In Win for Pennsylvania Voters, Department of State Requires All County Boards of Elections to Print Full Year on Ballot Return Envelopes
Lancaster, Pa. (July 10, 2024) – Today, the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans (PARA), represented by Fair Elections Center and LeVan Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC, announced a major victory in a lawsuit challenging the rejection of mail-in and absentee ballots that were missing the last two digits of the year from the handwritten date on the […]
2020 Census Challenge
Here at Campus Vote Project we want to encourage everyone to take part in the 2020 U.S. Census.
CVP Stands with Those Fighting for Equity and Justice
The United States of America is founded on principles of equality, but to achieve the goals of our democracy and overcome our unequal past we must commit ourselves to equity. This starts with acknowledging institutionalized racism and seeking to dismantle it. So, here and now, we too say: Black lives matter. The killings of George […]
FEC and CVP Statement on the Violent Attack on the U.S. Capitol and Our Democracy
We are saddened by yesterday’s attacks on the U.S. Capitol, which can only be characterized as a violent effort to undermine the legitimate votes of millions of Americans and the election of the next president. It is also deeply shameful to see a number of elected members from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives […]
MLK Jr. Day 2021
“As we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember his foundational role in securing voting rights for Black Americans. Dr. King understood, as he declared in his 1957 “Give Us the Ballot” speech, the central role of voting in advancing democracy, freedom and justice for all people. In the wake of […]
Statement on Joe Biden’s Inauguration
“We congratulate President Joe Biden on becoming the 46th President of the United States. We look forward to partnering with the new Biden administration to help fulfill the president’s commitment to guaranteeing broad access to the ballot for all Americans. To achieve this goal, the Biden administration must make needed investments into our elections system, […]
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition Announces 2021 Advisory Board
The Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition announced its 2021 Advisory Board on Thursday, which is comprised of 15 coalition partners, including nonprofit and campus leaders, faculty members, and students. The SLSV Coalition Advisory Board will help with 2021 coalition-wide goal setting and subgranting to coalition partners. Youth turnout reached historic levels in 2020, despite […]
Statement regarding H.R. 1 amendment that expand state grants for poll worker recruitment
We’re pleased to see this amendment added to H.R. 1. Hiring students and other youth as poll workers is a win-win — election officials gain a pool of tech-savvy community members, many of whom are bilingual, while students have the opportunity to deepen their civic engagement connections and service. Youth poll workers stepped up in […]
Statement regarding President Biden’s Executive Order on Voting Rights
Fair Elections Center supports President Joe Biden’s directives to modernize federal voting resources and improve access to voting information and voter registration through federal agencies. We applaud the administration’s recognition that these barriers fall disproportionately on Black, indigenous, and other voters of color, as well as people with disabilities. We share the administration’s stated commitment […]
NASPA and Campus Vote Project designate 235 colleges and universities as ‘Voter Friendly Campuses’
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project have granted the ‘Voter Friendly Campus’ designation to 235 colleges and universities across 37 states and the District of Columbia. The program requires college and university campuses to engage their campus communities and promote voter registration and voting as part […]
