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Tennessee Lawmakers Repeal Discriminatory Restrictions on Voter Registration Drives Following Federal Lawsuit
Yesterday, Tennessee Governor William Lee signed a new bill into law that effectively eliminates many restrictions and threats of draconian civil and criminal penalties that previously inhibited voter registration activities in the state. This victory comes after The Andrew Goodman Foundation and other civil rights organizations took legal action to stop these restrictions from going into effect.
Read MoreSettlement reached in Florida dispute over college voting
Andrew Goodman's legal challenge paid off. After a preliminary injunction, a change in leadership and legislative language, the Florida officials will now allow college campuses to host on site polling locations. Check out the details here!
Read MoreSettlement Reached in Florida Dispute Over College Voting
Florida officials agreed to allow early voting sites back on college campuses, under an agreement announced Friday, a development cheered by voter rights advocates who had filed a legal challenge.
Read MoreSupervisors of Elections in Florida Can Again Place Early Voting Sites on College Campuses
Just in time for the 2020 Elections, Florida State has ruled in favor of holding polling stations at college campuses. The Andrew Goodman Foundation, League of Woman Voters and other Florida Voting Rights groups celebrate the win!
Read MoreThe Andrew Goodman Foundation Wins Major Student Voting Rights Victory in Florida Ahead of the 2020 Election
Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee issued a directive today that clears the way for college and university campuses to serve as early voting sites. This is as a result of a settlement of a case brought to protect the voting rights of college students in the state of Florida.
Read MoreEarly-Voting Lawsuit Settled; Elections Supervisors Can Set-up Early Voting on College Campuses
For years, AGF, League of Women Voters and other voting rights groups challenged restrictive college campus early voting site requirements. With this settlement, Florida student voters are assured increased access to on-campus early voting sites.
Read MoreSimplifying a Civic Duty
GU Votes' use and customization of their my.VoteEverywhere portal helped Georgetown University to have one of the most well-rounded student voting initiatives in the Vote Everywhere program, as well as a registration rate of over eighty percent.
Read MoreHow to Register to Vote in New Jersey
Watch this fun video, created by an Andrew Goodman Ambassador at Rutgers University, to learn how to register to vote in New Jersey. It only takes a few key ingredients!
Read MoreWho Will Run Georgia State University’s Early Polling Location? For the First Time Ever, It Was Students.
Andrew Goodman Ambassadors succeeded in doing something for the first time in history—running a 100 percent student-staffed on-campus polling place. For Evan Malbrough, an Ambassador at Georgia State University, accomplishing this feat was the capstone of his undergraduate career.
Read MoreAndrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Promising Practices: Engaging the Board of Elections
Learn how the Binghamton University Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere Campus Team engages their local Board of Elections by reading our Q&A with Andrew Goodman Campus Champion Alison Handy Twang.
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