LWV Statement on Moore v. Harper Supreme Court Oral Arguments
WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters and Fair Elections Center released the following statements after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the Moore v. Harper case: “The Independent State Legislature Theory is a dangerous, fringe ideology that has massive implications for the future of our democracy,” said Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of […]
Midterm Election Shows Clear Rebuke of Election Denialism
WASHINGTON — As reporting of the 2022 midterm election results continues, Robert Brandon, President & CEO of Fair Elections Center, a leading national, nonpartisan voting rights and election reform organization, issued the following statement: “This year’s midterm election was a clear win for democracy and a clear rebuke of election denialism. Early results show voters […]
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Files Challenge to Protect Absentee Voters’ Rights
MADISON, Wisc. – Today, Fair Elections Center and Law Forward filed a complaint on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin in Dane County Circuit Court, seeking both clarity and protection for absentee voters whose ballots have technical defects. Following a September 7 ruling in Waukesha County Circuit Court in White v. Wisconsin […]
New Report Shows Uneven Compliance with High School Voter Registration Laws in GA, NC
WASHINGTON — Today, leading nonpartisan voting rights organizations The Civics Center and Fair Elections Center released a new report, entitled Introducing Students to Our Democracy, evaluating how public high schools in Georgia and North Carolina are complying with their state’s youth voter registration laws. While citizens across the country can register to vote before the […]
125,000 New Potential Poll Workers Recruited by Power the Polls Ahead of 2022 Election
Just 50 days before Election Day, Power the Polls – the first-of-its-kind, nonpartisan initiative for recruiting the next generation of poll workers – announced it has recruited more than 125,000 potential poll workers since its re-launch in 2022, reaching a major milestone in recruitment efforts ahead of the upcoming election. “Despite the challenges election workers […]
Power The Polls to Celebrate Poll Worker Recrutiment Day on August 16
On August 16, Power the Polls – the first-of-its-kind, nonpartisan initiative for recruiting younger, more diverse poll workers – is supporting the Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) Help America Vote Day by relaunching its own action: Poll Worker Recruitment Day. With the midterm elections fast approaching, the need to recruit and engage poll workers is increasingly […]
Voters Have the Right to a Responsive Democracy
WASHINGTON — Today, Fair Elections Center Vice President Rebekah Caruthers, released the following statement: While the Supreme Court says it wants to leave key policy decisions to voters and the democratic process, our institutions and election laws do not yet live up to the promise that all eligible voters can elect a government that truly […]
Citizen Engagement Group Seeks to Stop Unconstitutional Voter Registration Procedures
PHOENIX — Fair Elections Center, the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest and the law firm of Arnold & Porter filed a complaint today on behalf of civic engagement organization Poder Latinx in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking to block a new state law’s arbitrary and vague procedures […]
Power the Polls Returns to Recruit New Wave of Poll Workers Ahead of Primary, Midterm Elections
May 20, 2022 — Today, Power the Polls — a first-of-its-kind, nonpartisan initiative that recruited more than 700,000 potential poll workers ahead of the 2020 election – officially re-launched its program for 2022. The initiative will build on its work from 2020 to recruit a new wave of younger, more diverse poll workers ahead of […]
New Anti-Voter Law Creates Barriers to Voting for Florida Communities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Caren Short, senior supervising attorney for Voting Rights with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Michelle Kanter Cohen, policy director and senior counsel with Fair Elections Center, released the following statements on Florida’s SB 524, which was signed into law last night by Governor Ron DeSantis: “The decision in our case makes […]
