How Corporations Own Your Politicians…
Money in Politics / Campaign Finance Databases
- Center for Responsive Politics (Open Secrets)
- Demos: Democracy & Elections and Campaign Finance Reform
- Dirty Energy Money
- White House for Sale (Public Citizen)
State-Level Campaign Finance Databases
- Institute on Money in State Politics
- Campaign Finance Information Center – State Campaigns
Over 20 Ways You Can Get Involved to Promote Clean Elections & Democracy…
Campaign Financing
Overturn Citizens United
- Democracy is for People
- Move to Amend (the U.S. Constitution)
- WolfPAC – similar to Move to Amend, but focused on the state level
- Free Speech for People
- Reclaim Democracy
- Stop Citizens United (Facebook page)
Public Campaign Financing
- Public Campaign
- United Re:public – runs the represent.us campaign to pass the American Anti-Corruption Act
- Issue One
- Rootstrikers
Campaign Finance Disclosure
Free air-time for candidates
- Campaign Legal Center’s “Our Democracy, Our Airwaves” Campaign (defunct, but archived)
- Statutes and Rules on Political Advertising
Encouraging More Choices
Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) / Ranked Choice Voting
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- InstantRunoff.com
- DemoChoice (make your own IRV Poll here)
Easier ballot access for third parties
Open debates
- Open Debates
Binding None-of-the-Above option
Right to Vote
Voter Protection (Voter ID, Voter Purges, Voter Suppression, etc.)
- Campaign Legal Center
- Center for Voting and Democracy: Right to Vote Amendment
- Demos: Civic Engagement
- Demos: Voting Rights and Voter Registration
- Project Vote
- Voter ID
- Voter Intimidation and Election Challengers
- Voter Roll Purges and Voter Caging
- No Match, No Vote
- Provisional Ballots
- Greg Palast’s investigative journalism
Voting machine reform (no more hackable, private machines made by Republican-connected companies!)
- Verified Voting
- Black Box Voting
- National Election Integrity Coalition
- Voters Unite!
- Election Defense Alliance
- Where’s the Paper?
- E-Voting Experts
- Election Reform Network
- Books:
- VoteScam
- CODE RED: Computerized Election Theft and The New American Century
Public Agency Registration (“Motor Voter”)
- Project Vote
Online Voter Registration
- Project Vote: Paperless Voter Registration and Online Voter Registration
Permanent Portable Voter Registration
- Project Vote:
- Permanent Portable Voter Registration
- Interstate Compacts
Universal Voter Registration
- Center for Voting and Democracy
Election Day Registration
- Project Vote: Same Day Registration
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- Demos: Election Day Registration in Hawaii
- Senator Sanders calls for Voting Holiday
Early Voting and No-Excuse Absentee Voting
- Project Vote:
- Early Voting
- Convenience Voting by Mail
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- National Conference of State Legislatures
Prisoner / Felon Voting Rights
- Project Vote
- Sentencing Project: Felony Disenfranchisement
- Felon Voting Rights Chart
- Rock the Vote’s info on Felon Voting Rights
Lowering Voting Age
- National Youth Rights Association
- 2013: Takoma Park, MD became first place in U.S. to lower voting age to 16
- Project Vote
Congressional Representation for DC
Democratizing Elections
Binding initiative and referendum
Redistricting reform (ending gerrymandered districts)
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- Demos: Redistricting & Representation
Proportional representation
- Center for Voting and Democracy
Electoral College Circumvention
- National Popular Vote
- Center for Voting and Democracy
Voter education materials
- California has a great model at voterguide.sos.ca.gov
Misc
Term Limits
Compulsory Voting
- We’re not aware of anyone in the U.S. seriously advocating for this, but 22 other countries have it, and in combination with other election reforms, like a National Voting Holiday and a binding None-of-the-Above option, it could actually be worth exploring. See Wikipedia’s page on Compulsory voting.