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A Campaign to Coordinate Voter Education Campaign Activities around the 2011 Egyptian Parliamentary Elections

A Campaign to Coordinate Voter Education Campaign Activities around the 2011 Egyptian Parliamentary Elections. What is our voter education campaign. A effort to communicate to citizens - especially new and traditionally disenfranchised citizen about the rights and responsibilities about voting. 

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A Campaign to Coordinate Voter Education Campaign Activities around the 2011 Egyptian Parliamentary Elections

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  1. A Campaign to Coordinate Voter Education Campaign Activities around the 2011 Egyptian Parliamentary Elections

  2. What is our voter education campaign A effort to communicate to citizens - especially new and traditionally disenfranchised citizen about the rights and responsibilities about voting.  In order to do that organizer need to understand the rules and laws that govern the upcoming elections - and the basic process that any individual will have to go through to cast a ballot. The message should be motivational and inspirational not technical.  Connecting the voter to the change and impact of voting is also critical.  

  3. Founding Organizations(that form advisory committee):     • Partners in Change:  • Justice Center  for Citizenship and Human Rights (JCCHR) • Our community for Dev and Human Rights (OCDHR)  • Egyptian Democratic Institute (EDI) • National Democratic Institute • I Know My Rights

  4. Ally Sotak Team Co-Chairs of PIC and Ally Sotak Voter Education Program Manager Program Officer – Dep to Ally Sotak Program Assistant – Coalition work Administrative support Field Director Online Communications and Tech support Website Content and Reporting Assist. Administrative Partners in Change: • Abeer • Emad Ramadan NDI: • Amy Pritchard • WaelMickial • Hana Elhattab • Sarah Harity • Ahmed Okasha • BelalGooda • AmalTawfik • Bola Shafik

  5. Ally Sotak Voter Education Campaign Activities: • Voter Education Materials: Media & Print Materials • Paid and Volunteer Field Coordinators • Voter Education Campaign Centers • Coordination of organizations conducting non-partisan voter education activities.  • Training of Trainers (TOT, Voter Education Meetings and Events) • Allysotak.com

  6. AllySotak.com Products & Materials • Print Materials Videos (coming very soon!)

  7. Ally Sotak now has: • 39 full time organizers • in 24 governorates (working in all 27 govenorates) • With 40 Voter Education Centers • In just our first 3 weeks these organizers have reported* in about over 117 diverse evnts, meetings and other types of activities., door to door campaigning and 34 “street events” connect with 6557 direct participants

  8. Field Coordinators  Responsibilities: • One-on-meeting meeting with community leaders • Attend and be available as trainer for other VE events • Recruit business, civil society and/or other organizations that act as "public" places to distribute VEC materials.  • Organize small events & activities to generate awareness about the upcoming elections

  9. Voter Education Campaign Centers A voter education center is any location  - office, store, meeting place that agrees to provide materials to it clients, members, customers, etc. Our goal is to recruit as many locations as possible to be voter education centers – and distribution locations. 

  10. Voter Education Campaign Centers

  11. Voter Education Campaign Centers Expansion Vision:

  12. ToT trainings, Voter Education Meetings and Events Our regional coordinators and trainers will organize and host a series of events across the country which will be open to community leaders and really anyone interest in learning about the upcoming elections.  These events will be put on a public and shared calendar here: (Ally Sotak Google Calendar)

  13. AllySotak.com  • Videos • Print materials • Other Election and political Resources • Calendar of events • Map of Voter Education Centers • Blog & SocNets

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