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The Burden of Saving Elections Has Been Outsourced to Volunteers
President Donald Trump speaks while hosting a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The Burden of Saving Elections Has Been Outsourced to Volunteers
A Fundraiser Becomes an Infrastructure
A canceled concert fundraiser forced Resistance Action East Bay to move online. Its “Parties for Democracy” ultimately raised $450,000—three times the original goal—and helped Democrats compete in seven California districts. That success now anchors Gary Lucks’s effort to turn local organizing methods into a national midterm…
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