years has been on the decline. Around the world, autocrats have become emboldened, human rights violations have multiplied, and corruption is undermining progress, and misinformation is…
Putin is acting today because he wants to reconstitute the Russia he knew.
There is overwhelming bipartisan support for Ukraine.
