DOJ on Federal Observers
Public information regarding past and current use of federal observers to monitor elections.

Federal Observers to Monitor 2000 Elections
The Justice Department will dispatch 317 federal observers to 18 counties in nine different states across the nation to monitor the general election on November 7, 2000. The nine states are Alabama, Arizona, California, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Utah.

Federal Observers to Monitor 2002 Elections
The Justice Department today announced it will send 324 federal observers and 108 Justice Department personnel to 26 counties in 14 states to monitor the general election on Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Judge allows Vote vote challengers (2003)
Republican vote challengers will be present at 18 precincts in predominantly black areas in Jefferson County today after a judge yesterday refused to block the local Republican Party's plan to station them there.

Language Assistance for Limited-English-Proficient Voters
Some counties are required to provide bilingual voting materials including ballots to limited-English-proficient voters. These talking points list the jurisdictions and languages that are covered by the Voting Rights Act, as well as the types of assistance that must be provided to language-minority voters.

The Long Shadow of Jim Crow
"In a nation where children are taught in grade school that every citizen has the right to vote, it would be comforting to think that the last vestiges of voter intimidation, oppression and suppression were swept away by the passage and subsequent enforcement of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. It would be good to know that voters are no longer turned away from the polls based on their race, never knowingly misdirected, misinformed, deceived or threatened. Unfortunately, it would be a grave mistake to believe it."

LULAC Voter 2002
An archive of initiatives and issues from the 2002 election.l

National Voting Rights Institute
Founded in 1994, the National Voting Rights Institute is a prominent non-partisan legal center in the campaign finance reform field. Through litigation and public education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue of private money in public elections as the nation's newest voting rights barrier, and to vindicate the constitutional right of all citizens, regardless of their economic status, to participate in the electoral process on an equal and meaningful basis.

NCLR - Advocacy and Electoral Empowerment
Press releases of various initiatives and issues facing Latino electoral empowerment.

NCLR - Voting Rights
The right to vote is a fundamental and basic right guaranteed to all U.S. citizens by the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Every voter has the right to cast an informed and effective vote. This right is extended to all people, including those for whom English is not their first language.

No sunshine for Florida black voters
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert recently wrote about visits made to dozens of elderly African American voters in the Orlando area by Florida state troopers, who were "investigating" charges of voting fraud. Most of those questioned were members of the Orlando League of Voters, which has successfully mobilized the city’s African American electorate. The Orlando League of Voters is headed by 73 year-old Ezzie Thomas. Shades of Albert Turner and Marion County.

Voting Rights Institute (Democratic)
Shortly after the 2000 elections, the Democratic National Committee established the Voting Rights Institute to ensure that every person's vote would be protected and counted in future elections. These concerns are the focus of the Voting Rights Institute Promote and Protect program for 2004.