{"id":2225633,"date":"2024-04-19T20:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-removes-bank-your-vote-website-plans-overhaul-of-early-voting-initiative\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T20:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:17:32","slug":"rnc-removes-bank-your-vote-website-plans-overhaul-of-early-voting-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-removes-bank-your-vote-website-plans-overhaul-of-early-voting-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC discontinues &#8216;Bank Your Vote&#8217; site, preps early voting program revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-removes-bank-your-vote-website-plans-overhaul-of-early-voting-initiative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) is set to revamp its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-endorses-gops-bank-your-vote-initiative\/\" title=\"Trump supports GOP's 'Bank Your Vote' initiative.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-liberals-dumping-massive-amounts-of-money-into-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\" title=\"Hollywood Liberals Dumping Massive Amounts Of Money Into Georgia Senate Runoffs\">early voting<\/a> initiative<\/a> &#8220;Bank Your Vote,&#8221; focusing on encouraging Republican \u200cvotes. The new program\u2062 aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-are-illegal\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Are Illegal\">expand voter participation<\/a>. \u2063The RNC plans a &#8220;Grow The Vote&#8221; initiative targeting nontraditional Republican voters. Details on the rebranded strategy, including state-specific websites, remain undisclosed. The RNC&#8217;s organizational \u200cefforts are in progress,\u2062 aiming for effectiveness by the upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) plans to overhaul the early voting \u201cBank Your Vote\u201d initiative launched by former Chair Ronna McDaniel in favor of a new program, which the RNC says will include an effort to bank Republican votes. After The Federalist inquired about the departure from McDaniels\u2019 program on Friday, the \u201cBank Your Vote\u201d website (archived <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/4O3yE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>) was taken down. <\/p>\n<p>Danielle Alvarez from the RNC told The Federalist that \u201cthe website is down for reconstruction as we refocus our operation on not only banking votes but growing votes.\u201d Banking votes means encouraging voters to take advantage of opportunities to vote early, either via mail or in-person. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-964629587\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c814d0bcf693787ea78a326a6a1f7faa fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c814d0bcf693787ea78a326a6a1f7faa\"><\/div>\n<p>The RNC told The Federalist that its new plan would include a vote-banking program in addition to a \u201cGrow The Vote\u201d initiative aimed at reaching nontraditional Republican voters. When The Federalist asked how this new program would conduct vote banking and what metrics it would use to target voters, Alvarez said the RNC has \u201cpaid staffers and volunteer-powered field programs in every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">battleground state<\/a> and they are expanding daily\u201d but did not provide numbers or specific details, expressing concern about giving away their plan. The RNC offered to follow up with more information but could not provide details by publication time.<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chairman Michael Whatley sent a memo to staff recently that provided a general overview of the RNC\u2019s plans to \u201cGrow The Vote\u201d by reaching demographics that may not traditionally vote Republican. The memo also describes an effort to \u201cBank The Vote\u201d by encouraging Republicans to take advantage of mail-in and early voting. A separate letter sent to staff by Whatley during his first week on the job described plans to continue the \u201cBank Your Vote\u201d initiative and said \u201cGrow The Vote\u201d would be launched in addition to it.<\/p>\n<p>The original \u201cBank Your Vote\u201d initiative had state-specific websites for voters that included information about things like timelines for requesting a mail-in ballot, and options for voters to sign up for reminders of voting deadlines. The RNC did not confirm whether the rebranded initiative would have state-specific websites for voters to obtain early voting information. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RNC is likely trying to step away from the brainstorming and initiative that was created under the Ronna McDaniel administration,\u201d someone with knowledge of the RNC\u2019s \u201cBank Your Vote\u201d and \u201cGrow The Vote\u201d initiatives told The Federalist. \u201cThey seem to serve the same purpose at the end of the day, it\u2019s just a matter of stepping away from previous leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3ddcf1f27c79fbfd8622835c974db93b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3ddcf1f27c79fbfd8622835c974db93b\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe [RNC] is still very much in an organizational phase, it doesn\u2019t mean that it won\u2019t be successful, but right now it\u2019s still widely believed that they\u2019re still trying to line up a game plan that will ultimately be effective this November,\u201d the source added. \u201cGetting a \u2018Bank Your Vote\u2019-like effort off the ground is certainly going to happen. The success of it is what remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-building-behemoth-campaign-trump-point-seems-playing-catch-rcna145903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a> two unnamed Republicans who claimed that \u201cthe Trump campaign and Republican National Committee have fewer than five staff members in each of the battleground states.\u201d Alvarez told The Federalist that assertion was false. Meanwhile, Democrats have long capitalized on early and mail-in voting, with data showing they have only increased their early vote lead over Republicans since 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/07\/2022-early-vote-data-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to The Washington Post. <\/p>\n<p>While Republicans have generally been slow to catch up to Democrats on early voting, states like Virginia, led by Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meetthepressblog\/virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-launches-program-boost-gop-early-voting-rcna93569\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a>, have seen some success. Data from October of 2023 showed the gap had narrowed between early in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-jim-crow-2-0-voting-in-georgia-surges-after-democrats-complained-about-racist-republican-rules\/\" title=\"Remember \u2018Jim Crow 2.0?\u2019 Voting In Georgia Surges After Democrats Complained About \u2018Racist\u2019 Republican Rules\">-person votes cast<\/a> by Democrats and Republicans in Virginia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/early-turnout-for-republican-voters-virginia-uptick-from-previous-elections-data-says\/291-f16933ea-2657-479c-aa67-76afad67cbfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WVEC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe percentage of Republican votes have increased by approximately 8% since 2021,\u201d according to the report. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-960b3d634155cfa3be9f62d5d110ecc1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-960b3d634155cfa3be9f62d5d110ecc1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b5883ebf0b3712089db5f2b46842cf78 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b5883ebf0b3712089db5f2b46842cf78\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) is set to revamp its early voting &#8220;Bank Your Vote&#8221; initiative established by former Chair Ronna McDaniel. The RNC will introduce a new program focused on securing Republican votes. This change follows inquiries by The Federalist regarding the shift away from McDaniel&#8217;s initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2225634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ballot_Drop_Box_31409335423-e1713564073636.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ballot_Drop_Box_31409335423-e1713564073636.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}