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Non-profit
For more information on the 2020 election, see Center for Technology & Civic Life (Nonprofit) The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence is a coalition of left-of-center election reform nonprofits created in 2022 as an initiative of the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to bolster election security
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Other Group
The Secure Elections Network is a left-leaning election policy advocacy organization founded in 2020 that attempts to provide left-leaning election administration activists with training and educational tools around election administration. The organization is staunchly supportive of increasing mail-in balloting as well as a set of election administration policies introduced by
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Non-profit
Better Elections is a Missouri-based advocacy group formed in 2021 to place a Ranked Choice Voting ballot initiative on Missouri ballots in the 2022 elections. The organization is as of early 2022 gathering signatures on a petition to put a question on the 2022 ballot that, if approved, would
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For-profit
The Elections Group is a consulting organization that works with election offices and other local, state, and federal entities. 1 It was founded in 2020 by former election officials Jennifer Morrell and Noah Praetz to
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Political Party/527
Workers Vote is a “Super PAC” that exclusively contributes funds to Democratic candidates. 1 Originally named “Take Back 2020,” it changed its name to “Workers Vote” in July 2021 but kept its original
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Non-profit
The Election Official Legal Defense Network, a project of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, was created in 2021 by election lawyers Benjamin Ginsberg and Bob Bauer to offer election officials free legal “advice and protection” after the 2020 presidential election.
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Non-profit
The Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration (MCLEA), originally the Richard Austin Center for Election Law and Administration, was founded in 2008 by now-Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D). The MCLEA claims to be nonpartisan, but is run by Democratic operatives and hires Democratic consulting firms. MCELA did
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Non-profit
Not to be confused with the Michigan-based Election Integrity Fund, a right-leaning election reform group The Election Integrity Fund is an organization formed in 2020 for the purpose of collecting “last minute” donations from high-dollar donors concerned about the integrity of the 2020 election. The organization’s exact structure is unclear,
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Non-profit
The Election Infrastructure Initiative is a joint project of the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and Center for Secure and Modern Elections (CSME), part of a multi-billion-dollar “dark money” network run by the consultancy Arabella Advisors in Washington, DC and a front for the
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Non-profit
Center for Secure and Modern Elections Action (CSME Action) is a left-of-center advocacy organization created as a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a leading “dark money” pass-through funder and fiscal sponsor for left-of-center advocacy groups, to promote sweeping changes to the elections process, including state laws that automatically
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Government Agency
The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent federal agency created to report on election administration procedures and provide resources to election officials. 1 The Commission was established under the Help America Vote
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Non-profit
The 2020 Census Project is a pooled fund for left-of-center donors and foundations interested in shaping the 2020 Census to favor traditionally Democratic-leaning constituencies, particularly in cities. The project is fiscally sponsored by the left-of-center New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) funding and fiscal sponsorship managed by the for-profit consulting
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Other Group
The Honest Elections Project (HEP) is a right-of-center election monitoring organization founded in 2020 as a project of the 85 Fund.
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Political Party/527
Georgia Victory 2020 is a Democratic Party-aligned PAC which funded the successful Congressional campaigns of U.S. Representative-elect Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) and U.S. Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) and the U.S. Senatorial campaigns of Jon Ossoff (D) and Raphael Warnock (D). The Senate races will be decided by
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Political Party/527
Victory 2020 is a Democratic Party-aligned political action committee (PAC) created in May of 2020. Victory 2020 is closely associated with American Bridge 21st Century, a left-of-center PAC that typically funds media criticism of Republican politicians, and Unite the Country, a PAC created in 2019 to support the
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Non-profit
Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) is an electoral policy advocacy group which provides grants and conducts research ostensibly to increase voting security and increase voter turnout. The organization was created in the wake of the 2016 election in response to foreign interference and alleged low voter turnout; in
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Non-profit
The Election Protection Coalition was founded in 2004 by a coalition of major left-leaning advocacy organizations led by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. Other partners include large labor unions with a strong history of supporting Democrats (National Education Association, SEIU and American
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Non-profit
The Trusted Elections Fund is a funding collaborative for center-left donors to coordinate grants to advocacy nonprofits ahead of the 2020 election. The Fund is a project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created and managed by Arabella Advisors, a Washington, DC-based for-profit consultancy that caters
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Non-profit
Alaskans for Better Elections (ABE) is a ballot committee advocating for changes to the voting process affecting state elections in Alaska. Its initiatives include ranked choice voting, open primaries, and regulating anonymous campaign speech. 1
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Non-profit
Nevadans For Secure Elections (NFSE) was a ballot measure committee formed by left-of-center operatives to promote and pass the successful Nevada Question 5, which authorizes registration of voters by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles. The proposition was put onto the ballot after a similar measure was vetoed by then-Governor
