PLI Bulletin

20 Questions, 911 Breakdowns, 538 Politics and More

Posted on October 1, 2024

Safeguard Fair Elections Act: Right now, extremists are trying to destroy our democratic system by compelling election officials to lie about election results. This is manifestly unAmerican. The Safeguard Fair Elections Act blocks efforts to subvert democracy by disqualifying any public official who refuses, without legitimate evidence, to certify the actual vote counts or results of an election.

How to answer 20 tough questions: These Q&As tackle some of the toughest issues of this election season, like abortion, immigration, crime, guns, inflation and the Ten Commandments. Read them in the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.

ABC News 538 Politics podcast: These 538 podcasts are short, 3-4 minute videos on key topics like “Why you can’t predict polling error in advance.”

200+ women faced criminal charges over pregnancy after Dobbs: In the year after the Dobbs ruling in June 2022, 210 women faced criminal charges associated with pregnancy or miscarriage. Incredibly, Alabama and Oklahoma accounted for 172 of the 210 criminal charges, according to a Stateline story about a Pregnancy Justice study.

Local 911 systems face a national emergency: Call takers and dispatchers are mostly working with technology from the 1980s, according to an article in Route Fifty. Fixing the problem, obviously, would require significant funding.

New Voicing Our Values for 2024: If you are working on a political or advocacy campaign right now, you will appreciate our newly-updated messaging booklet, Voicing Our Values: 2024 Edition, downloadable here.