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These principles provide a framework for key components of low-income assistance, including income and nutrition assistance programs, access to social supports, and access to basic necessities.&nbs

Policymakers should enact and update public financing systems for elections. This includes increasing matching funds, particularly for small donations.

Policymakers should establish and enforce uniform standards to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process.

Policymakers should encourage and promote maximum participation in the electoral process.

Federal, state, and local governments should maintain substantial penalties for violations of campaign finance laws.

Policymakers should expand disclosure requirements for all funds spent on elections or ballot initiatives.

Policymakers should protect against deceptive or misleading political fundraising practices. 

All voters should be able to cast an absentee ballot (known as no-excuse absentee voting or no-excuse vote-by-mail). Election officials should make absentee voting easy and convenient.

Elections should be administered in a transparent and nonpartisan manner. Poll workers should take training on best practices for ensuring nonpartisanship is upheld during elections.

Qualified voters should not be excluded from voting because of: