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Demos - A Network for Ideas & Action - Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
Description
A vibrant, inclusive democracy is the lifeblood of a just society, and depends on the full participation by Americans in elections and in all areas of democratic decision-making. Since the 2000 election, Demos has been working with a spirited reform movement at the national and state levels to promote a broad agenda of voting rights and election reform, including major new efforts to bolster voter registration and voting and remove barriers to political participation. Our work to strengthen American democracy combines advocacy efforts with new research and policy analysis. Specific Democracy Program initiatives include:
Help America Vote Act (HAVA): Demos has tracked state implementation of HAVA in order to help advocates affect a progressive approach to election reform. We have researched provisional balloting, voter identification and other HAVA-mandated changes, and helped organizers in the field prepare voters for new election procedures. Our post-2004 election focus will include state development of computerized voter registration systems; uniform standards for provisional voting; voter identification; voting machine technology; and voter fraud, vote suppression and irregularities in election administration.
National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) Implementation: Lesser-known provisions of the so-called "Motor Voter" law require states to offer voter registration assistance in various public assistance agencies. Almost all states are doing a very poor job of complying with the public assistance office requirements - dampening the political participation of low-income citizens. Demos and Project Vote have launched a targeted campaign to enhance the voter registration activities in public assistance agencies in advance of the 2004 election and beyond.
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- Demos A Network for Ideas and Action
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- New York New York
- United States 10001
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- +1.12126331405
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