During the 2004 election cycle, Election Protection mobilized 25,000 trained volunteers, including 8,000 legal volunteers, to monitor polling places, educate voters, facilitate a dialogue with local and state election officials, provide legal support to poll monitors, and answer the 1-866-OUR-VOTE national voter services hotline (hotline).

From support for registration programs, to creating voter education materials, to providing direct assistance through the national hotline, Election Protection is a support system for eligible voters across the country.  The program protects non-partisan voter registration drives by providing guidance about the nuances of state and local registration rules and advocating for coalition partners with election officials and in the courts.

Election Protection’s data collection provides support for prospective reform efforts and potential litigation, demonstrates the impact of provisions that disenfranchise voters (such as voter identification proposals), and illustrates the results of election administration failures. Read more about the Program…