Fair Elections Center

Litigation: fair elections center's legal team leverages its expertise to reduce barriers to registration and voting that impact historically marginalized communities as well as other voters who have experienced restricted access to the ballot. These constituencies include students, the youth, the elderly, language minority and immigrant communities, and communities of color. Fair elections center's work also challenges registration laws that discriminate gainst naturalized citizens and administrative processes that unconstitutionally deny voting rights to former fellons, those improperly purged from voter lists and other historically disenfranchised groups. In 2024, fair elections center continued its lawsuit in arizona that challenged two laws that inhibit the ability for naturalized citizens to register and remain registered voters. The court sided with fec, striking down laws that would have required election officials to investigate the citizenship of voters. The organization also secured a victory for wisconsin voters, as the wisconsin court of appeals rejected the state legislature's motion to block legal protections for absentee voters given minor defects or emissions in the witness address on a voter's certificate envelope. In kentucky, fec brought an appeal to the u.s. Court of appeals for the sixth circuit and asked the us supreme court to hear its 2019 case regarding voting rights restoration for individuals who completed their felony sentences but were not included in the governor's 2020 executive order. Fec also filed a similar case in virginia in 2024, advocating against the arbitrary denial of restoration of individuals' right to vote. For individuals who completed their felony sentences but were not included in the governor's 2020 executive order. Fec also filed a similar case in virginia in 2024, advocating against the arbitrary denial of restoration of individuals' right to vote.

Election law and reform policy: fair elections center works on election law policy in order to expand access to the ballot, support election administrators, and support underrepresented communities. Last year, the organization continued to support various underserved communities with updated state voter guides and voter drive guides for all 50 states, including providing translations of these state voter guides in key election states. The organization worked with advocacy organizations in seventeen states to analyze legislation and provide analysis of its impact on voting or on election administration. In 2024, fec supported pro-voter legislation in michigan and minnesota. The organization also opposed strict voter id legislation in ohio and informed national policy makers by providing key information to the department of education for their "toolkit for the promotion of voter participation for students." fair elections center continued their collaboration with allies to shape the implementation of the biden administration's executive order on voting and voter registration through various federal agencies.

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