FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT

ELECTION PROTECTION

  • Protections against removing election officials and interfering with them or voters 

  • Keep partisan poll watchers at a distance from polls or voters 

  • Protections for election records and infrastructure 

  • Voter-verifiable paper ballots 

  • U.S.-made voting machines 

  • Reliable post-election audits 

  • Programs and funds to recruit new election workers 

VOTER ACCESS
& ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

  • Nationwide automatic, online, and same day voter registration 

  • Universal vote by mail option and two weeks of early voting  

  • Election Day as a holiday 

  • No voter has to wait longer than 30 minutes to vote

  • Stop improper voter purges 

  • Uniform standard for states that require ID for voting 

  • Protections for underserved and disabled populations

CIVIC PARTICIPATION & EMPOWERMENT

  • Non-partisan, transparent, and protected redistricting process

  • Disclosure of dark money contributions to political outside groups

  • Incentives to increase small donor contributions

  • Stop illicit super PAC- campaign coordination

  • Same requirements for online political ads as other ads 

  • Funding for state innovations in democracy and elections

  • Empowered FEC