Matt Vasilogambros
Democracy for @statesunited.org; hiker and diver; completed the Pacific Crest Trail; former bylines: Stateline, The Atlantic, National Journal, Outside
- After 7 years at @stateline.org, this is my last day. It’s bittersweet to leave a place that provides well-reported state and local policy stories free for any publication. Here are my favorites of the 240+ stories I’ve written for Stateline, many on voting rights: stateline.org/2024/06/24/r...
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View full threadI mean, what sort of job lets you eat roadkill stateline.org/2019/03/06/w...
- I'm excited as I head to @statesunited.org to continue my work defending democracy. Elated to join that great group and begin this next chapter.
- Heading to the Navajo Nation to see how groups are helping Native Americans add addresses to their homes so they can vote by mail stateline.org/2019/10/04/f...
- Profiling the Tucson woman who wanted fairer political representation in Arizona, led the independent redistricting commission and saw her life turn upside down stateline.org/2019/11/26/t...
- When I lived in San Diego, I was able to interview and profile my neighbors who were being forcibly removed from their encampments stateline.org/2023/12/22/t...
- One of the hardest beats I had was gun violence prevention. In this story, I saw a mass shooting simulation, attempting to see how medical personnel and first responders train for the unimaginable stateline.org/2024/02/05/g...
- Election denialism is not going away, but there are people fighting it stateline.org/2024/09/03/s...
- Driving 1,000 miles around Eastern Oregon to interview proponents of the Greater Idaho separatist movement stateline.org/2023/09/06/a...
- One of the great passions I’ve developed is giving voice to the folks who run our democracy and often face harassment just for doing their job stateline.org/2024/08/22/i...
- “The Trump administration has made it quite clear that they intend to use the military to assist with immigration enforcement. States who are opposed to that would be wise to take what measures they can to protect themselves and their states.” stateline.org/2025/02/05/b...
- New Jersey joined at least five other states — California, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington — that have passed legislation within the past two years that aims to preserve access to reading materials that deal with racial and sexual themes. My latest: stateline.org/2025/01/07/l...
- Some scenes from this summer’s visit to the Carter presidential library
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- election denialism ain't dead stateline.org/2024/11/27/e...
- Check out state and local policy reporting from me and my colleagues
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- Despite a win in DC and a few other cities, voters in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Missouri rejected ranked choice voting this year. After years of momentum, what’s next for RCV? My latest: stateline.org/2024/11/14/r...
- Last week, I looked at the impact the election denier movement has had on our country and the people who operate elections, and where we go from here stateline.org/2024/11/08/a...
