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Dismantling Voting Barriers for Voters with Disabilities

While voter ID laws silence millions of Americans, they hit some communities harder than others. Voters with disabilities are especially affected by voter ID laws because of the challenges they face in getting identification. Many don’t drive so they don’t have driver’s licenses, and they also don’t have their own transportation, making it difficult to […]

Grandmother & Grandson No Longer "Trapped" Thanks to New ID

2022 has been an extremely difficult year for Rosari Williams, a 54-year-old Floridian who became houseless after losing her mother in January. While Ms. Wiliams received her mother’s inheritance, it remained locked away for several months. The reason: she didn’t have an ID. Then, she met Eli Garcia from VoteRiders. In June, Ms. Williams told […]

Arizona’s disabled community faces unique challenges on their way to the ballot box

AUGUST 15, 2022 — Phoenix, Arizona — Arizona Mirror details VoteRiders’ role in helping voters in the disability community by highlighting the story of one visually impaired Arizona couple who voted for the first time in 6 years after receiving voter ID assistance from VoteRiders. Author: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy Published: August 15, 2022 Stephen and Mary […]

High School Graduate Secures First Voter ID

Meet Jovonte! Jovonte is an 18-year-old living in Florida who works at Subway and loves to cut hair. After graduating high school in June, Jovonte needed an ID to get a job. Luckily, he was connected to VoteRiders through Sage Shared Living, a group home where he has resided since aging out of foster care. […]

VoteRiders Staff Spotlight: Nick Ramos

When Nick Ramos came across VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Voter ID Coalition Coordinator position at VoteRiders back in 2021, it felt like the stars were aligning. After finishing four years on the Mayor of Milwaukee’s staff, Nick knew he wanted to re-engage with voter protection work, a field he was involved in five years prior as a […]

Aiming to get Texas voters to polls, nonprofit contacts Austinites

JULY 26, 2022 — Austin, Texas — Axios Austin reported on VoteRiders’ recent Texas letter writing campaign which put important voter ID information in front of 10,000 Texas voters. Author: Asher Price Published: July 26, 2022 Apparently it’s never too early to put voter ID information in front of Texans. Driving the news: Some voters […]

Florida Voter Finally Gets ID Four Years Later

Mac was holding up a sign outside a McDonald’s when VoteRiders’ Florida Voter ID Coalition Coordinator Jazlyn Gallego approached him. Reading his sign and learning that Mac was houseless, Jazlyn wondered if he was in need of voter ID. She handed him a card that included information on how VoteRiders could help him get one. […]

VoteRiders Fights Misinformation and Secures Family's IDs for Voting - and Living

A multiple sclerosis diagnosis, a job loss, an eviction, and a flood that destroyed most of their important documents – these are the calamities that forced Roger and Sandra, their son Evan, (names changed for privacy), and the couple’s younger children out of their southeast coastal Virginia home in 2016. To add to their woes, […]