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BY ERIN CARDEN, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, VOTERIDERS — DECEMBER 19, 2023 Without a government-issued ID in Oklahoma, 64-year-old Julie Autaubo had to endure three years without critical medical care for her damaged liver. Despite several attempts to secure her ID, a missing marriage license from 39 years ago made it…
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Voter ID rules and requirements can be confusing to navigate. VoteRiders is here to help! This post is part of our series addressing some of the most common questions and challenges related to voter ID laws. Whether you're a first-time voter or an experienced one, we'll cover everything you need to know…
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By Ceridwen Cherry, Esq., MPP VoteRiders Legal Director – October 24, 2023 October 22-28 is the American Bar Association’s 2023 National Celebration of Pro Bono. For the past 15 years, legal organizations across the United States have participated in the National Celebration of Pro Bono to draw attention to the…
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BY LAUREN KUNIS, BRAND CONTRIBUTOR, CIVIC NATION, BRANDVOICE — DECEMBER 7, 2023 As a student at Arizona State University, 24-year-old Rebecca Tindle wanted to vote in the community where she attended school. But when she tried, she was frustrated that she couldn’t use her student ID to vote and by…
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By Ceridwen Cherry, VoteRiders Legal Director — June 28, 2023 As VoteRiders’ new Legal Director, I’m tasked with monitoring changes to voter ID laws in states around the country so that we can provide continuously updated and accurate information to voters and our thousands of partner organizations. Here’s the bad…
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[caption id="attachment_12922" align="alignright" width="266"] Eric and Pam show off Eric's new ID card.[/caption] When Eric’s boss offered him a promotion, he never thought an expired ID would cost him the offer — and his job. But that’s what happened to Eric, a young man who moved to North Carolina and…
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Earl Inscore has been living on the streets of North Carolina for the past three years. Throughout his experience of homelessness, he actively sought employment, but because he lacked proper identification, no one could hire him. After years of attempting to secure his identity documents with little success, Earl was…
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BY DANI DUARTE - OCTOBER 20, 2023 [caption id="attachment_18206" align="alignleft" width="300"] An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office on Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. Voter ID laws undermine and distort democracy. By creating extra barriers to the voting booth, they block millions…
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BY ERIN C., DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, VOTERIDERS — OCTOBER 18, 2023 In one fell swoop, fifty-one-year-old Fandrea Nazir lost her Social Security card and birth certificate — as well as the birth certificates of her two daughters and two grandchildren — when the folder in which they were stored was mistakenly…