FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER
1825 K STREET NW NO 450, WASHINGTON, DC 20006 www.fairelectionscenter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION REFORM ORGANIZATION WHICH WORKS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO REGISTRATION AND VOTING FOR TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED CONSTITUENCIES. THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM, TO PROTECT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT THROUGH LITIGATION, AND TO PROVIDE ELECTION LAW EXPERTISE, VOTER INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO VOTER MOBILIZATION ORGANIZATIONS.

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

CAMPUS VOTE PROJECT (CVP): CVP WORKS WITH UNIVERSITIES COMMUNITY COLLEGES, FACULTY, STUDENTS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO STUDENT VOTING. THE PROGRAM HELPS CAMPUS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTIONALIZE REFORMS THAT EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO REGISTER AND VOTE. COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE SPECIAL CHALLENGES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER AND VOTE IN THEIR COLLEGE COMMUNITIES. THEY LACK INFORMATION ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION RULES AND DEADLINES SOMETIMES DO NOT HAVE ACCEPTABLE ID FOR VOTER REGISTRATION OR VOTING PURPOSES, ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE TO VOTE, MAY NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE POLLS AND, OCCASIONALLY, ARE CONFRONTED BY UNFRIENDLY OR UNSYMPATHETIC ELECTIONS OFFICIALS OR POLL WORKERS. IN RECENT YEARS, A NUMBER OF STATE LEGISLATURES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE PURSUED NEW LAWS THAT SEEK TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THE POLLS WITH PARTICULARLY DAMAGING EFFECTS FOR STUDENT VOTERS. CAMPUS VOTE PROJECT SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES BY PROVIDING UP TO DATE VOTING INFORMATION AND WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO DELIVER IT TO THEIR STUDENTS AT KEY POINTS OF INTERACTIONS LIKE ORIENTATION AND CLASS REGISTRATION. CVP ALSO DEVELOPS BEST PRACTICES TO GET INFORMATION TO ALL ENROLLED STUDENTS DURING VOTER REGISTRATION EARLY VOTING AND ON ELECTION DAY THAT WILL RESULT IN HIGHER STUDENT VOTER TURNOUT. IN 2019, CVP FORMALLY PARTNERED WITH 150 CAMPUSES WHERE APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND ADDED 100 MORE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

LITIGATION: THE FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER'S LEGAL TEAM FOCUSES ON CASES WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR EXPERTISE AND STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT TO BRING DOWN BARRIERS TO REGISTRATION AND VOTING THAT AFFECT TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED CONSTITUENCIES: STUDENTS AND YOUTH, THE ELDERLY, LANGUAGE MINORITY AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. OUR WORK HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOCUSED ON CHALLENGING REGISTRATION LAWS THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST NATURALIZED CITIZENS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES OR INTERPRETATIONS THAT UNCONSTITUTIONALLY DENY VOTING RIGHTS TO FORMER FELONS, 17-YEAR-OLDS WHO WILL BE 18 ON ELECTION DAY. IN 2019, WE WON A MAJOR VICTORY WHEN A FEDERAL COURT RULED THAT FLORIDA'S ARBITRARY FELON RIGHTS RESTORATION SYSTEM WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IN 2019, WE FILED A SIMILAR CASE IN KENTUCKY AND A CASE THAT CHALLENGES WISCONSIN'S LIMITS ON USING STUDENT IDS FOR VOTER ID. WE ALSO INVESTIGATED PROBLEMS THAT COULD LEAD TO FUTURE CASES ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS, LOW WAGE AND SHIFT WORKERS LANGUAGE MINORITY CITIZENS AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE FACED UNDUE OBSTACLES TO REGISTRATION AND VOTING.

ELECTION REFORM POLICY: FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER'S STAFF RUNS A GENERAL PROGRAM ON ELECTION REFORM POLICY SUPPORTING UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER CONTINUED TO SUPPORT VARIOUS UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH UPDATED VOTER GUIDES AND THIRD-PARTY REGISTRATION DRIVE GUIDES FOR ALL 50 STATES IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING DIRECTLY AND THROUGH WEBINARS TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MINORITY LANGUAGE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DEVELOPED WITH NALEO AND AAJC REPORTS ON BEST PRACTICES FOR INCREASING ACCESS FOR LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AT THE POLLS AND HELPED ORGANIZE WEBINARS FOR ACTIVISTS TO LEARN HOW TO PROMOTE THESE NEW POLICIES. FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER ALSO DEVELOPED, RELEASED AND OFFERED WEBINARS ON A REPORT ON POLICIES DESIGNED TO INCREASE YOUTH AND STUDENT REGISTRATION AND VOTING, ENTITLED DEMOCRACY'S FUTURE. IN 2019, WE EXPANDED THE STATES COVERED BY OUR WEB PORTAL, WORKELECTIONS.COM DESIGNED TO FACILITATE POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT AND CREATED A CAMPAIGN TO REACH BUSINESSES, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND LANGUAGE MINORITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CONVINCE THEM TO PROMOTE POLL WORKING TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS AND MEMBERS. WE ALSO DESIGNED A SERIES OF DIGITAL ADS AIMED TO PROVIDE NON-PARTISAN VOTER INFORMATION FOR 2019 ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA AND TEXAS TO STUDENTS AND OTHER YOUNG VOTERS YOUNGER.

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