Policy Advocacy

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Fair Elections Center works year-round to prevent policy makers from enacting barriers to voting, especially those that harm already-marginalized communities, including young people, the elderly, people of color, people with felonies, disabled people, or those who fall into some combination of those categories. We work with election officials throughout each year to guide best practices, advocate for adequate election resources, and introduce creative solutions to make voting more accessible.

Florida

Florida Omnibus Anti-Voter Bill

HB 1381 is an omnibus (multi-issue) anti-voter bill which among other things adds documentary proof of citizenship to register to...

Florida Anti-Voter Bill

Letter to the Florida Senate Committee on Appropriations in opposition to SB 524, which would make elections less accessible and...

Florida Election Efficiency Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Florida SB 90 Amendment 262784, Which Would Restrict Drop Box Availability for Mail Ballots (2021)

Florida Vote by Mail Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Florida SB 90, Which Would Require More Frequent Vote By Mail Applications, Limit Mail-in Ballot Assistance for Disabled...

Georgia

Georgia Domicile Requirements for the U.S. Senate Runoff Election

Letter to Georgia Secretary of State Urging Him to Clarify An Incorrect Interpretation of the Georgia Domicile Requirements for Voting...

Iowa

Iowa Voter ID

Letter to the Iowa Legislature Urging Them to Fix Irrational Proof of Residence Requirements for Voting (2019)

Louisiana

Louisiana Intimidation of Naturalized Voters

HB 554 would intimidate naturalized Louisiana voters and make it harder for many of them to vote.

Louisiana Third-party Voter Registration Restrictions

Testimony opposing Louisiana HB 506, which would require any individual or entity that is not an election official or voter...

Louisiana Federal Election Directive Implementation Restrictions

Letter requesting Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana to veto HB 260, which would require any election official to obtain...

Louisiana High School Voter Registration Assistance

Testimony supporting Louisiana HB 490, which would clarify the ability of nonpartisan nonprofit entities to participate in faciliating high school...

Louisiana Voters with Disabilities Task Force

Letter Supporting Louisiana HRC 14, Which Would Create a Task Force to Address Barriers to Voting for Louisianans with Disabilities...

Louisiana Mail Ballot Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Louisiana SB 144, Which Would Impact Voters With Disabilities by Restricting Who May Assist Voters in Returning Mail...

Removing Barriers for Louisiana Voters with Disabilities

Letter to Louisiana Secretary of State Highlighting Disparities in Treatment of Voters with Disabilities under Louisiana law (2021)

Louisiana Free Speech Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Louisiana HB 138, Which Would Establish an Unnecessary Supplemental Canvass of the Voter Rolls, HB 167, Which Would...

Louisiana Voting Proposals

Letter to the Louisiana Secretary of State Opposing Legislative Proposals to Move the Mail Ballot Request Deadline from 4 days...

Louisiana Absentee Ballot Restrictions

Testimony Opposing a Proposed Alteration to Louisiana Law That Would Change the Absentee Ballot Request Deadline From 4 Days to...

Maryland

Maryland Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration for Individuals Released from State Correctional Facilities (2025)

Fair Elections Center supports Maryland HB 1110, which would streamline the registration process for individuals with a felony conviction after...

Maryland Language Access (2025)

Fair Elections Center supports Maryland HB983, which would widen the tent to cover more language-minority communities.

Maryland Pre-Registration (2025)

MD HB 153 would reduce the age at which an individual may preregister to vote, from sixteen years to fifteen...

Maryland Automatic Voter Registration

Testimony Supporting Maryland House Bill 627, which would designate the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic...

Maryland Language Access (2024)

Testimony in support of Maryland House Bill 563 which aims to widen the tent to cover more language-minority communities: HB...

Maryland Pre-Registration (2024)

Testimony in support of Maryland HB 436 which would reduce the age at which an individual may preregister to vote,...

Michigan

Michigan Pre-Registration

In May 2023, Fair Elections Center and its Campus Vote Project submitted testimony urging Michigan to pass HB4569, which would...

Michigan Precinct Size Increase

Testimony Opposing Michigan HB 5032, Which Would Increase Election Precinct Sizes (2019)

Michigan Voter ID

Testimony Opposing Michigan HB 6066, 6067, and 6068, Which Would Establish Strict Photo ID Requirements for In-person Voting (2016)

Minnesota

Minnesota College Campus Temporary Polling Locations (2024)

Testimonies in support Minnesota HF 3447/SF 3616, which would require county auditors to establish temporary polling locations on postsecondary instituion...

Minnesota In-person Early Voting

Testimony supporting Minnesota HF 558, which would establish in-person Election Day-style early voting opportunities. (2023)

Minnesota Student Voter Registration

Testimony Supporting Minnesota HF 495, Which would require postsecondary institutions enrolling attendees receiving state financial aid to provide the necessary...

Minnesota Preregistration

Testimony in support of Minnesota HF 110, which would permit those at least 16-years-old but not yet 18 who otherwise...

National

SAVE Act (2025)

Fair Elections Center opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require every American to provide documentary proof...

Youth Voting Rights Act

Just like the 15th and 19th Amendments prohibit the denial of the right to vote on account of race, color,...

For the People Act of 2021

With the introduction of the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 1), Congress is one step closer...

Student Bill of Rights

Students Learn Students Vote Coalition partners — through the Youth Voting Rights Subcommittee — identified core policy priorities that, if...

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (2024)

Statement in support of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which will restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act,...

New Hampshire

Modernize New Hampshire Election Laws

Letter to the New Hampshire Special Committee on Voter Confidence, Urging it to Condemn Election Denialism and Modernize the State's...

New Hampshire Same Day Registration and Right to a Secret Ballot

Letter Opposing New Hampshire SB 418, Which Would Prevent Voters From Proving Identity, Citizenship, or Domicile Via Sworm Affidavit for...

New Hampshire Student Voter Registration and Voting

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire SB 418, Which Would Make it Harder for Students to Register and Vote a Regular Ballot...

New Hampshire Ballot Language Access

Letter to the New Hampshire House Election Law Committee, in support of HB 1442, which would improve language access for...

Restricting New Hampshire Students from Participating in Democracy

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire HB 362, Which Would Prevent Students from Claiming Domicile for Voting Purposes in their College Town...

Restricting New Hampshire Students from Participating in Democracy

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire HB 362, Which Would Prevent Students from Claiming Domicile for Voting Purposes in their College Town...

Restricting New Hampshire Students from Participating in Democracy

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire House Bills 362, 429, 531, 535 and 554, Which Would Change Domicile Rules to Prevent Students...

Restricting New Hampshire Students from Participating in Democracy

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire House Bills 362, 429, 531, 535 and 554, Which Would Change Domicile Rules to Prevent Students...

New Hampshire Absentee Voting

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire HB 292, Which Would Create Options to Provide Voter ID or Have a Ballot Notarized When...

Modernizing New Hampshire Absentee Voting and Registration

Testimony Supporting New Hampshire SB 47, Which Would Allow No-excuse Absentee Voter Registration and Voting (2021)

Restricting New Hampshire Student Voter Registration

Testimony opposing New Hampshire HB 86, Which Would Limit Student Voter Eligibility to Those Receiving In-state Tuition and Remove Same...

New Hampshire Coronavirus Election Protection Act

Testimony Supporting an Amendment to New Hampshire HB 1672, Which Would Permit all New Hampshire Voters to Cast an Absentee...

New Hampshire Residency Requirements

Testimony Supporting New Hampshire SB 67, Which Would Repeal a Post-Election Motor Vehicle Related Poll Tax (2019)

New Hampshire List Maintenance

Testimony Opposing New Hampshire HB 620, Which Would Provide Authority to Join Interstate Crosscheck (2015)

New Mexico

New Mexico Voting Rights Restoration

Testimony Supporting New Mexico HB 74, Which Would Restore Voting Rights to Persons with Felony Convictions Upon Their Release From...

North Carolina

North Carolina Same Day Registration Identification Requirements

Testimony opposing North Carolina SB 747, which would, among other things, impose burdensome identification requirements for those registering to vote...

North Carolina Vote-By-Mail Ballot Restrictions

Testimony Opposing North Carolina SB 326, Which Would Shorten the Mail-in Ballot Return Deadline (2021)

Ohio

Ohio SAVE Act

OH SB 153/HB 233 would require documentary proof of citizenship, along with other sweeping changes to election code like banning...

Ohio Voter ID Restrictions

Letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose expressing concern over the implementation of HB 458 (2023), and urging that...

Ohio Voter ID Restrictions

Letter requesting Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to veto HB 458, containing strict voter ID requirements among other restrictive measures (2023)

Ohio Voter ID Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Ohio HB 458, Which Would Establish Strict Voter ID Requirements Among other Restrictive Measures (2023)

Ohio Voting Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Ohio HB 294, Which Would Limit the Availability and Accessibility of Absentee Voting. (2022)

Absentee Voting in Ohio During COVID-19 Pandemic

Testimony Opposing Ohio HB 680, Which Would Prohibit the Secretary of State from Sending Unsolicited Mail-in Ballot Request Forms (2020)

Ohio Voter Registration Cancellations

Letter to the Ohio Secretary of State Seeking Information Regarding Voter Registration Cancellations (2019)

Ohio Online Voter Registration

Testimony Supporting Ohio SB 63, Which Would Implement Online Voter Registration (2015)

Ohio Online Voter Registration

Testimony Supporting Ohio SB 63, Which Would Implement Online Voter Registration (2015)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Early Voting/Same Day Registration

This bill will allow lawfully registered Pennsylvania voters to vote early in person during the two weeks leading up to...

Tennessee

Tennessee Third-party Voter Registration Assistance Restrictions

Testimony opposing Tennessee HB 1955, which inhibits third-party voter registration drives by imposing civil liability on third-party organizations for unintentionally...

Tennessee Student ID as Voter ID

Testimony supporting of Tennessee HB 303/SB 285, which would permit the use of student IDs issued by accredited postsecondary institutions...

Texas

Texas A&M University Early Voting Site Removal

Letter to the Brazos County, TX Commissioners Court Opposing the Removal of an Early Voting Site at Texas A&M University...

Texas A&M University Early Voting Site

Letter to the Brazos County, TX Election Administrator Urging Him to Designate an Early Voting Location on the Texas A&M...

Texas Voting Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Texas HB 1026, Which Would Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Registration and Eliminate Volunteer Deputy Registrar and...

Texas Voter Accessibility

Testimony Recommending an Amendment to Texas HB 22 to Require that Election Officials Provide Sufficient Space Outside to Accomodate Voters...

Virginia

Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment

The most recent iteration of this amendment, HJ 2 / SJ 248, was passed by both the Virginia House of...

Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment

Testimony urging the Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections to carry over HJ 2—a constitutional amendment to...

Virginia Voter Satellite Offices (2024)

Testimony in support of Virginia HB 1490 which would give local governments more flexibility to establish additional voter satellite offices...

Virginia Campus Voting Sites

VA HB 941 would require registrars to establish satellite offices on public four-year campuses with enrollment of more than 3,000...

Virginia Voter Registration Errors

Letter to the Virginia Commissioner of Elections to Ensure Administrative Processing Errors at the Commonwealth Department of Motor Vehicles do...

Virginia Voting Rights Restoration

Testimony in Support of Virginia HJ 555, Which Would End Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Convictions When They Are No...

Virginia Voter Disenfranchisement

Testimony Opposing Virginia SB 1118, Which Would Require Voter Registration Application Information and Government Database Data to Match for Voters...

Preventing Racial Discrimination in Virginia

Testimony in Support of Virginia HB 1890, Which Would Require Preclearance Prior to Implementation of Certain Covered Election-related Practices to...

Virginia Pre-Registration

Testimony Supporting Virginia HB 2025, Which Would Establish Pre-Registration for 16 and 17-Year Old Citizens (2021)

Making Absentee Voting in Virginia More Accessible

Testimony Supporting Virginia SB 1097, Which Would Repeal the Witness Signature Requirement for Voted Absentee Ballots (2021)

Virginia Absentee Ballot Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Virginia HB 2028 and HB 2209, Which Would Require Unnecessary Information From Absentee Ballot Witnesses to be Provided...

Virginia National Voter Registration Act Violation

Letter to Virginia Commissioner of Elections on a State Voter Registration Deadline that Violates the National Voter Registration Act (2020)

Washington

Washington Voting Rights Restoration

Testimony in Support of Washington HB 1078, Which Would End Disenfranchisement of People with Felony Convictions When They Are No...

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Absentee Ballot Requirements

Testimony Opposing Wisconsin SB 935, Which Would Impose New and Needless Requirements for Absentee Ballot Certificate Envelopes (2022)