Help reform the Electoral College
We hit our initial crowdfunding goal! But we can’t stop now. We want to take our case all the way to the Supreme Court. Every dollar we raise before midnight on October 13th will help give our legal challenge to the Electoral College a huge head start.
Let’s fix the way we elect presidents—make a secure, tax-deductible donation today.
WE DID IT!
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Donations from people who believe in the "one person, one vote" principle
We are compiling an all-star legal team to take our lawsuit against "winner take all" forward
In a democracy, all votes should count equally. In our democracy, when voting for the president, they do not.
Because of the winner-take-all allocation of electoral votes, if you don’t vote for the candidate who wins your state, your vote counts for nothing. That violates the Constitution’s “one person, one vote” principle. We plan to challenge this system in the courts. Join this fight for citizen equality.
We’re building a movement of Americans who demand more fair and equal elections.
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What is Equal Votes?
Equal Votes is a crowdfunded legal challenge to the winner-take-all allocation of Electoral College votes. Winner-take-all is not in the Constitution. We believe the system violates our amended Constitution. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees that all of us, and all of our votes, must be treated equally under the law. Winner-take-all breaks that guarantee. Over 52 million votes were ignored in the 2016 election because of winner-take-all.
Learn more about OUR PLAN →
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Who’s behind Equal Votes?
People like you, who want our elections to be truly democratic and equal. Your donations will help Equal Votes, a project of Equal Citizens — a non-profit organization founded by Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, bring the lawsuits that can change our unfair system in time for the 2020 election.
Learn more about OUR TEAM →
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How will the lawsuit work?
We are planning to file lawsuits in federal courts on behalf of real voters perpetually disenfranchised by the winner-take-all system. We have identified voters in two safe states who believe they have been denied representation in presidential elections for decades because of this system. The goal is to have the Supreme Court rule on winner-take-all in time for the 2020 presidential election.
Learn more about this legal case in our FAQs →
Watch our VIDEOS to learn more about why we think we can win →
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