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[caption id="attachment_13206" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tracy Pease (left) with team member DeVon Dunham(right).[/caption] Tracy Pease — VoteRiders’ Detroit Organizer — first learned the importance of organizing when she started going to union meetings with her father at the early age of six. After spending years of working as a volunteer organizer while…
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By: Lauren Kunis, VoteRiders Executive Director – October 27, 2023 Many of us are focused on next year’s elections, and with good reason. With control of the White House, Congress, and numerous state legislatures on the ballot in 2024, there’s a lot at stake. VoteRiders is rapidly scaling up our…
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BY HANSI LO WANG, NPR — JUNE 11, 2024 Top Republicans are lining up behind a proposal to require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. But for millions of U.S. citizens, it’s not easy to prove their citizenship with a document. About 1 in 10 adult citizens, or 21.3…
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BY MATT VASILOGAMBROS, STATELINE - JULY 1, 2024 For more than a decade, Republican lawmakers have pushed to implement stricter voter ID laws. Thirty-six states require some form of identification to cast a ballot, though laws vary by state over the accepted types of identification and requirements to vote by…
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Guest post by Joy Scott and Jason Scott-Sheets of Scott Public Relations – When planning his vacation this year, Ed Shapiro knew he would include a trip to Wisconsin from his home in Washington State. Why Wisconsin? That’s where Ed, a retired physician, found his way to support the democratic process he…
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Before joining VoteRiders in 2019, Hannah Piercey spent six years leading digital strategy and training programs for the Edible Schoolyard Project. In this role, she helped build a national coalition to advocate for free meals and comprehensive food education in public schools. Hannah started her career as a field organizer…
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Marc Fagel is a former partner with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he served as co-chair of the firm’s national Securities Enforcement Practice Group. Prior to joining Gibson, Marc was the Regional Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco Regional Office. He recently retired…
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Lexi Fite is a digital communications strategist with experience working at the intersection of tech and politics. She formerly worked in digital consulting for political advocacy and nonprofit organizations at Bully Pulpit Interactive, then worked at Meta supporting political organizations through the 2020 U.S. election. Currently, Lexi is leading digital…
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Jessica Hulett has spent the entirety of her professional career in the field of civic engagement and voter education efforts, specifically focusing on outreach to under-represented youth minority communities. Prior to joining VoteRiders, Jessica was the South Houston Advocacy and Field Organizer at Texas Rising. She previously worked for the…