Free and Fair Elections

I am an election commissioner, and I take that job very seriously. Especially in 2026!

Being an election commissioner means that I wake up bright and early on election days. I get to the polls around 6:30 a.m. to make sure the booths are set up, the ballots are prepped, and everyone has their pens. I stay there all day and all night and into the wee hours of the following morning, making sure everyone’s vote is counted.

I get home tired but fulfilled because I know that I spent the day participating in one of the most important and sacred traditions in the history of the world: Election Day.

Donald Trump is not interested in free and fair elections. He is interested in doing everything possible to maintain his power, and with Republicans losing the public’s trust on almost every major issue, he is putting his fear-mongering about election security into overdrive.

That won’t change the fact that all across this country there are people working to make sure their neighbors can vote.

Here is what we CAN do: Send a representative to Washington who will vote for the For the People Act, a Voting Rights Act for the 21st Century. The For the People Act includes expanded voter access, real campaign finance reform, independent redistricting commissions, an end to the revolving-door lobbying loopholes.

Whether as an election commissioner or a Congresswoman, I’m prepared to stay as long as it takes until every vote is counted, but this is a job for all of us.

Anyone can get involved at their local level! If you’d like to ensure our elections remain free and fair, and to protecting the right to vote in your community, sign up to become a ballot clerk today. It's one of the most direct ways to feel empowered and involved in defending fair elections.

The same commitment that gets me to the polling place at 6:30 a.m. and keeps me there until every vote is counted is the commitment I'll bring to Congress. We need a Congress that believe in fighting to protect the right to vote. That's how we protect elections. With all of us at the polls, in our communities, and in Congress.