Integrity of the Election System
2008 Voter Protection Program: Removal of Registration and Provisional Ballot Barriers
The Advancement Project uses law, public policy, and strategic communications to help reform inequitable policies that undermine the promise of democracy. This grant supports Advancement’s 2008 Voter Protection Program’s (VPP) efforts in eight states to remove structural barriers in the voter registration process and to ensure that provisional ballots are used and counted properly.
Democracy Program
Founded in 1995, the Brennan Center for Justice is a public interest legal organization, affiliated with New York University's Law School, with programs focused on democracy, poverty, and criminal justice. This grant provides operating support for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program in three interrelated project areas: Voting Rights and Elections, Campaign Finance Reform, and Fair Courts.
Evaluating the Quality of the Voter Experience
The Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy is a nonpartisan academic center operating under the auspices of the Department of Political Science at Brigham Young University. This grant supports the Center's pilot study of the November 2006 voting experience in Utah and in Franklin and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio.
Enhancement of the Election Law @ Moritz Web Site
The Moritz College of Law’s Election Law @ Moritz (EL@M) program operates a nationally recognized Web site providing information, objective analysis, and commentary on election law in all 50 states. This grant will enable the program to enhance its Web site with 1) an examination of election administration systems in key states and 2) a risk assessment for pre-election disputes in every state.
Make Voting Work
This partnership between the Pew Charitable Trusts and the JEHT Foundation seeks out (1) research projects that will rigorously diagnose and measure problems of elections in the U.S. and (2) planning grants for pilot projects to be conducted in collaboration with government officials to improve election administration.
