The National Campaign for Fair Elections is at the forefront of election reform in Congress, combating disenfranchising legislation and drafting prospective bills to improve the administration of elections at the federal level.

Playing Politics with Voters’ Rights

For over four decades, the Voting Section at the Department of Justice has enforced federal protections of American's civil rights. Over the past six years, that noble commitment has been usurped by a cynical campaign to use the infrastructure of voter protection for partisan gain. Similarly, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), which was created under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to provide unbiased guidance related to elections, has devolved into a tool to pass partisan disenfranchising policies like restrictive photo identification requirements.

NCFFE Supports Count Every Vote Act

NCFFE applauds House Introduction of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act

Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act

NCFFE applauds Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act

U.S. House votes to disfranchise millions of voters

The House today approved an unprecedented discriminatory identification requirement that will disfranchise million of eligable Americans. 

Photo ID Requirement headed to vote in Congress

Today, the House Administration Committee turned it's back on American voters and passed legislation which would require photo ID when voting for all federal elections. 

House Administration Committee Hearings on Arizona’s Prop. 200

August 1, 2006: The United States House of Representative’s Committee on House Administration will be holding Field Hearings in Arizona and New Mexico to explore a national requirement for proof of citizenship when registering to vote and photo identification when voting.

Voting Rights Act Reauthorized

July 27, 2006: The National Campaign for Fair Elections commends the United States Congress for overwhelmingly passing the “Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Act” of 2006.” With historic bipartisan support in both houses, Congress will continue the 40 year legacy of the Voting Rights Act by protecting minority voters from the continuing specter of discrimination in our electoral process. In addition to reauthorizing this legislation, the House defeated four harmful amendments that threatened to undermine the protections the bill provides for traditionally disenfranchised Americans.

Hyde Voter Suppression Bill

June 21, 2006: The National Campaign urged the United States House of Representatives to reject H.R. 4844, the so-called “Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006,” introduced by Representative Henry Hyde (IL). Contrary to its title, Representative Hyde’s bill is undemocratic, unfair, and unconstitutional, needlessly requiring proof of citizenship when eligible voters register to vote and photo identification when citizens cast a ballot.