Virginia Fair Elections (VFE) is proud to partner with the Election Integrity Network (EIN), a national organization dedicated to ensuring secure, transparent, and fair elections across the United States. EIN hosts several national working groups that focus on various critical issues related to election integrity. These working groups bring together experts, activists, and concerned citizens to collaborate on strategies and solutions that protect our electoral process. Consider joining one of the 9 national working groups listed below:
- Citizens Research Project- The Citizen’s Research Project focuses on investigating third-party influences in our elections, educating grassroots advocates on the power these organizations hold, and how to identify them in local election offices.
- Legislative- The Legislative Working Group is a resource for individuals to identify election integrity laws and statutes with both a negative or positive impact on election procedures in their states in order to advance pro-election integrity provisions.
- Voter Rolls- The Voter Rolls group is working to ensure voter registration lists are consistently and accurately updated in accordance with state and federal law to prevent ballot exploitation and an opportunity for fraud. It also addresses privacy protections of voter rolls.
- Vote-By-Mail & USPS- This working group’s objective is to shed light on vulnerabilities in the vote-by-mail system, the absentee ballot voter verification process, and to address the significant deficiencies in the USPS system where potential fraud mishandling of ballots can occur.
- Vulnerable Voters- This working group addresses all classifications of vulnerable voters including seniors, military, homeless, non-military UOCAVA voters, voters with disabilities and college students. Topics cover statutory and procedural issues as well as training for community interaction with these groups.
- Stop Ranked Choice Voting- “Rigged” Choice Voting is an emerging threat to the integrity of our local, state and federal elections and diminishes the political voices of American voters. This working group focuses on educating individuals on the specifics of this dangerous election procedure change and how to effectively message against it.
- Voting Technology & Election Systems- This working group examines the mechanics of all technology (including machines) involved in our elections to better understand vulnerabilities and develop solutions that can be replicated in each state.
- Introduction to Election Integrity Coalitions & Infrastructure- This introductory “newbie” class educates new coalition members and leaders on the Election Integrity Network and infrastructure. It includes an introduction to Election Integrity Network, defines terms, and instructs on creating, managing and growing a local or state coalition and working with external stakeholders.
- Only Citizens Vote- Despite being our newest group, it may tackle one of our most critical issues. This working group is dedicated to ensuring that the right to vote in American elections is reserved exclusively for American citizens and focuses on implementing and enforcing measures that verify citizenship status for voter registration and participation.
