Election transparency
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
Revolutionary Actions for Unprecedented Times
It's Up To Us
An investigative project exposing truth, organizing peaceful action, and strengthening democratic accountability through public records, data analysis, and reporting.
Mission
Follow the evidence
It's Up To Us turns public records and independent research into clear reporting that helps people act together peacefully.
Voter roll integrity
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
Public records research
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
Data-driven investigative reporting
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
Democratic accountability
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
Peaceful civic action
Building public understanding through transparent research, accessible reporting, and accountable civic participation.
About Alison
Research with resolve
Founder of GrassrootsSpeak LLC and creator of It's Up To Us.
Alison Greene is an investigative journalist, researcher, and founder of GrassrootsSpeak LLC and the "It's Up to Us" movement.
Her work focuses on election transparency, voter roll integrity, and democratic accountability through public records, data analysis, and investigative reporting.
In 2020, Greene's investigation into the re-election of Senator Mitch McConnell gained national attention. Her original social media analysis generated more than 8.5 million impressions, and her follow-up article, "Why The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell's Re-Election Don't Add Up," published by DCReport, has been read more than 500,000 times.
Prior to investigative journalism, Greene spent more than three decades building businesses and managing complex projects around the world, including ventures in Hong Kong, consulting and property development in Australia, and high-end residential real estate development in New York City.
- Investigative journalist
- Founder, GrassrootsSpeak LLC
- Creator of The 2024 Election Series
- Host of the "It's Up to Us" Substack and podcast
"No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves. Together."
Latest investigations
Read the record
Recent Substack dispatches on election transparency, voter roll integrity, and public accountability.
Before Trump Tries to School Us on Election Integrity…
Raise your hand if you knew Donald Trump was indicted in 2023 by Special Counsel Jack Smith for election crimes that included a conspiracy against the voting rights of the American people.
An Interview About What Can We Do Before the Midterms.
Millions of Americans believe something isn't right with our elections. The question is no longer whether we should worry—it's what we can do before the 2026 midterms.
They Want Us Silent
70% of federal employees once said they would report wrongdoing if they saw it. Today that number has fallen to 20–30%.
An Interview About Ghost Voters.
Our Florida investigation raises alarms even beyond the Sunshine State and it relies on the work product of career professionals like Bob Woodward and former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.
Impact
Numbers that moved
Readers on DCReport
For Greene's investigation into Senator Mitch McConnell's re-election numbers.
Social impressions
Generated by the original public-facing election analysis.
Election Series
An investigative series examining election systems, voter data, and public records.
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