The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Central to its role, the Commission serves as a national clearinghouse and resource for information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections. The EAC also maintains the national mail voter registration form that was developed in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), reports to Congress every two years on the impact of the NVRA on the administration of federal elections, and provides information to States on their responsibilities under the NVRA.

In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.

www.sos.state.ga.us/elections

The Office of Secretary of State generally administers all aspects of elections and voting in the State of Georgia. The Secretary of State is Georgia's chief election official for purposes of the Georgia Election Code and also the NVRA and HAVA.

The Georgia State Election Board (SEB) supervises and coordinates the work of the office of the Secretary of State and all local election officials so as to obtain uniformity in their practices. The SEB has general rulemaking, investigative, and enforcement authority under the Georgia Election Code.

Founded in 2000, Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization committed to building an America that achieves its highest democratic ideals. By combining research with advocacy, Demos melds the commitment to ideas of a think tank with the organizing strategies of an advocacy group.

FairVote seeks elections that promote voter turnout, fair representation, inclusive policy and meaningful choices by building on our nation's history of improving upon the American experiment. They conduct research, analysis, education and organizing to ensure all Americans can exercise their right to vote and elect representatives who reflect our nation's racial and political diversity.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The goal of the League of Women Voters is to empower citizens to shape better communities worldwide.

The National Voting Rights Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to making real the promise of American democracy that meaningful political participation and power should be accessible to all regardless of economic or social status. NVRI has led the national effort to reconsider campaign spending limits as a constitutional means of making meaningful political participation available to all Americans. NVRI is active in efforts to enfranchise U.S. citizens, through lawsuits in many states and jurisdictions regarding absentee ballots, provisional voting, candidate filing fees, public access to contribution records, and enforcement of campaign spending laws, among other things.

People For the American Way (PFAW) and People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) work to protect the heart of democracy and the soul of the nation. In 2004, PFAWF launched the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, a collaboration involving more than 100 national, state, and local public interest groups. Election Protection built upon the expertise, experience, passion and moral leadership of the civil rights community to create a new infrastructure to support and sustain ongoing and future efforts to energize civic participation in America.

Project Vote Smart (PVS) is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. Project Vote Smart covers candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and special interest group ratings.

ReformElections.Org

www.reformelections.org

ReformElections.org is The Century Foundation's informational web site on election reform policy. In addition to the Foundation's ongoing research on election reform issues, Reformelections.org features resource guides, policy developments, and the latest research from the election reform community. The Century Foundation has been at the forefront of efforts to reform the voting system since the issue achieved national prominence following the 2000 presidential contest. In 2001, the foundation cosponsored the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. The final report of that commission, entitled To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process, served as the model for important measures in the Help America Vote Act.

The Right to Vote Campaign works to remove barriers to voting faced by people with felony convictions so they may freely participate in the democratic process. The Campaign aims to change policies, practices and perceptions concerning felony disfranchisement at the local, state and national levels.

Advancement Project is a democracy and justice action group that works with communities seeking to build a fair and just multi-racial democracy in America. Using law, public policy and strategic communications, Advancement Project acts in partnership with local communities to advance universal opportunity, equity and access for those left behind in America.

The Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the role of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in voting and elections. They provide training, materials and other resources designed to help 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations to integrate voter registration, voter education, and voter mobilization work into their on-going activities.

www.fairdata2000.com/VoterRegistration

A great precision mapping tool for community-based grassroots get-out-the-vote (GOTV) and voter registration efforts. This site contains over 9,000 interactive, high-detail, "zoomable," printer-ready, PDA compatible street-level and block-level focus precinct maps of Georgia and other states and localities that can help you marshal scarce resources for door-to-door voter registration and target areas for transporting voters to the polls. Also check out their home page for other community-based mapping and data solutions for education, environment, housing, and poverty-related issues.

Project Vote is one of the nation's leading technical assistance and direct service providers to the civic participation community. Since its founding in 1982, Project Vote has provided professional training, management, evaluation and technical services on a broad continuum of key issues related to voter engagement and participation in low-income and minority communities.

Hosted by the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, this site is a great resource of nonpartisan news, information, and insight governing federal, state, and local elections.

The ACLU's Voting Rights Project has worked to protect the gains in political participation won by racial and language minorities since passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law unites thinkers and advocates in pursuit of a vision of inclusive and effective democracy. Its mission is to develop and implement an innovative, nonpartisan agenda of scholarship, public education, and legal action that promotes equality and human dignity, while safeguarding fundamental freedoms. Through its Voting & Representation project, the Brennan Center promotes policies that protect rights to equal electoral access and political participation.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law. The Voting Rights Project litigates cases under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, the Voting Rights Act, and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The Voting Rights Project also works with policy makers and coalition partners to shape and advocate for substantive Electoral Reform to remedy systemic problems in the administration of elections.

Founded in 1968, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the leading nonprofit Latino litigation, advocacy and educational outreach institution in the United States. MALDEF's mission is to foster sound public policies, laws and programs to safeguard the civil rights of the 40 million Latinos living in the United States and to empower the Latino community to fully participate in our society.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) was founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall. Although LDF's primary purpose was to provide legal assistance to poor African Americans, its work over the years has brought greater justice to all Americans. As the nation's oldest and most successful civil rights and public interest law firm, LDF is recognized for its pioneering and long-standing advocacy in the area of voting rights and political empowerment for people of color and the poor.