Voter Protection

Supporting nonpartisan civic engagement work is both necessary- and legal!  De-mystify the rules for funding voter registration, education and ballot campaigns with FCCP’s indispensible and updated guide for grantmakers.
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Inside the report you’ll find:
• An overview of our funding strategy of providing long term, general support funding to a select group of grantees
• Strategies and outcomes that show how our funds helped support a group of organizations that are bringing justice and equity to low income and communities of color.
• Video profilesof 2 grantees – Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Communities for a Better Environment
• What worked, what didn’t and what we’d do differently read more >>

The ACLU has released a report entitled Voting Rights in Indian Country: A Special Report of the Voting Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Unionread more >>

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) released Free the Vote: Unlocking Democracy in the Cells and on the Streets, a report detailing the impact felon disfranchisement laws have on communities of color nationwide.read more >>

Failed voting machines, frustrated voters and lost votes: these have been a constant in news reports following every recent major election cycle. The voting systems used in the United States today are complicated machines; each runs on tens of thousands of lines of software code. As with automobiles and airplanes, automatic garage door openers and lawnmowers, occasional malfunctions are inevitable – even after rigorous product testing.read more >>

Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN) has released a new, comprehensive report on how the foreclosure crisis could threaten voters in 2010 if Secretaries of State do not act aggressively to protect the voting rights of persons forced from foreclosed homes.read more >>