Campus Vote Project

Fair Election Center is hiring for the following positions! 🌟 Michigan State Coordinator 🌟 Student Advisory Board Representatives 🌟 2025 Legal Fellow ⁠ Head to https://lnkd.in/gkAfa8t2 for more information and apply today!

Welcome to the team, Chris Romer, FEC Voting Rights Project's newest Paralegal! Chris is based in Chicago where he’s supported numerous attorneys in plaintiff-side class actions, anti-discrimination cases, and civil rights impact litigation. After eleven years at the ACLU of Illinois, he is excited to continue fighting for the rights of the traditionally underrepresented, and advocating for all voices to be heard. Originally from Ohio, Chris received a B.A. in Music from the University of Chicago, where he enjoyed singing and theatre. In his spare time, he likes listening to podcasts, playing video games, and all things cats. ⁠ Learn more about our staff at https://lnkd.in/etnhctUC

Imagine this: ❤️🔥 Shorter lines on Election Day 🤯 Young people getting paid to serve their community 💯 Bilingual and tech savvy poll workers Sound good to you? We thought so! Help curb a national poll worker shortage by becoming a Work Elections Fellow with Fair Elections Center's Campus Vote Project! Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a part of democracy! Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/eRQez672

Today, Fair Elections Center released the following statement on political violence following Trump's rally in Pennsylvania : "We believe in free and fair elections, the peaceful transition of power, and nonviolent political discourse. Violence has no place in our election process. It is more important now than ever that our country lifts up these hallmarks of democracy if we are to continue towards a more perfect union."

Today, Michelle Kanter Cohen, Policy Director and Senior Counsel at the Fair Elections Center released a statement on House Passage of the so-called “SAVE Act,” which would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. “The so-called SAVE Act is a cynical attempt fueled by anti-immigrant politicians and conspiracy theorists to make it harder to vote and spread distrust in our elections. As an organization that has litigated against documentary proof of citizenship requirements because they make it harder for eligible people to vote, we’ve seen that hard-to-get and expensive document requirements make it harder for citizens to vote, and don’t solve any problem with our elections. Recent studies show that around ten percent of voting-eligible Americans do not have documents to show their citizenship. Those citizens are more likely to be women, low income people, and from communities of color." Read our full statement: bit.ly/fecsaveact

Today, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth—represented by Fair Elections Center and Kentucky Equal Justice Center—filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky challenging a provision in Kentucky election law that mandates the removal of voters from voter registration rolls without following procedures required by federal law. Amendments to state law in 2021 regarding voter removals clearly violate the National Voter Registration Act, we argue. Learn more about the case: bit.ly/kentuckyvoterpurge

Fair Elections Center's Campus Vote Project is hiring a new Michigan State Coordinator! Priority deadline is Friday, June 28 — so don't wait! Head to https://lnkd.in/gkAfa8t2 for more information and apply today!

Under Pennsylvania law, in order for their ballots to count, voters must record the date they sign their declaration. In late 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of State (DOS) redesigned the outer envelope for mail-in and absentee ballots so that the first two digits of the year (“20”) are preprinted in the handwritten date field. In the April primary elections, certain counties including Lancaster County chose to ignore guidance from DOS urging them to count ballots with envelopes that included the day and month but not the last two digits of the year and adopted a policy to reject such ballots. A lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans, represented by Fair Elections Center and LeVan Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC, argues that counties may not lawfully reject these ballots under Pennsylvania statutes and the Pennsylvania Constitution, given that the current year is displayed on the ballots themselves and the year in which they are issued and cast is self-evident. Read more about our latest lawsuit to protect voting rights: bit.ly/paabsenteelawsuit

Native Americans were conferred U.S. citizenship only 100 yrs ago. It took another 40 yrs for all Natives to secured the right to vote. Explore the impact of the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act: https://lnkd.in/eeXZyXez Follow: @IllumiNativeOrg @NativeOrganizersAlliance @NativeAmericanRightsFund

This week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act into law. The Minnesota Voting Rights Act prohibits acts that would cause vote dilution or voter suppression of members of a protected class. It also gives the state attorney general, county attorney, or any individual aggrieved by a violation of the bill the right to sue. This will, importantly, provide a method of recourse for harmed voters in the state and combat racial discrimination in the electoral process. Fair Elections Center is committed to ensuring every voice is heard in our democracy. The Minnesota Voting Rights Act takes us one step closer to that goal by putting the right to free and fair elections back in the hands of Minnesota voters.