2 weeks left to apply to The Lab's first cohort!
We've already received A TON incredible applications, but there's still time for yours to rise to the top.
Don't be surprised by election results in November when you can do something about it now.
Apply: www.techforcampaigns.org/the-lab
This isn't a coincidence.
If the GOP voting bill succeeds, millions of women whose married names don’t match their birth certificates or passports would face major hurdles, fees, and extra legal steps just to have their voices heard.
The majority of women voted for Harris in the 2024 election.
We’re looking for bold ideas in: 🤖 Responsible AI 📱 New platforms (Reddit/Substack)
🚀 The first cohort is forming now. Apply by March 11: www.techforcampaigns.org/the-lab
As Michael Spiegelman (formerly of Netflix) explains, applicants will receive ongoing guidance from top tech executives to ensure every experiment is rigorous and supported.
In case you missed our announcement, The Lab is an accelerator for Democratic digital experimentation that combines funding, commercial expertise, and transparent knowledge-sharing.
We’ve teamed up with leaders from Netflix, Haus, Airbnb, and Y Combinator to form the Commercial Advisory Committee of “The Lab.”
We’re now seeking applicants for its first cohort.
We can't win in the midterms and 2028 with a strategy from 2008.
Big changes coming soon! Stay tuned.
Here's what you need to know this week. What's new? The Democrat's playbook continues to be out of date. The GOP introduces new laws to roll back voting rights. And, the redistricting war rages on.
If we’re not adapting our campaign strategies, we’re becoming obsolete. Stay tuned for an announcement about how we plan on helping Democrats meet the moment.
We’re not falling for it.
These attacks on voting rights are an attack on free and fair elections. That’s why we work to ensure the facts—and the ballot—remain accessible.
5️⃣ The extra noise creates suppression:
Our opponents release so many extreme bills and wild headlines that the truth can get buried.
This is a strategy of voter suppression: intimidating voters and spreading misinformation.
4️⃣ Criminalizing Election Officials:
Following a trend we saw in Iowa, these new federal proposals would unleash lawsuits and criminal penalties against officials for mistakenly registering voters.
3️⃣ Threats to easy DMV voter registration:
The bill targets the 1993 law that made registration accessible at the DMV, “Motor Voter.” If this passes, the path to the ballot box becomes a bureaucratic obstacle course designed to fail.
2️⃣ Voter surveillance is in the "MEGA" Act:
Congressional Republicans just unveiled the "Make Elections Great Again" Act. It mandates a centralized voter surveillance system and 30-day "purges" of the rolls.
1️⃣ The FBI raided ballot boxes in Georgia:
Wednesday, 700 boxes of 2020 ballots were seized in Fulton county. This is a targeted intimidation tactic aimed at the state's most populous Democratic stronghold ahead of the midterms.
During a week of national protest in Minneapolis, the GOP is attempting to dismantle the democratic process from the ground up.
While all eyes are on Minnesota, several dangerous developments are flying under the radar. Here are the 5 things you need to know:
Adopting new technology and adapting to the landscape of AI is critical.
Winning elections with AI Innovation: At TFC, we know ignoring AI isn't an option. We must test new AI strategies, evolve based on the results, and be innovators in the field in order to move ahead.
When platforms like ChatGPT start featuring sponsored content, it will directly affect how voters understand issues and form opinions.
The pace of new tech won't slow down, regardless of a campaign’s choices.
Millions of people, especially younger voters, use AI to get quick answers about candidates, issues, and policies.
80% of companies in the commercial world said they are investing in optimizing their content for AI chat bot searches.
OpenAI’s official stance for this test phase is that they won't show ads for political campaigns or candidates.
But policies in tech change fast. AND this is only for the test. We’ve seen this movie before with social media platforms that eventually allowed exceptions.
Take the poll in the thread! Comment:
🤖 for leveraging the power of AI
📲 for championing new approaches to messaging
💲 for exploring and adapting to new digital platforms
Something else? Let us know if the comments
How our side reaches voters, organizes, and responds to and leverages evolving AI needs an overhaul.
So we’re curious where YOU think the real gap is right now. 👇
A modernized, tech-forward, ever evolving playbook for democratic campaigns is what we need to win. And that’s our focus at Tech for Campaigns.
We need to build playbooks suited for 2028 and not 2008 (as much as we love the 2016 throwback trend).
A Quote from veteran political strategist David Plouffe that reads "The path to victory for democrats has to change. It can, but not with the same recipes, slightly warmed over. The quote is set across the backdrop of a blue and red map of the United States.
David Plouffe’s words in the New York Times are so spot-on, it's almost as if they were planted by the Tech for Campaigns team.
He helped lead three of the past five Democratic presidential campaigns, most recently for 107 days with Kamala Harris, but he knows big things need to change.
Trends we're tracking in 2026. What did we miss?
Texas Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting, and unfortunately last week the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, despite a lower court ruling of racial discrimination.
While this is a blow, Democrats aren't taking this lying down and are expected to create some new seats as well in 2026.
Pantone says the 2026 Color of the Year is Cloud White, but we gotta go with Blue
Of the 17 states with strict voter ID laws, 15 are states where Republicans control the governorship and both houses of the legislature.
Republicans don't want the people to vote. We do. This is why it's important to elect Democrats at the state level.
As we look towards the 2026 election cycle, our next Team of the Week is the talented web team for Rep. Liz Reyer, running for re-election to represent the southern Twin Cities metro area in Minnesota.
Delegate-Elect Kacey Carnegie had a fun fact for us at Tech for Campaigns' Campaign After-Party last week. Thanks to this year’s 13 seat flip, there are now more Democratic women in the Virginia House of Delegates than the TOTAL number of Republicans.
