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Donations and membership fees are used to pay for public election records from Florida’s 67 counties; pay rent for our office space, utilities, phone, and office supplies; and reimburse travel expenses to staff members for trips to counties to inspect public records, to speak to organizations around the state on election-integrity issues, to attend election conferences, and for trips to Tallahassee to meet with legislators. We have also paid a small retainer fee to an attorney in preparation for legal actions against those counties or state offices that refuse to provide public records or that charge an exorbitant fee for those records.
We monitor elections, analyze election audit logs, investigate official misconduct, write reports on our findings, and rally citizens to participate in the democratic process. We follow proposed legislation in the Florida Legislature and U.S. Congress, advocate for fair election procedures, and write editorials for newspapers and other publications. We study election law, voting system certification standards, election procedures, and election problems in Florida and around the nation, with the goal of finding solutions.
We study accessibility issues, voter suppression tactics, federal and state standards, and more.
We are non-partisan in our efforts because we believe that partisanship in election-related matters is inappropriate andf one of the failings of our current system. Fair elections are for ALL citizens regardless of their party affiliation.
No one on our staff has ever received a salary, but we hope to change that to make FFEC become an ongoing and sustainable organization.
We hope you will support our efforts. Thank you very much for your donation.
Tax-deductible donations to Florida Fair Elections Center, a 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated according to Florida law, are used for research and educational purposes. For the purpose of tax-deductible donations only, the Center operates under the financial sponsorship of the International Humanities Center, which takes 5% of all donations to administer the financial affairs of the Center. The policies and procedures of the Center are in no way affected, guided or influenced by the International Humanities Center.
Non-tax-deductible donations, including memberships, are used to support the efforts of Florida Fair Elections Coalition, a 501(c)(4) corporation incorporated according to Florida law. The Coalition has more freedom to advocate for or against specific laws and take positions on specific issues. The Coalition’s Board of Directors normally meets at 10 am on the third Saturday of each month at the FFEC office in DeLand. These meetings are open to the public. On occasion, it is necessary to hold the monthly meeting at a different time or location, so please call our office ahead of time at 386-736-8086 if you would like to attend.
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To become a member of the Coalition or to make an additional non-tax-deductible donation, please send your check, payable to FFEC, to:
Florida Fair Elections Coalition
112 W. New York Ave., Suite 211
DeLand, FL 32720
To make a tax-deductible donation to the Center, please click on the Donate key below.
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