BY ERIN CARDEN, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, VOTERIDERS — NOVEMBER 30, 2023 When 67 year-old Rosemaria Bowden looked down at her shopping cart and saw that her wallet had vanished, her stomach sank. It was the day before Thanksgiving. She had decided to stop by Walmart to pick up a birthday card for her grandson. One […]
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BY CATHERINE FISH, CIVIC NATION, BRAND CONTRIBUTOR — NOVEMBER 15, 2023 This week, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) celebrated and recognized colleges and universities as well as students, faculty and staff, presidents and chancellors, coaches, partner organizations, and election officials for their nonpartisan efforts to engage college students in the 2022 midterm elections. These […]
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BY VOTERIDERS PARTNER, US.VOTE — NOVEMBER 15, 2023 The first question for many voters in America remains a crucial one that can determine their ability to vote, or not. “Can I vote if I don’t have an ID?” is that question, and there’s no better person than Lauren Kunis, CEO of VoteRiders, to answer it. […]
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BY KATE PLUMMER, NEWSWEEK — NOVEMBER 13, 2023 The number of voters who required support from a helpline to cast their vote in elections this year tripled, with a voter advocacy group warning that voter ID rules are “confusing.” According to data supplied to Newsweek by VoteRiders, the number of voters who called or texted […]
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BY SYDNEY DAWES, DAYTON DAILY NEWS — OCTOBER 19, 2023 A national voter advocacy group is working in the Miami Valley to help Ohioans get the documents they need to vote in their local elections. A new voting law that went into effect earlier this year created notable changes to in-person and early voting. Voters […]
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VoteRiders’ Digital Communications Coordinator, Erin Carden, speaks with VoteRiders’ National Outreach Director, Selene Gomez, about what VoteRiders is doing to celebrate National Latinx Heritage Month, the importance of calling out the systemic structures that silence Latinx communities in the United States, and how we are working together to build a stronger and more inclusive democracy. […]
Read MoreBY ERIN CARDEN & JESSICA MEZA, VOTERIDERS Our staff and many wonderful volunteers are available to help people replace lost or damaged documents, make DMV appointments, and obtain the IDs they need to vote in every election. To prepare for a hurricane or another natural disaster, we strongly recommend that you take a picture of […]
Read MoreAugust 17, 2023 In the midterm election cycle (2021-2022) VoteRiders ran its most ambitious and far-reaching program to date. Over the course of two years, we directly reached over 7 million voters with ID information and help. But did it make an impact? I’m excited to share the results from our most rigorous program analysis […]
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By Pamela Pearson, National Voter ID Assistance Director, North Carolina Voter ID Coalition Coordinator and Deputy General Counsel at VoteRiders — August 9, 2023 Alexander reached out to VoteRiders in early June 2023 after hearing about our free ID services through Community Transitions, one of our North Carolina based partner organizations. He had just been released […]
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