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Non-profit
VotingWorks is a left-of-center non-profit provider of voting machines and open-source election verification software. In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it would partner with VotingWorks to pilot the use of its vote verification software in six battleground states during the November 2020 election. In April 2020,
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Non-profit
America Works USA is a union-funded affiliate of the Democratic Governors Association that engages in political advocacy to support Democratic Party governors and gubernatorial candidates, as well as labor union policy priorities at the state level.
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Other Group
National Voting Rights Task Force is a left-of-center group that describes itself as an “election security” organization that advocates for increased mail-in voting, legislation to federalize election administration, for hand-marked paper ballots, and for stronger vote auditing and chain of custody, among other issues. Background National Voting Rights Task Force
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Non-profit
The Verified Voting Foundation is an electoral integrity advocacy group and the partner organization of the left-of-center advocacy organization Verified Voting. The Foundation is heavily involved in promoting the use of verified paper ballots, risk-limiting audits, and other election measures around the country and frequently provides advice and consulting
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Non-profit
All Voting is Local (AVL) is a project of the left-of-center Leadership Conference Education Fund that is focused on reducing barriers to voting and increasing voter turnout, specifically among left-leaning demographic groups in battleground states. AVL works to reduce voter wait times, promote mail-in voting, and increase the number
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Non-profit
The Voting Information Project (VIP) is an election data project founded by Google and the Pew Charitable Trusts, a left-leaning donor foundation. In 2018 VIP was spun off to be managed by Democracy Works, a left-leaning public policy and election data organization. VIP collects and disseminates
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Other Group
Voting Rights Lab is a voter advocacy group working at the state level to change voting laws and reducing restrictions. The group is a former project of the nonprofit group New Venture Fund. Started in 2018, the Voting Rights Lab works to support left-of-center policies concerning vote-by-mail and restoration
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Non-profit
The Voting Rights Institute is a legal advocacy and training organization that formed in 2014 as a project of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Campaign Legal Center, two left-of-center legal organizations. The Georgetown University Law Center operates VRI.
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Non-profit
Democracy Works is a nonprofit corporation that promotes the use of technology to increase voter participation. The group also provides information on candidates, voting precinct locations, and means of transportation for voters who need it. The main component to Democracy Works is a project called TurboVote, which was launched
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Non-profit
Citizen Works (CW) is a left-of-center organization founded by Ralph Nader. It trains activists to promote ranked-choice voting, the elimination of the Electoral College, defunding the police, reducing the number of prisons, and replacing oil and atomic energy with weather-dependent sources.
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Other Group
Reprocare is an abortion-advocacy hotline assisting women with finding abortion providers, resources, and funding. Reprocare has made public statements that having an abortion can be “great” 1 and has affirmed “abortions for all.”
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Other Group
The Election Verification Network (EVN) is a network of election officials and experts who meet annually to discuss election policies and reforms. Although the EVN claims to be nonpartisan, many of its members work at left-of-center advocacy groups, and its funding comes from similar groups. Membership As of March 2023,
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Person
Whitney Quesenbery is the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Civic Design and a user experience (UX) professional. She has advocated for reforming American voting systems to improve UX design and improve accessibility, particularly for less-educated voters. Career After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature from a
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Other Group
Democracy House is a fiscally sponsored project of the Foundation for Civic Leadership that organizes programs to engage college students in political advocacy and recruit them to vote. 1 Democracy House’s programs have featured left-of-center
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Non-profit
Instituto Power is a left-of-center political activism and advocacy organization based in Arizona that advocates for left-of-center policies and incubates left-of-center campaigns, programs, and organizations. Instituto Power is the lobbying and political action arm of the Instituto organizational group, which consists of Instituto Power and Instituto Lab,
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Non-profit
The South Carolina Progressive Network (SC Progressive Network) is a left-of-center group focusing on racial advocacy, voter mobilization, economics, and community organizing. SCPN is composed of individual members, not organizations; it is the sister organization of the South Carolina Progressive Network Education Fund, its charitable arm. It also runs a
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Other Group
Poder Latinx is an organization dedicated to building left-of-center Latino voting blocs in key states. It operates in Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Georgia, and has plans to expand into North Carolina as of March 2024. Poder Latinx primarily focuses on voter registration and mobilization, but also engages in
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Political Party/527
The Workers Party of Massachusetts (WPM) is a minor political party that works toward a socialist revolution against the United States, the destruction of the capitalist economy, and the creation of a radical socialist government controlled by the working class.
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Non-profit
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) is a left-of-center activist legal network focused on the San Francisco area and California. Originally established in 1968 to press for the implementation of civil rights legislation, the organization has expanded in scope to address what it
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Person
Carolina Lopez is the executive director of the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions (PLEJ), a national network of election administrators from jurisdictions with a population of greater than 300,000. 1
