New Hampshire Campaign for Voting Rights (NHCVR)

Background

As of September 2025, there is a job listing on the America Votes website for a “New Hampshire Voting Rights Campaign Director.” Based in Concord, New Hampshire, the Director would “lead a nonpartisan coalition, the NH Campaign for Voting Rights (NHCVR), and work with the America Votes coalition to organize around key voting rights issues in the state legislature, build relationships with stakeholders, and ensure voting access.”  ⁴

Parent Organization

The New Hampshire Campaign for Voting Rights (NHCVR) is a project of America Votes, a left-of-center lobbying and advocacy coalition that advertises itself as the “coordination hub of the progressive community” and works to “advance progressive policies.”  ⁴ At the same time, the coalition’s New Hampshire state branch manages daily operations for NHCVR. ⁵

America Votes’ website also contains a “Racial Equity Statement” alleging that the organization is  “committed to advancing racial equity…across our coalition. We acknowledge the systematic racism that permeates all facets of our society, beginning with the foundational right to vote.”  ⁴

As of September 2025, the listed partners for America Votes includes Alliance For Youth Action (AFYA), the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State (DASS), the Democratic Attorneys General Association, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), Democrats.com, the National Education Association (NEA), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the Working Families Party. ⁶

In 2020, America Votes received a $129 million grant from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a lobbying and electoral-advocacy group managed by philanthropic consulting firm Arabella Advisors.  ⁷ In 2021 and 2022, America Votes received over $3.7 million in grants from the Arabella-managed nonprofit Impetus Fund for the purpose of “civil rights, social action, and advocacy.”  ^{8  9}

Activities

In July 2025, the New Hampshire Campaign for Voting Rights (NHCVR) opposed proposed NH Senate bill SB 287, which would require those wishing to vote absentee in the state to present photo ID or send a photocopied ID to a state clerk’s office. It was one of a pair of bills intended to increase absentee voting requirements, with the other, SB 218, requiring proof of citizenship to be presented as well. In response, NHCVR began a “Share Your Absentee Voting Story” initiative intended for users to share photos and stories from those who vote absentee such as older voters, those with disabilities, veterans, and undeclared voters. The intent was to create a “Storybook” to share with New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) allegedly highlighting “the impact SB 287, in addition to the other restrictive absentee voting bills, would have on real people.”  ¹  By August 2025, both proposed bills passed and were signed into law by Gov. Ayotte.  ¹⁰

In January 2025, the NHCVC and left-of-center group Open Democracy partnered to organize and sponsor a “Grassroots Briefing on Voting Rights Priorities of 2025.” The zoom meeting was held on February 6, and discussed topics such as “protecting voting rights,” “legislative priorities,” and “grassroots action.”  ²

In September 2024, NHCVR director McKenzie Taylor (also known as McKenzie St. Germain) released a statement following then-New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signing NH State House Bill HB 1569 that would require voters to show  a photo ID on election day to vote. She stated, “This extreme legislation signed by the Governor will roll back voting access for all eligible Granite Staters.”  ¹¹

In March 2025, NHCVR partnered with left-of-center groups Open Democracy and Civics Center to coordinate a “High School Voter Registration Volunteer Workshop” to encourage high school students in the state to register before the graduated.  ¹²

Leadership

McKenzie Taylor is the director of the New Hampshire Campaign for Voting Rights (NHCVR). ¹³ She is also the New Hampshire state director for America Votes. Prior to this, she was the director of special projects for U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), the political director of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) 2020 U.S Senate campaign, the state deputy political director for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) 2020 presidential campaign, and the regional field director for NextGen Climate.  ¹⁴