JEHT Foundation
Fair and Participatory Elections Program
Fair and Participatory Elections Program

NEW!

The Pew Center on the States and the JEHT Foundation Award $2.5 Million to Improve U.S. Elections

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This program promotes the integrity and fairness of democratic elections in the United States. The Foundation works with state and other government officials and entities, researchers, and non-partisan reformers to:

  • Insure technical integrity of elections by professionalizing the administration of elections, insulating them from partisan political control, and supporting independent structures to oversee elections and related functions;
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  • Reduce administrative, statutory, and structural barriers to participation to enhance fair representation and transparent, competitive elections;
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  • Strengthen government accountability by promoting transparency and supporting reforms to increase the responsiveness of government and elected officials to their constituencies, free of conflicts of interest or influences inconsistent with democratic ideals
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  • Opportunities
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