Since 1909, the nationwide Voter Empowerment Program has championed voting as a fundamental right for all citizens. The program has helped to develop the Dodd-Conyers "Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act" to strengthen the United States election process. The act required each state to meet the voting system standards, provide provisional voting, and distribute sample ballots and voting instructions prior to the elections. If not, ones rights are jeopardized by understaffed polls, faulty equipment, language barriers, arbitrary decisions by election officials and misguided efforts to prevent former felons from voting. These and other "irregularities can undermine voter's rights to participate in the voting process. Therefore, The NAACP fights to preserve and extend the right to vote to all citizens by registering people to vote as well as helping to protect their right to vote.
Also, the program encompasses several components designed to educate and empower people of color to vote. In effort to achieve its objectives the Voter Empowerment Program provides support and expert services to state and local NAACP units to galvanize and increase voter participation in their communities. The NAACP Voter Empowerment Program makes itself available to groups and organizations committed to educating and empowering people of color to vote. Literature, materials and expertise are provided to NAACP units and coalition partners to ensure the development of successful voter empowerment campaigns.
The NAACP Voter Empowerment Program has formed partnerships with major organizations in various communities including churches, sororities, fraternities, civic organizations, social clubs, civil rights organizations, labor unions, and representatives of the homeless.
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