About Us
All Voting is committed to fighting for the freedom to vote and advancing pro-voter policies at the state and local level, ensuring that all Americans, particularly Black, Brown, Native American, and other historically excluded communities, have their voices heard.
defending democracy at the state and local level
today and every day
All Voting is Local (“All Voting”) is a nonpartisan organization that fights on the ground in eight states for free and fair elections. In a moment of continuous threats to our democracy, All Voting advocates for voters and supports state and local officials in adopting policies and practices that ensure the American people choose their leaders, not the other way around.
Year-round, we work with our partners to prevent partisan interference in our elections, advance fair and inclusive rules on voter registration, and remove barriers that make it more difficult for people to vote – particularly for Black, Brown, Native American, and other historically marginalized communities. As a multi-state organization with a national presence and resources, we foster connections between state and national advocacy groups, ensuring that local voices and perspectives inform the national conversation on voter access.
All Voting is on the ground in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. During the 2024 cycle, All Voting programs expanded access for more than 13 million voters.
Our Vision for the Future of Voting:
In 2025, All Voting launched its Pro-Voter Agenda—a long-term, affirmative vision for voting that calls on state and local election officials to utilize the broad authority they already possess to expand access to the ballot. The Pro-Voter Agenda was created as a tool to be implemented by those decision-makers while centering Black, Brown, Native American, and other historically marginalized communities. Read it here: National Pro-Voter Agenda – All Voting is Local, and visit state pages for our vision in our target states.
What makes All Voting unique?
Unique capacity
We combine our on-the-ground presence and experience with in-house communications, policy, organizing, and data capacity to power local fights against voter suppression and election sabotage.
bridging In-state know-how and national expertise
Our deep partnerships with both national and in-state groups ensure we have the expertise, relationships, and resources to hold officials accountable to the communities they serve.
exclusive and year-round focus
We influence the election administration decisions that matter when they are made.
Our work is nonpartisan and focuses on five key areas to ensure that the right to vote belongs to all of us.
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VOTER REGISTRATION
We’re helping to improve and expand state and local voter registration practices so that every American can get on the rolls, and stay on the rolls.
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VOTING
We’re advancing voting policies and practices that enable every voter to vote when, where, and how it works for them—in under 30 minutes.
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sTOPPING PARTISAN INTERFERENCE
We’re working to stop partisan interference in vote counting and certification — because the people decide who wins our elections, not politicians.
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fostering a culture of opposition
We’re fostering and growing a culture of opposition to policies and practices that deny the freedom to vote at the state and local level.
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Strengthening the Movement
We’re strengthening the pro-democracy movement by connecting local, state, and national organizations, leaders, and officials to facilitate unified, resilient, long-term strategies to protect and expand voter access—from the community- to the statewide-level.
Today’s Threats
The fundamental tenet of American democracy—that every citizen has the right to participate in a free and fair election—is under attack. Today, election denialism has taken root at the highest levels of our government, and leaders have been crystal clear about their intentions to undermine core voter freedoms. Ensuring this dangerous agenda does not take hold will rely on the type of resilience and power we saw from voters and election officials in 2024. In the long term, that means advancing an elections system and a pro-voter agenda that brings people in and gives them more power and voice in our democracy. In the short term, it means fighting for policies that break down barriers that make it hard to register to vote and to cast a ballot. And it means restoring confidence in our elections for all voters.
All Voting’s Origins
All Voting is Local started as an idea. In the wake of the disastrous ruling in Shelby County v. Holder and with state legislatures and Congress demonstrating an unwillingness to protect the right to vote (and in some cases, outright hostility to it), advocates sought new ways to fight for the right to vote. In March 2018, our executive director, Hannah Fried, launched All Voting as a campaign of The Leadership Conference Education Fund, alongside the ACLU, the American Constitution Society, the Campaign Legal Center, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Our mission was – and is – to build, hand in hand with impacted communities, sustained and locally tailored advocacy campaigns focused on state and local election officials. In the four years that followed, All Voting expanded to 33 dedicated staff on the ground in eight states. During this period of growth, we took our first step as an independent organization on June 1, 2022. Shortly after, we launched our affiliate All Voting is Local Action (AVL Action), an organization aimed at enhancing our capabilities to tackle the most urgent challenges of our time by fighting for legislation and policies that expand and protect voter access.
From the beginning, All Voting and AVL Action have uniquely and individually functioned to unite our on-the-ground initiatives with our in-house expertise in communications, policy, organizing, and data, fighting against voter suppression and election denial at the local level. Over the years, we’ve evolved from a concept to a powerhouse of more than 50 dedicated and experienced staff members committed to empowering communities and ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard. In the face of ongoing challenges, our work continues to successfully expand access to the ballot for voters across our eight states.
Learn more about our wins across our states with our 2024 impact report.