Resources

Organizations doing the good work to fight voter suppression:

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest. The ACLU works to protect and expand the freedom to vote.

Ballot Ready: A non-partisan organization with the goal of helping voters request a ballot via state portal or email. Or, they mail voters a paper copy of their completed application, along with a stamped and addressed envelope to send it on.

Ballotpedia: Ranked as one of the top websites offering nonpartisan information on elections and voting rights.

Brennan Center for Justice: American elections are marred by an infrastructure that is rickety, excludes too many, and is prone to partisan manipulation and deliberate voter suppression that often targets communities of color and young people. The Brennan Center works to make voting free, fair, and easy. The Brennan Center’s reforms are modernizing American elections, starting with automatic voter registration and measures to ensure election security. They also fight restrictive voting policies that make it harder to vote.

Campaign Legal Center: A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that protects and strengthens our democracy in the areas of campaign finance, voting rights, political communication, and government ethics.

Common Cause: A nonpartisan citizen advocacy group that is fighting to ensure that every adult American has easy access to the ballot and that every vote is counted as cast. It works to strengthen laws that protect voting rights, make voting systems secure, reliable, and verifiable, and ensure that every voter has an equal say in elections. 

Demos: A public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy. It has nine specialists and experts working on Voting Rights and Voter Registration.

Fair Fight Action: Promotes fair elections in Georgia and across the nation by encouraging voter participation in elections, educating citizens about their voting rights, and helping them to register and vote. Fair Fight advocates for election reform at all levels. It engages in voter mobilization and education activities. In addition, Fair Fight Action has mounted and continues to mount significant programs to combat voter suppression in Georgia and nationally.

FairVote: Seeks to make representative democracy fair, functional, and representative by developing the analysis and educational tools necessary for its reform partners to secure and sustain improvements to American elections. Operating since 1992, FairVote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization with a history of working with scholars, civic leaders, policymakers, and journalists from across the spectrum.

League of Women Voters: Committed to making democracy work for voters through programs of promoting voter registration, working to reduce the influence of large-donor money in political campaigns, and seeking to reform political gerrymandering that favors one party over the other or protects incumbent officeholders. 

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): NAACP, with the help of volunteers and partners, works to make sure Black voters are engaged and encouraged to vote in every election.

National Vote at Home Institute: A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to ensuring the security of our elections and putting voters’ needs first. It advocates for and seeks to help implement mail-in voting because it has found voting at home is a time-tested and proven way to bolster the security of elections, improve voter engagement and reduce election-related costs.

Peanut Gallery: The Georgia Peanut Gallery is a non-partisan partnership made up of civil rights organizations and people dedicated to ensuring and promoting fair, transparent, and accessible elections for all Georgians.

Rock the Vote:  The largest nonprofit and nonpartisan organization in the United States devoted to getting younger voters to the polls. The organization has pioneered ways to make voting easier for young adults by simplifying and demystifying voter registration and elections.

The Voting Rights Alliance: A a growing non-partisan network of organizations, activists, and legislators working to restore and protect voting rights from concerted attacks that undermine our access to the polls, and to have our votes fairly counted. 

The United States Elections Project: The mission of the project is to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system. By providing this information, the project seeks to inform the people of the United States on how their electoral system works, how it may be improved, and how they can participate in it.

Vote.org: A non-partisan, non-profit organization that uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy. It offers tools for fast online voter registration, ways to verify your registration, receive election reminders, and learn how to vote by mail. It also provides information on how to contact your local election office to locate your polling place and on how to volunteer to serve as a poll worker.