Election Administration

• Soros money partnered with the Rockefeller Family Fund to push for changes to voter registration policies at the national level and gave money to Pew Center On The States to push for voter list maintenance practices favorable to Soros at the state level.  After these grants were made, Oregon and California moved toward mandatory voter registration, where everyone who is on a government database is automatically put on the list of eligible  voters.  Legislation was also introduced in Congress to nationalize voter registration even though the Constitution gives power to the states to run their own elections.
• Soros money funded a variety of organizations to "broaden the voices calling for reform" including the Brennan Center for Justice which subsequently issued a report on mandatory voter registration.
• Soros money is funding some of the loudest voices who deny that voter fraud is a serious problem.   These voices have produced poorly researched studies that are routinely cited by mainstream media to argue that voter fraud is a myth.  Among the groups are the Brennan Center for Justice and the Advancement Project, two organizations that have opposed election integrity laws and have sought to stop the efforts of states to ensure that only citizens are voting.  Soros grants also went to "New America Media," which describes itself as "a nationwide association of 3,000 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism."  This mix of funding for media efforts with non-profit organizations that oppose election integrity was branded as "Broad and Equitable Access to the Ballot" in Soros funding documents.

• Soros money fueled efforts by Pew to press for election administration reforms.  Those efforts produced a system called ERIC which many states have adopted to verify voter eligibility.  As a condition of participation in ERIC, states must pay significant fees as well as do a mailing to all unregistered voters in that state encouraging them to register to vote.  The Soros funding documents state: "Because work at the state level is important in laying the groundwork for more sweeping reforms (in this and other areas within the Fund), we will also recommend funding The Pew Charitable Trusts "Make Voting Work" program (formerly a joint Pew-JEHT initiative), which supports innovative models at the state level and plans to expand into the arena of automatic registration in the coming year. This program works with state elections officials to standardize – and where necessary professionalize – election administration. Pew plans to focus its efforts on 4 states. Other state-level election systems funding will include continued support for advocacy around enforcement of various provisions of the Voting Rights Act, particularly related to voter registration. We are also likely to partner with other Election Administration Fund allies in promoting Election Day Registration and other efforts that build towards comprehensive structural reforms."
• The leaked documents also reveal how Soros-funded organizations hector state and local election officials into adopting policies favorable to the left through hard work and behind-the-scenes pressure: "Advocates in Georgia have been sitting in on board of elections meetings to spot discriminatory voting practices, while those in Los Angeles have started working with the County Registrar-Recorder’s office to plan best practices workshops for the annual national election officials’ association convening this August."  Local voter rolls are infested with millions of ineligible voters, in part because local and state election officials refuse to do what is necessary to clean them.
• Soros-funded groups even swoop in after ligation to push narratives to voters about the results of Soros-funded litigation. One leaked document shows $158,000 was spent on this activity in Texas alone: "Texas Election Protection ($158,000): The Opportunities Fund grant supported last-minute voting rights work in the state of Texas to ensure that: (1) registered voters were aware of new voter identification requirements; and (2) advocates were able to collect data showing the continued discriminatory impact of voter ID laws. As a result of this grant, the 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline received a record number of calls—up 45% from 2010."  This is a movement that spares no expense.