Better Elections Now! was founded in 2020 by Boston University Senior Lecturer Dr. Shawn Lynch, with enormous help from students, faculty, and friends. It was founded in November, 2016, to lobby the Presidential Electors to elect someone other than Donald Trump. After the failure of that effort, BEN! has been a voter-rights and education organization and has helped register voters. Dr. Lynch himself runs the anti-MAGA efforts, while other volunteers work on voter education.