EXPANDING DEMOCRACY ACCESS IN TEXAS

Mi Familia Vota (My Family Votes) is a leading Latinx civic engagement organization whose mission is to build Latinx political power by expanding the electorate, strengthening local infrastructure, and engaging voters year-round. In Texas, a long state history of voter suppression has led to low voter registration and participation. Mi Familia Vota’s Texas division engaged a team to help expand its capacity to advance a proactive voting rights agenda. The team researched and analyzed electoral access policies, designed a survey to gauge community members’ voter access experience, tracked and evaluated new legislation introduced in Texas, and created a power map of key legislators and committees in the Texas House of Representatives to identify potential allies and opponents. With this information, the team produced a legislative action plan to guide Mi Familia Vota’s mobilization around affirmative and restrictive voting access proposals.