Voter Participation

The mission of the Voter Participation Program is to increase voter participation among historically disenfranchised communities. For over 20 years, Project Vote has developed and run large-scale voter registration drives and Get Out the Vote programs that placed paid canvassers—occasionally volunteers—of local community organizations in high traffic sites in neighborhoods of color.

Currently, Project Vote fulfills this mission by providing specialized technical help to partner organizations and nonprofit service providers who want to run voter engagement efforts within their constituencies, and by contributing leadership, knowledge, and critical infrastructure to the civic engagement sector.

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NPI Train the Trainers Toolkit: Pennsylvania

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Download a free toolkit for nonprofit providers in Pennsylvania to train their staff to provide voter registration services to their clients. The toolkit contains a training manual, a Powerpoint presentation, guides to voter registration laws, and other useful tools. Read more

Nonprofit Partners Initiative: A Guide to Training Your Staff

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A guide to training nonprofit service provider staff on how to provide voter registration services. Read more

Voter Registration Programs: Best Practices

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A general, practical outline of best practices and procedures for running an efficient and effective nonpartisan voter registration field program. Read more

Infographic (in Spanish): Project Vote Nonprofit Partners Initiative

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A Spanish-language version of the infographic explaining how nonprofit service providers can receive free voter registration training from Project Vote—and why they should. Read more

Infographic: Project Vote Nonprofit Partners Initiative

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An infographic explaining how nonprofit service providers can receive free voter registration training from Project Vote—and why they should. Read more

Key Findings: Representational Bias in the 2012 Electorate

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Key findings from the full report. Read more

Representational Bias in the 2012 Electorate

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Analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, Representational Bias reviews the story of who was eligible to vote, who was registered to vote, and who did vote in the 2012 general election. Read more

State Voter Registration Guide: Vermont

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This guide covers who is eligible to register in the state, the deadlines for submitting registrations, and the state laws governing voter registration drives. Read more

Political Participation of LGBT Americans

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In this research memo, Project Vote Senior Public Policy Analyst Vanessa M. Perez summarizes the findings of recent research on voter participation of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people to identify important gaps in our knowledge of the voting trends of this population. Read more

State Voter Registration Guide: Alabama

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This guide covers who is eligible to register in the state, the deadlines for submitting registrations, and the state laws governing voter registration drives. Read more