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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Faith in Action
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
The goal of Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) is to build year-round organizations in cities and states that have an organized constituency of people who register to vote, turnout to vote, mobilize others into political activity, and hold their elected officials accountable through...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Fair Elections Center
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance
While turnout among young voters has increased, there is still a gap between the youngest eligible voters and their older counterparts. This report provides best practices, model legislation, and policy examples for advocates and policy makers aiming to increase voter engagement among...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Fairvote
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance
Localities should consider adopting rank choice voting (RCV) for local elections, because RCV elections improve opportunities for candidates of color and increase voter engagement with the electoral process. This report outlines how candidates of color in cities with RCV elections...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2023
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source National Low Income Housing Coalition
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing
Rents are rising faster than wages, and tenants in many states are burdened by the end of pandemic-era benefits programs that had helped dampen a hostile national housing market. This report examines disparities between wages and rental housing prices across the country and finds...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2013
Level City or Town, County
State(s) California
Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Data & Technology
This ordinance amends a prior open data policy that empowered San Francisco's Committee on Information Technology to establish rules and standards applicable to all city departments regarding the release of data to the city's online data portal. This ordinance establishes the positions...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, National
State(s) All States
Source National League of Cities
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
Historical and structural barriers like voter ID laws, gerrymandering, and limited polling sites have disproportionately disenfranchised affects, Indigenous, Latinx/Hispanic, and communities of color. All levels of government should implement voting systems that ensures accessible...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State, National
State(s) All States
Source FairVote
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
A primary runoff election is held if no candidate surpasses the necessary threshold for victory in the initial primary election. Voter awareness of the system and a dip in enthusiasm following the initial primary has resulted in a trend of voter turnout dropping in the runoff election....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County, National, Other Boards and Agencies, School Board, School District, State
State(s) All States
Source U.S. Department of Education
Policy Areas Children & Families, Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Education
Students play a crucial role in elections, thus educational institutions, and local governments should facilitate students' participation in the voting process. This guide recommends that postsecondary institutions help students get registered, establish a communications timeline...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level State, National
State(s) All States
Source FairVote
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
The party primary system, rather than enhancing democracy, often results in a low-turnout race in which some voters are excluded by law, and the winner frequently does not have majority support of all voters in the district. In conjunction with ballot access rules that discriminate...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Maryland
Source Town of Somerset
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This charter amendment specifies who is considered a qualified voter in Somserset County, MD. It specifically states that any person who has resided within the limits of the town for 14 days preceding any election is a qualified voter....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) Minnesota
Source City of Minneapolis
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This ordinance requires landlords to provide new tenants with voter registration forms at the time the tenant begins their residency. This obliges landlords to make new residents to the area as well as new tenants who have previously not registered to vote aware of voter registration...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town, County
State(s) North Carolina
Source Elizabeth City/Pasquotank County Parks and Recreation Department
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Public Spaces
Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County consolidated their parks departments which reduced costs but maintained quality facilities and services. This report provides an overview of how major changes that followed the merger helped improve community access to sports complexes, and recommends...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source FairVote
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
Without appropriate processes in place, voters are forced to split votes and deal with wasted votes. Ranked choice voting provides voters with a greater voice and better choices. This policy handout demonstrates the benefits of ranked choice voting such as greater voter preference...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2020
Level City or Town, County, State, National
State(s) All States
Source Center for Democracy & Technology
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Data & Technology
Misinformation and disinformation that suppresses voter participation can be deployed through a variety of media. Online voter suppression can range from inaccurate information about the date of an election, to inaccurate reports of long lines, to efforts to persuade people that an...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Center for American Progress
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health
This report outlines the role cities can play in protecting safe and fair elections. It details how cities can help facilitate voter registration and participation, mitigate voter confusion, and provide valuable support to local election officers in carrying out their duties....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source National Association of County & City Health Officials
Policy Areas Health
Strong advocacy is needed to build capacity and enable local health departments to lead their communities in responding to COVID-19 and other public health challenges. This toolkit guides advocates in lobbying elected representatives by outlining how to schedule a meeting with a member...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source People's Action
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Community Development
In order to build a strong, progressive populist movement in the United States, it is necessary to strengthen the integrated voter engagement capacity in rural areas and small towns in alignment with progressive organizing efforts in metropolitan areas. This report shares key data...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2000
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source City of New York
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This ordinance specifies a system to assist in distributing voter registration materials, by requiring agencies to distribute voter registration forms....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Prison Policy Initiative
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance
Because the Census counts incarcerated individuals as residents of the places they were confined, localities with correctional facilities will have fewer residents thus granting their residents greater representation in local elections. This fact sheet outlines how some localities...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source United States Conference of Mayors
Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety
Local officials should play an active role in protecting voters and poll workers from threats of violence and incidents of harassment which have increased over the past few election cycles. This report outlines how localities can identify imminent threats and build community resilience...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level City or Town
State(s) Minnesota
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Democracy & Governance
A notice to new tenants summarizing key voting information including election dates and registration options....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level County, City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Vote16USA
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families
We have a voter crisis in America that demands bold solutions. One of these potential solutions is lowering the voting age in American elections to 16 years old. This report presents a cohesive argument for lowering the voting age to 16 in municipal elections, addresses counterarguments,...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) Arkansas, Massachusetts, Oklahoma
Source FairVote
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
Our gerrymandered, winner-take-all elections incentivize elected officials to refrain from representing all constituents. The Fair Representation Act will effectively solve partisan gerrymandering and foster representation of all constituents. This policy handout highlights the benefits...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Municipalism Learning Series
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice
Activists and advocates can use this resource in tandem with the 'Building Power in Place Municipalist Organizing Toolkit' to reflect on municipalist organizing strategies, outline their movement's skill sets, and establish advocacy goals. It includes exercises and guidelines relevant...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source City of Sandusky
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance
This ordinance codifies General Election Days as paid holidays for City Employees. ...

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