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

• Say NO to the Politicization of Voting Rights

08.29.08

by Eric Marshall

The Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) is live and fully trained volunteers are waiting to answer any questions voters have - no question is too big or too small.  YOU can help voters in your area by printing out these flyers and handing them out, including them in your voter registration drives, and by telling your friends and family. 

Click here for a full page flyer.

Click here for two half page flyers. 

08.28.08

by Whitney Norton

The New York Times published an editorial on Monday highlighting one of Election Protection's main concerns: problems at polling places. Adam Cohen's "No One Should Have to Stand in Line for 10 Hours to Vote" invites readers to consider stories of long lines and voter disenfranchisement, as well as the surprisingly simple (and in many cases easily solvable) situations that lead to polling place problems. Cohen's editorial maintains that "For the sake of the legitimacy of our elections, more voting disasters -- long lines, confusing ballots or unreliable electronic voting machines -- must be avoided... An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy."

Click here for more information and to read Adam Cohen's editorial.

08.18.08

by Jonah Goldman

Last week, the Washington Post published my Letter to the Editor expressing approval for the August 4^th editorial "Fear Mongers" which condemned the false allegations of widespread election fraud in Virginia. In addition to pointing out the detrimental effects of investigating unsubstantiated allegations, I warned that "without immediate action, the performance of our election system may fall short of voters' expectations," and suggested that procedures "should be streamlined so that no one wishing to vote is turned away in November." Together, we can provide fair and secure elections, but the clock is ticking.

Click here to read my Letter to the Editor.