Who Gets to Vote? Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey on the 2026 Midterms

With the 2026 midterms approaching, the rules around voting are becoming part of the political fight itself. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey joins Faithful Politics to explain what voters actually need to know about election security, voter registration, mail-in voting, voter ID laws, voter roll purges, and misinformation.

Andrea walks through current efforts to change how elections are administered, including the SAVE Act, challenges involving mail voting, citizenship verification, restrictions on digital voter registration, and the possibility of federal involvement at polling locations. She also explains what happens if you discover you have been removed from the voter rolls and why checking your registration early matters.

The conversation also tackles a larger question: What happens when Americans stop trusting elections themselves? With AI-generated misinformation likely to increase ahead of Election Day, Andrea explains how voters can verify information, protect their ability to vote, and make a plan before problems arise.

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Andrea Hailey is CEO of Vote.org, the nation’s largest nonpartisan nonprofit voter registration and get-out-the-vote technology platform. Under her leadership, Vote.org has combined digital voter tools, legal strategy, data-driven outreach, and grassroots partnerships to expand access to the ballot. In August 2026, Vote.org announced that Americans had used its platform to register to vote 10 million times. Hailey’s career has focused on voter engagement, civic participation, and election access