List of regional and state advocacy voting rights organizations

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See also VotersUnite's list of local groups, which overlaps partially, but not entirely, with the lists below.

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Multilevel advocacy organizations (national, state, local)

Type and Scope Name with Link Purpose Comments People
advocacy - nat'l, state, local League of Women Voters good government State and local leagues have autonomy unless national league has taken a position; national board has been hostile to VVPAT, but many state and local leagues support VVPAT and overturned national position in 2004. various

Regional advocacy organizations

Type and Scope Name with Link Purpose Comments People
advocacy - regional (SE USA) Count Every Vote 2004 1. to protect a right guaranteed to every U.S. citizen by the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. , 2. to strengthen democratic culture and deepen voter engagement with the electoral process by providing the skills and tools needed to protect the franchise in the southeastern region of the United States. monitored southern states Honorary Co-Chairs: Harry Belafonte, Sherri Bevel, LaTosha Brown, Linda Burnham, Danny Glover, Rev. C.T. Vivian; Director and Training Specialist: Dr. Keith Jennings
advocacy - regional (Southern USA) Southern Voting Rights Project

State advocacy organizations

Type and Scope Name with Link Purpose Comments People
advocacy - state - AK Count Every Vote Alaska
advocacy - state - AR [arkansasvotes@yahoo.com ArkansasVotes (e-mail)]
advocacy - state - AZ Arizona Citizens for Election Reform (ACER)
advocacy - state - AZ Arizona Citizens for Fair Elections
advocacy - state - AZ Arizona Volunteers Organized for Tomorrow's Elections (AZ-VOTE)
advocacy - state - AZ AUDIT AZ
advocacy - state - CA California Election Protection Network
advocacy - state - CA California Voter Foundation Promote and apply the responsible use of technology to improve the democratic process. a. Advance public verification of election results b. Provide California voters with access to nonpartisan election information c. Promote transparency of money in politics d. Protect voter privacy supported through contributions from foundations and individual donors. Kim Alexander, President and Founder Saskia Mills, Executive Director John Jones, Technology Director
advocacy - state - CA Californians for Electoral Reform
advocacy - state - CA Contest the Vote
advocacy - state - CO Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results
advocacy - state - CO Coloradoans for Voting Integrity voter protection ?
advocacy - state - CO Fair Vote Colorado
advocacy - state - CT True Vote Connecticut
advocacy - state - FL Florida Fair Elections Coalition Susan Pynchon
advocacy - state - GA Count the Vote to pass legislation in the state of Georgia for voter-verified paper ballots Roxanne Jekot
advocacy - state - GA Defenders of Democracy
advocacy - state - GA Georgians for Verified Voting The measures taken by the state in 2002 to upgrade Georgia's election system by converting to DRE, paperless electronic voting technology have precipitated a crisis. GAVV's goal is to ensure that action to correct the serious flaws in this voting system are instituted or an alternative means of voting is made available in time for the November 2006 federal election. Longer-term solutions can come later. Website contains this helpful list of local and national groups. Donna Price, director; also member of VoteTrustUSA National Leaders' Group
advocacy - state - GA Voter Choice Coalition group of organizations that have joined together to improve voting process integrity, voter ballot access choices and voting representation in Georgia. includes the state chairs of the Libertarian, Green, Constitution and Independence parties of Georgia or their designated representatives; also includes members from a variety of civic organizations that are concerned about voting rights for Georgia citizens. Anne Merkl, Chair; Roxanne Jekot, Communications Coordinator
advocacy - state - GA VoterGA Coalition Voters Organized for Trusted Elections in Georgia brought July 13, 2006 lawsuit against use of electronic voting machines in Georgia
advocacy - state - HI Safe Vote Hawaii
advocacy - state - IA Iowa Voters for Open and Transparent Elections
advocacy - state - IA Iowans for Voting Integrity
advocacy - state - ID Election Integrity Idaho (newsgroup)
advocacy - state - IL Illinois Ballot Integrity Project not-for-profit, non-partisan civic organization dedicated to the correction of election system deficiencies and to ensuring fair, accurate, and completely transparent elections; paper ballot shall be the only official ballot Laurence J. Quick; chairman; Bob Wilson, general counsel
advocacy - state - IN Verify the Vote Indiana
advocacy - state - LA Louisiana Counts
advocacy - state - MA MassVOTE This organization does not appear on the VoteTrustUSA site, but its website is being continually updated, so it appears to be active.
advocacy - state - MD TrueVoteMD To ensure transparent, fair elections and to ensure voter confidence, our voting system must provide a voter-verified paper audit trail. Linda Schade(Co-Founder and Spokesperson), Bob Ferraro(Co-Founder and Spokesperson) Nancy Wallace, Pat Evans
advocacy - state - MD Maryland Election Integrity Coalition Working with MD General Assembly in 2007 session to pass legislation calling for paper ballots, audits. Member groups include ACLU - MD, MaryPIRG, Common Cause - MD, Sierra Club MD Chapter, Democracy for Maryland John Schneider, Spokesperson
advocacy - state - ME Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
advocacy - state - MI Michigan Election Integrity (newsgroup)
advocacy - state - MN Citizens for Election Integrity Mark Halvorson, director (co-author of article in St. Paul Pioneer Press)
advocacy - state - MN Fair Vote Minnesota
advocacy - state - MO Missourians for Honest Elections Patricia Berg
advocacy - state - NC North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting Passed law requiring voter-verified paper audit trails, source code review, mandatory post election hand to eye audits of the paper ballot, criminal and civil penalties for vendors that violate the law. Also work to educate and inform the public. Joyce McCloy, Founder and Director
advocacy - state - NC NC Voter
advocacy - state - NH Democracy for New Hampshire
advocacy - state - NJ Coalition for Peace Action
advocacy - state - NM United Voters of New Mexico
advocacy - state - NM Verified Voting New Mexico
advocacy - state - NY New Yorkers for Verified Voting Bo Lipari, founder
advocacy - state - NY Where's the Paper NY
advocacy - state - NY New York State Citizens' Coalition on HAVA Implementation
advocacy - state - OH CASE Ohio
advocacy - state - OH J30 Election Coalition
advocacy - state - OH Ohio Honest Elections Campaign
advocacy - state - OH Ohio Vote Suppression News
advocacy - state - OR Action Speaks Portland
advocacy - state - OR Oregon Clean Vote (newsgroup)
advocacy - state - OR Oregon Voter Rights Coalition
advocacy - state - OR Oregon Voting
advocacy - state - PA Coalition for Voting Integrity
advocacy - state - PA PA Verified Voting
advocacy - state - PA Vote PA Marybeth Kuznik, founder
advocacy - state - SC South Carolina Progressive Network to strengthen progressive alliances, to promote voter education and participation, and to support grassroots groups and projects across the state Donna Dewitt and Joe Neal (co-chairs), Renee Carter and Bert Easter (Vice Chairs), Brett Bursey (director)
advocacy - state - TN Gathering to Save Our Democracy
advocacy - state - TX Texas Safe Voting
advocacy - state - TX VoteRescue
advocacy - state - UT Utah: Count Votes!
advocacy - state - VA New Electoral Reform Alliance for Virginia
advocacy - state - VA Virginia Verified Voting
advocacy - state - VT Vermonters for Voting Integrity alternate link: http://www.solarbus.org/vtvoters/
advocacy - state - WA Citizens for Voting Integrity - Washington
advocacy - state - WA Washington Citizens for Fair Elections
advocacy - state - WI Fair Elections Wisconsin
advocacy - state - WI Washburn's World
advocacy - state - WV Citizens for Clean Elections
advocacy - state - WV West Virginia Citizen Action Group

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