Democrats Announce Seven-Figure Voter Registration Effort

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Source: Newsweek

Published Jan 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM EST updated Jan 13, 2026 at 02:45 PM EST


The Democratic National Committee will make a seven-figure investment in voter registration efforts, DNC Chairman Ken Martin said in a Tuesday morning press call attended by Newsweek.

Launching in the electoral battleground states of Arizona and Nevada before rolling out nationally, the effort—called “When We Count"—seeks to reduce the Democratic Party’s reliance on allied 501(c)(3) nonprofits to register voters, Martin said. Nonprofits are barred from campaigning, which inhibits them from touting the party’s platform.

Martin said the left has seceded ground to Republicans in the registration fight for years. The new initiative represents the DNC’s largest investment to counter GOP registration gains, and it comes as a critical time as the 2026 midterm elections near and the party aims to break President Donald Trump's grip on Washington.

“We've been getting our butts kicked for years now by the Republicans on voter registration,” Martin said during the call. “What the significance of this launch is, is that we are getting the party committees and hard side actors—candidate campaigns, elected officials, state parties, local party committees and national party committees—back into the voter registration game.”

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-announce-seven-figure-voter-registration-effort-11352110

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