U.S. State Secretaries of State

It shows you that we did not turn out as Republicans, we did not turn out to vote for the president at the top of the ticket.

At the end of the day what it gets down to is personal integrity, walking that line of integrity. Law enforcement does it every day, they walk that thin blue line. Election directors do it, and as Secretary of State, I've walked that line…

I am a Republican, and I believe that counting votes in our democracy is a sacred responsibility.

When Congress has been at its best, as with HAVA, folks have come together across party lines, and I hope that we can do that again.

Misinformation is the most serious threat our election system faces because it is upstream of so many other problems we face.

I have no wish that you pass any particular election laws going forward, but if you do, I hope you will do so in a non-ideological, bipartisan fashion rather than furthering the polarization that plagues our politics.

No matter what our party affiliation, this is not okay. Let's be clear: this is domestic terrorism.

This right now is a moment that will not last. It is a particular moment of incredible opportunity and a moment to transform our nation. In this moment, we have an opportunity to build an economy that works for working families.

I`d like to think that we have evolved as a nation and that we would not have to return to a moment where the United States Senate would have to debate. Yet in this situation fail as a body to even move forward protections as it relates to…

As we all know, in 2013, the Voting Rights Act that Dr. King and so many others fought for was gutted by the Supreme Court decision and Shelby v. Holder. And, to be sure, we should not have to keep fighting so hard to secure our…

The Republican Party has a new playbook, and that’s to lie, lie, lie, to undermine confidence, pass voter suppression and then tilt future elections.

We cannot have election administrators who are trying to prove the big lie and not upholding what they should be doing, and that’s running great elections for their citizens.

We`re not going to give up. We`re not deterred, but there`s still a lot of work to do. And I think it`s really a sad day.

We have a vaccine now, and that is great, but we need to get it in the arms of all Americans.

One of the things that we have to do is to remind people that elections matter. Literally in their life. Because it is not only about who is president, it`s who`s governor. It`s who`s a mayor. It`s who`s a judge. It`s who`s the sheriff.

I think we need to take some bold actions to protect democracy.

We cannot allow the My Pillow guy to destroy democracy.

We have got to do more. There`s no question, the United States is a member of the Western hemisphere. Haiti is our neighbor in that regard.

What I saw depicted about those individuals on horseback treating human beings the way they were horrible.

If we don’t get back to the most basic of things which is integrity, then we’re not going to fix anything.

Human beings should never be treated that way. And I`m deeply troubled about it. And I`ll also be talking to Secretary Mayorkas today.

What I saw depicted about those individuals on horseback treating human beings the way they were is horrible.

At the end of the day, I have to always put, you know, my duty to the constitution and to our country above all.

I and many others on both sides of the aisle who see it as our responsibility to defend democracy, we’re going to keep doing everything we can to ensure everyone can vote and that we can trust the results of that election.