Florida Omnibus Anti-Voter Bill
HB 1381 is an omnibus (multi-issue) anti-voter bill which among other things adds documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, shortens the list of accepted voter IDs for voting including taking student ID off the list, adds harmful data sharing and list maintenance provisions, and adds a requirement of marking citizenship status on driver licenses & identification cards.
Maryland Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration for Individuals Released from State Correctional Facilities (2025)
Fair Elections Center supports Maryland HB 1110, which would streamline the registration process for individuals with a felony conviction after being released from incarceration by requiring state
agencies to collaborate to provide automatic restoration of their pre-existing voter registration upon release from incarceration.
SAVE Act (2025)
Fair Elections Center opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require every American to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register or re-register to vote. Requiring oftentimes hard-to-get and expensive documents make it harder for citizens to vote, and doesn’t solve any problems with our elections. Recent studies show that around ten percent of voting-eligible Americans do not have documents to show their citizenship. Those citizens are more likely to be women, low income people, and from communities of color.
Maryland Pre-Registration (2025)
MD HB 153 would reduce the age at which an individual may preregister to vote, from sixteen years to fifteen years and nine months and improve the communications between county election offices and preregistered voters.
Louisiana Third-party Voter Registration Restrictions
Testimony opposing Louisiana HB 506, which would require any individual or entity that is not an election official or voter registration agency to register with the Secretary of State’s office prior to hosting community voter registration assistance events. (2024)
Tennessee Third-party Voter Registration Assistance Restrictions
Testimony opposing Tennessee HB 1955, which inhibits third-party voter registration drives by imposing civil liability on third-party organizations for unintentionally permitting someone with certain felony convictions from handling voter registration applications and prohibits prefilling voter registration applications for prospective voters. (2024)
Maryland Automatic Voter Registration
Testimony Supporting Maryland House Bill 627, which would designate the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency. Expanding automatic voter registration to state correctional facilities would simplify the registration process for newly re-enfranchised citizens and emphasize the importance of their participation in democracy. In 2016, Maryland law established that as soon as an individual with a felony conviction was released from incarceration, they automatically retained the right to vote. In 2018, the Maryland General Assembly established automatic voter registration, seeking to streamline the process at the MVA and other government offices. HB 627 is an opportunity to realize the full potential of these two policies and expand automatic voter registration to ensure that returning citizens face no barriers in exercising their right under Maryland law to have a voice in our elections. (2024)
North Carolina Same Day Registration Identification Requirements
Testimony opposing North Carolina SB 747, which would, among other things, impose burdensome identification requirements for those registering to vote and casting a ballot in the same day. (2023)
Michigan Pre-Registration
In May 2023, Fair Elections Center and its Campus Vote Project submitted testimony urging Michigan to pass HB4569, which would establish pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds. In November of the same year, Michigan signed into law HB 4569, taking an important step to increase youth voter turnout and engagement. The bill was signed as part of a larger set of reforms aimed at reducing barriers to voting in the state.
Louisiana High School Voter Registration Assistance
Testimony supporting Louisiana HB 490, which would clarify the ability of nonpartisan nonprofit entities to participate in faciliating high school voter registration programs. (2023)
