Tag: Florida

YAHOO NEWS: Key swing states rush to ensure Hurricane Helene won’t upend the 2024 election

BY MIKE BEBERNES, YAHOO NEWS — OCTOBER 15, 2024 In North Carolina, a critical swing state that will help decide the 2024 presidential election, Hurricane Helene flooded polling places, shuttered election offices, disrupted mail-in ballot delivery, shut down communication systems and displaced millions of voters when it roared ashore on Sept. 27. Now, with the […]

THE CHARGE NEWS: Students attempt to increase voter participation in Florida by teaming up with VoteRiders

BY SARA CASTILLO, THE CHARGE NEWS — OCTOBER 4, 2024 Volunteer UCF hosted “Writing Wednesday” Sept. 25 and collaborated with VoteRiders for students to write letters reminding Floridians about important dates this election. VoteRiders’ state coordinator said this was Volunteer UCF’s first partnership with VoteRiders, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that provides assistance around the country so that every […]

WUWF-FM: A photo ID is required to vote in Florida. Here's what you need to know

BY JENNIE MCKEON, WUWF — SEPTEMBER 17 Thirty-six states have photo ID laws requiring voters to show a valid photo ID at the polls. Florida is one of them. Ensuring you have the right ID, or even the right paperwork to acquire the right ID can be intimidating. That’s where VoteRiders comes in. Since 2012, the nonpartisan […]

FLORIDA PHOENIX: Post-2020 voter ID restrictions are getting their first test in November elections

BY JAY WAAGMEESTER — AUGUST 16, 2024 Florida is among the states that have ramped up voter ID laws since former President Donald Trump made false claims of a rigged 2020 election. November will see the first elections run under those new laws. According to VoteRiders, a voting advocacy organization, voter ID requirements have stiffened […]

CityBeat Guest Commentary: VoteRiders Helps Ohioans Receive the Proper Identification to Vote

In a country so rich in diversity in so many ways, these increasingly restrictive rules for acquiring a state ID threaten to disenfranchise a substantial number of citizens who want to vote. BY SHELLY JARRETT BROMBERG, VOTERIDERS VOLUNTEER — MARCH 7, 2024 “Family friendly.” Whenever I hear this term, I immediately think of the many citizens […]

'I Always Feel Like I Helped Somebody' Says VoteRiders Volunteer

VoteRiders Florida Super Volunteer Iris Johnston tells VoteRiders’ Digital Communications Coordinator about her inspiration for becoming a VoteRiders volunteer, her work assisting voters at the DMV, and the meaningful impact VoteRiders is having on American lives and our democracy — January 23, 2024. Tell me about yourself. Aside from volunteering with VoteRiders, what do you […]

‘It’s a Very Rewarding Way to Volunteer,’ Says Florida VoteRiders Volunteer

Like many Americans, Helen Peeples secured her first government-issued identification, a driver’s license, when she first learned how to drive at just 16 years old. But this is not the reality for millions of other Americans. As of 2020, nearly 29 million voting-age U.S. citizens lacked a non-expired driver’s license. And recent reports reveal that […]

Volunteer Highlight - Yaretzi Perez, Florida

April is National Volunteer Month and VoteRiders is honoring all of our dedicated volunteers who work so hard to help us ensure that every eligible voter has the ID they need to make their voices heard! When Yaretzi Perez asked community members living in a low-income area of Central Florida why they didn’t have an […]

'VoteRiders Added Years to My Life' Says Florida Voter

Carolina fled an abusive relationship that left her with broken ribs, a punctured left lung and destroyed belongings — including her state identification. After a six-day stay at a hospital in Florida, Carolina left with a doctor’s prescription for pain medication, but no pharmacy could dispense the pills unless she presented her ID. She was also […]