The National Campaign for Fair Elections Needs Your Help!
We are currently recruiting pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and activists to assist with our campaign efforts throughout the year and with Election Protection in 2008. Click here to volunteer.
Read the Lawyers’ Committee’s new report, Election Protection 2008 Primary Report, Looking Ahead to November.
Check out our Election Protection website, www.866OurVote.org.
- An Agenda for Election Reform
- Voter Caging
- Playing Politics with Voters’ Rights
- Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation
- Photo Identification and Proof of Citizenship Requirements
- Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act
- Barriers to Third Party Voter Registration
- Election Fraud and Misconduct
- Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Convictions
- Secure, Transparent, and Accurate Voting Machine Technology
- Equitable Distribution of Election Resources
Action Alerts
09.17.08
by Eric Marshall
New Website at 866OurVote.org
Election Protection has just launched a brand-new website at www.866OurVote.org. The new site is an excellent resources for voters, volunteers and leaders. Please check out the new website. We will be continually updating and improving it, so please bookmark it and keep checking back.
Visit www.866OurVote.org now!
09.12.08
by Jonah Goldman
Election Protection Legal Leaders Participate in 2008 Leadership Institute
This past Monday and Tuesday, legal leaders from across the country visited Washington, DC for a two day Election Protection Leadership Institute co-hosted by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Arnold & Porter LLC. Leaders participated in informational sessions and simulations geared towards developing a comprehensive understanding of the Election Protection program and its components. With topics ranging from Pre-November strategies and assignments to Litigation to Election Day protocols, our leaders were exposed to the entire breadth of the Election Protection program. The National Campaign for Fair Elections, along with the Lawyers' Committee, would like to thank everyone for attending - Election Protection will be able to assist hundreds of thousands of voters this season. It wouldn't be possible without you!
09.11.08
by Carlean Ponder
Virginia Students at Risk for Disenfranchisement
An article by Tamar Lewin in Monday's New York Times highlighted questionable guidelines on the Virginia State Board of Elections' website relating to students registering to vote. Jon Greenbaum, director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was quoted as saying "What the state Board of Elections has on its Web site, to me, sounds like it is discouraging students from registering at their school address."
