A trio of pro-family and anti-abortion groups led by Trump alum Ken Cuccinelli will soon launch a multimillion-dollar campaign to restore confidence in election outcomes among social conservatives, RealClearPolitics has learned.
The coalition’s goal, according to Cuccinelli, is addressing “a legitimate crisis of confidence in the quality of elections.” The campaign will focus on enacting reforms at the state level in the long run, but the groups are also preparing to immediately mobilize grassroots activists in West Virginia, Arizona, and Montana to pressure senators there into opposing passage of HR 1 in the upper chamber.
Every single House Democrat signed on to that sweeping election reform bill Monday, arguing that the legislation — dubbed For the People Act — would expand voting access and “clean up corruption.” Republicans, meanwhile, dismiss the measure as a “federal government takeover” of election laws that would rig rules in the favor of Democrats.
The legislation they oppose would create automatic voter registration nationwide, expand early voting, and make it easier to vote by mail. It is the exact opposite of what conservatives want, and it is coming at a moment when conservative faith in the integrity of elections has never been lower.
“They clearly are getting feedback from their members and their universe that is sort of questioning ‘Why should we put this much effort into a system that cheats us?’” Cuccinelli said of the two groups.