Election integrity has to be guarded at every step, from voter registration to verifying results.
In this interest area we put our resources into ensuring that all votes are recorded and counted accurately in the United States. Throughout 2014, Quixote Foundation will support the Election Verification Network.
Our goal:
- People are able to vote and see that votes are counted correctly toward accurate results
Core approaches and concerns:
- Demand equitable election laws
- Seek nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan election administration policies
- Treat better voter access and voter verification as compatible goals
- Build relationships with accessibility organizations and groups focused on getting out the vote
- Address the functional limitations of voting technology innovation without dismissing the possibilities, hopes for accessibility, and cultural expectations they represent
- Advance accurate and verifiable vote counting
How we pursue our work:
- Convene leaders on election verification and related issues of civil rights, including racial and gender justice
- Oppose electronic voting in a broad civil rights context when it disenfranchises by lack of verifiability, reliability, security, accessibility, or equality
- Promote use of paper ballots, a paper trail, or the best available alternative for indelible, voter-verified records of voter intent
Oh say can you see how safe your vote be?