Your task will not be an easy one.

Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardt.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.

There is the United States of America.

Good night and good luck.

Hi folks, and welcome back to the Lincoln Project podcast.

I'm your host, Rick Wilson, and I am joined today by my friend and colleague at Vote Riders, of which I, full disclosure,

am a board member of Vote Riders. Lauren Kuhnus, who's the executive director of Vote Riders,

and I wanted to have Lauren on today because Vote Riders is doing something that is on the

absolute front line of protecting

and preserving Americans' right to vote. The country over the last few years, particularly

from one party, have tried to ratchet down the ability of American citizens to exercise

the franchise. They've tried to make it harder and harder over and over again by requiring increasingly difficult

voter ID requirements in the states.

Vote riders is the solution to that.

Lauren is the executive director

and has implemented the vote writer strategy

in a number of states around the country

and runs our national operations.

Lauren, thank you so much for coming on the Lincoln Project podcast today.

In a more articulate way that I could manage, tell us what the mission of vote riders is,

and then let's dive in on the work that's happening around out in the states.

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