Democrats Have a New Electoral-Campaign Partner

The federal government under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is slipshod and dilatory, except in one area of activity — mobilizing federal resources to get more people to vote this November and keep Democrats in power.

In March 2021 — only six weeks after taking office — President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting,” which directed every one of the 400 or so federal agencies to register and mobilize voters — particularly “people of color” and others who, the White House says, face “challenges to exercise their fundamental right to vote.” It further directed the agencies to collaborate with ostensibly nonpartisan nonprofits, which in reality are a politicized stew of progressive, labor, and identity-focused groups.

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The federal government under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is slipshod and dilatory, except in one area of activity — mobilizing federal resources to get more people to vote this November and keep Democrats in power.

In March 2021 — only six weeks after taking office — President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting,” which directed every one of the 400 or so federal agencies to register and mobilize voters — particularly “people of color” and others who, the White House says, face “challenges to exercise their fundamental right to vote.” It further directed the agencies to collaborate with ostensibly nonpartisan nonprofits, which in reality are a politicized stew of progressive, labor, and identity-focused groups.