{"id":2617828,"date":"2026-06-23T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-pours-millions-into-election-monitoring-and-midterm-projects\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:30:34","slug":"aclu-pours-millions-into-election-monitoring-and-midterm-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-pours-millions-into-election-monitoring-and-midterm-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU pours millions into &#8216;election monitoring&#8217; and midterm projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Faclu-pours-millions-into-election-monitoring-and-midterm-projects%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=2617828&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 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced a considerable investment of nearly $25 million to protect the integrity of U.S. elections amid concerns of coordinated attacks and undue influence from the current administration. the funds aim to safeguard voting rights, especially in key battleground states such as arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, by deploying over 100 paid staff members and more than 3,000 volunteers to monitor voting processes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-20-gop-candidates-sue-largest-texas-county-alleging-election-day-malfeasance\/\" title=\"Over 20 GOP candidates sue Texas county for alleged election day misconduct.\">promote voter access<\/a>. The institution has already trained 5,000 volunteers and plans to train an additional 5,000. The effort has received criticism from Republicans, who allege the ACLU opposes voter ID laws and supports noncitizens voting, framing the initiative as partisan. The upcoming 2026 midterm elections are seen as pivotal, with Democrats aiming to flip Congress and maintain momentum against Trump, while Republicans seek to sustain their majorities. Notably, Trump has issued warnings regarding NATO ahead of a scheduled meeting with its Secretary General.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday launched a multimillion-dollar effort it said is aimed at protecting the integrity of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">elections<\/a> in the United States from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACLU announced it is pouring <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/aclu-launches-historic-election-safeguarding-effort-ahead-of-the-midterms\">nearly $25 million<\/a> to safeguard voting rights from a \u201ccoordinated attack on multiple fronts,\u201d asserting that \u201cdemocracy hangs in the balance.\u201d The other half of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >historic national  million effort<\/a> will be directed to political races and ballot measure campaigns, the liberal organization <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/aclu-monitor-election-certification-part-50-million-midterm-effort-rcna349632\">told<\/a> NBC News, including state Supreme Court races in Montana and North Carolina, secretary of state races in Arizona and Nevada, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-dropping-millions-in-wisconsin-to-fuel-bottom-up-excitement-for-biden\/\" title=\"Democrats are investing millions in Wisconsin to boost grassroots support for Biden\">state legislative contests<\/a> in Montana, Georgia, and Michigan.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4620689\/maryland-democratic-house-primary-record-breaking-spending\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Maryland Democratic House primary approaches record-breaking spending<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4601528\/maine-governor-race-bobby-charles-hannah-pingree\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bobby Charles and Hannah Pingree set for Maine gubernatorial face-off<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4614136\/joe-concha-waning-american-patriotism-midterm-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018We\u2019re the home of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Sydney Sweeney\u2019: Joe Concha on waning patriotism<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven all the signals that we\u2019ve received from this administration, all of the totally unprecedented ways that they have acted to intervene in elections and to undermine mail-in voting and to insert DOJ in election processes in a way that is unprecedented and inappropriate, we would be foolish to not be prepared,\u201d said Deidre Schifeling, the ACLU chief political and advocacy officer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACLU plans to deploy more than 100 paid staff members and more than 3,000 volunteer leaders to encourage people to vote and \u201censure voter access\u201d while monitoring ballot counting and certification, as part of the $24.5 million election-monitoring effort. Those people will coordinate thousands of other volunteers, the organization told the outlet, revealing it has already trained 5,000 people \u201con election work\u201d and plans to train 5,000 more. Seven battleground states \u2014 Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin \u2014 are set to receive the bulk of the investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACLU\u2019s announcement has already sparked pushback from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ACLU has nothing to do with the \u2018smooth\u2019 administration of elections,\u201d a senior legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VotingGuy\/status\/2069421855908241720\">in a post<\/a> to X.\u00a0\u201cFake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ACLU opposes voter ID and supports noncitizens voting,\u201d another conservative <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_scott\/status\/2069393594482360607\">posted<\/a>. \u201cWe know what \u2018smooth\u2019 means to the ACLU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 midterm elections promise to be a pivotal time for the country. Republicans are looking to sustain slim majorities in both chambers of Congress to continue carrying out President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda for his final two years in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4619784\/trump-fires-warning-shot-nato-before-meeting-secretary-general\/\"><strong>TRUMP FIRES WARNING SHOT AT NATO AHEAD OF MEETING WITH SECRETARY GENERAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats believe they have momentum against Trump to flip Congress blue, particularly in the Senate. Races in Texas, Maine, Ohio, and elsewhere have gained notice, particularly as Democrats run candidates they believe can swing the state to their side and gain a majority in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s lost his base and his voters from 2024, and it seems like he\u2019s given up trying to win them back,\u201d\u00a0 a senior Democratic Party official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4619904\/trump-perfect-storm-midterm-elections\/\">said of Trump<\/a> in previous comments to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACLU launches $25M to protect US elections from threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2617829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26113736782480_90dc56.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5196,42614,34250,40146,32570],"class_list":["post-2617828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aclu","tag-election-monitoring","tag-midterm-elections","tag-political-activism","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26113736782480_90dc56.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617828","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617832,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617828\/revisions\/2617832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}