OUR IMPACT
Count Every Hero carries out our mission by providing expert guidance to all branches of government at the federal and state level, supporting our coalition partners, and educating the public.
We are veterans and citizens who believe our national security requires a strong democracy.
Since launching in 2020, we have engaged across the country in a nonpartisan manner to protect the democratic principles underlying our national security, defend the voting rights of service members and their families, and strengthen civic participation.
We promote the understanding of the importance of a strong democracy to our national security.
In April 2024, Count Every Hero co-chairs filed an amicus brief in Trump v. United States warning the Supreme Court of the national security implications of blanket presidential criminal immunity.
In October 2022, Count Every Hero co-chairs filed an amicus brief in Moore v. Harper to urge the Supreme Court to reject the independent state legislature theory, which advocates a profoundly destabilizing and undemocratic approach to election administration. In a victory for democracy, the Court soundly rejected the theory in June 2023.
In November 2022, Count Every Hero co-chairs published an op-ed in Military Times in support of the Electoral Count Act, which Congress passed and the president signed into law several weeks later.
We protect the voting rights of our active-duty service members, our veterans, and their families.
In October 2020, Count Every Hero published the report, Military Voting in All 50 States, which reviewed states' standards for military ballots and advocated for the importance of counting these ballots.
In addition to other public advocacy work in the lead-up to the election, Count Every Hero held a press call to stress the need to count military ballots in October 2020.
We foster civic literacy and civic participation.
In 2022, Count Every Hero joined a coalition that recruited over 63,000 volunteer poll workers from the veteran and military community to increase confidence in our elections and establish a community of veteran and military poll workers that is prepared to support future elections.
In May 2021, Count Every Hero announced its support for the For the People Act in an op-ed in Military Times.
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