About

We Help Elect Voting Rights Leaders!

VRF has separate federal and state PACs, pooling our resources and donors to support candidates who are active leaders in protecting voting rights for all U.S. citizens. The federal PAC supports candidates for U.S. President, Senate, and House. Starting with the 2020 cycle, VRF established a PAC in Arizona, a former "pre-clearance" state due to a history of Voting Rights Act violations. VRF Arizona targets support for candidates for offices charged with funding and administering elections: Secretary of State, State Legislature, and County Supervisors.

The VRF Leadership Team

Mark has spent nearly 30 years as an election protection watchdog, civil rights activist, and federal voting rights attorney through his Washington, DC law office; he has designed, run, and participated in election protection programs nationwide. He is an elected National Committeeman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Arizona Democratic Party State Committee Member, and Precinct Committeeman; he has over three decades of campaign experience and previously served as the Maricopa County Democratic Party's election integrity director and co-chair of the Arizona Democratic Law Professionals Association. A three-decade union member, he has enjoyed a long career as a stage and screen actor, writer, director, producer, and Off-Broadway artistic director; he is also an entertainment and arts attorney. An Arizona native and graduate of Phoenix public schools, he holds degrees from Princeton University (Public & International Affairs, Afro-American Studies), Columbia Law School, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Paul is a Tempe-based Arizona elections law attorney for 30+ years. He has worked with Democratic organizations on election protection and redistricting issues for most of that time. He served as the General Counsel for the Maricopa County Democratic Party, the Chair of his LD6 Democratic organization and is a longtime Arizona State Committee Member. Paul is the founder and host of two recent “Arizona Democracy Never Sleeps” telethons supporting election-related measures. He is currently incoming Chair for the Arizona Democratic Law Professionals Association. In his spare time, Paul co-founded and publishes ArizonasPolitics.com, and founded ArizonasLaw.org. In that capacity, he has investigated and written extensively about Arizona’s dark money roots, and (too) many election integrity cases.