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NONPROFITS GET OUT THE VOTE Countdown to Election Day

NONPROFITS GET OUT THE VOTE Countdown to Election Day. ABOUT US. A national hub of voter engagement resources and trainings to help nonprofits encourage our staff and the people we serve to participate and vote. Find more about our mission and partners on our website: www.nonprofitvote.org.

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NONPROFITS GET OUT THE VOTE Countdown to Election Day

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  1. NONPROFITSGET OUT THE VOTECountdown to Election Day

  2. ABOUT US A national hub of voter engagement resources and trainings to help nonprofits encourage our staff and the people we serve to participate and vote. Find more about our mission and partners on our website: www.nonprofitvote.org About Us

  3. MICHAEL WEEKES • Founder and Board Chair, Nonprofit VOTE, • President and CEO of the Providers’ Council • of Massachusetts Nonprofits GOTV!

  4. About Us

  5. NONPROFITS Get Out The Vote! About Us

  6. DAN HAWKINS - NACHC Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Research, National Association of Community Health Centers NACHC

  7. WWW.CHCVOTE.ORG Community Health Vote NACHC

  8. Nevada Health CentersMartin Luther King Family Health Center in Las Vegas Jessica Ebelhar/Las Vegas Review-Journal

  9. Southern Jersey Community Health Center

  10. Clinica Family Health Services –Boulder, CO

  11. NACHC GOTV Poster Contest Winners

  12. MARIA TERESA KUMAR – VOTO LATINO CEO and President, Voto Latino VOTO LATINO

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  16. AGENDACOUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY • Get Out the Vote Principles • Early Voting • Mobilizing for GOTV • Election Day • Tools and Resources • Questions Agenda

  17. WHAT NONPROFITS CAN DO We can’t endorse candidates, but we can endorse voting! One Rule: A 501(c)(3) nonprofit may not support or oppose candidates for public office. Voter Engagement:However, 501(c)(3) may undertake a wide variety of nonpartisan voter engagement activities, including: Voter Registration Voter Education Get Out the Vote Get Out The Vote

  18. GOTV PRINCIPLES Make it Personal:Personal contact works best! Promote Turnout:Everyone’s doing it. Turnout’s expected to be high Create Urgency:There’s a lot at stake. On issues, for your nonprofit, for the community Make it Easy:Voting’s easy to do Get Out The Vote

  19. GOTV MESSAGES Talking About Voting Content is important. The messenger is more important • Use positive messages • Your voice, your vote • Stand up and be counted • You decide - Don’t let others decide for you. • Avoid negative ones • Scale back voter suppression talk that makes voting seem confusing or hard

  20. TALK ABOUT VOTING! Talking About Voting Your relationship with your staff, constituents and community is one of your greatest assets Face to face interaction is most effective (social media counts too)

  21. TIPS ON TALKING ABOUT VOTING Talking About Voting • Assume that people plan to vote and help them to do that • Ask questions based on that assumption: • Are you voting early or on Election Day? • Do you know your polling place? • What help do you need voting? • “Scheduling an appointment” to vote • Research has shown that being asked to think about or visualize your plan to vote increases the chance that you will vote

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  23. EARLY VOTING IN THE STATES National Conference of State Legislators www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/absentee-and-early-voting.aspx

  24. EARLY VOTING MATTERS! Vote by Mail/Absentee Ballots: Help your community get and fill out absentee ballot applications. Find and promote the deadlines dates for applying and turning it in. Early Voting In Person: Promote where and when to early vote in person GOTV

  25. EARLY VOTING RESOURCES • Nonprofit VOTE 50 State Guide:Links to official information on Absentee and Early in-person voting on your state election website • Long Distance Voter:The absentee ballot experts and guide to early voting • US Vote Foundation:Fill out, print and send in absentee ballot request on your state’s form Call your local election board for more!

  26. GETTING OUT THE VOTE – last 2 weeks Targeting your audiences and activities Reminding people to vote Helping people vote Creating visibility and excitement Get Out The Vote

  27. Crisis Assistance Ministry - Charlotte NC

  28. Voter Engagement Partners Crisis Assistance Ministry

  29. One-Stop Early Voting Crisis Assistance Ministry

  30. GOTV Follow Up

  31. THE INAUGURAL CIVIC ENGAGMENT CAMPAIGN AT HARBOR HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Kate Audette, MSW Sr. Policy Analyst Harbor Health Services, Inc. READY, SET, REGISTER! Harbor Health Services

  32. WHO ARE WE? Harbor Health Services www.hhsi.us • Non profit community health agency serving communities in Boston and Cape Cod • Over 500 staff • Over 30,000 patients • Consumer Board of Directors • Our partners for our civic engagement strategy include: • The National Association of Community Health Centers • The Mass League of Community Health Centers • MassVote • The League of Women Voters

  33. OUR GOTV STRATEGY Harbor Health Services • GOTV is part of a larger civic engagement strategy • Our targets include: • Staff (and consumer Board) • Health center patients • PACE participants • Community

  34. Courtesy of the Mass League of Community Health Centers http://www.ivoteicount.org/posters/

  35. Courtesy of the Mass League of Community Health Centers http://www.ivoteicount.org/posters/

  36. Courtesy of the Mass League of Community Health Centers http://www.ivoteicount.org/posters/

  37. Courtesy of the Mass League of Community Health Centers http://www.ivoteicount.org/posters/

  38. MORE IDEAS - THE FINAL TWO WEEKS Orient staff to answer basic election questions When providing services, ask people if they need help voting Hold a Get Out The Vote event (like a Trick or Vote event) Give out sample ballots, voter guides, palm cards Phone message for callers, etc. Get Out The Vote

  39. ELECTION DAY! Election Day • Be prepared:Be able to answer questions • Where to get help voting • How to find your poll • Ask if you voted: Ask everyone if they voted or need help voting • Celebrate Democracy: Make Election Day special. Have a party.

  40. TOOLS AND RESOURCES Zachary Markovits, Manager of Elections Initiative, Pew Center on the States

  41. VOTER HELP LINES Local • Local Election Board or Secretary of State National • 866-OUR VOTE • www.866ourvote.org/ • 888-VE Y VOTA • www.veyvota.yaeshora.info/

  42. Tools and resources from Nonprofit Vote

  43. questions

  44. info@nonprofitvote.org 617.357.VOTE (8683) www.nonprofitvote.org Nonprofit VOTE 89 South Street Suite 203 Boston, MA 02111 Jeff Narabrook jnarabrook@minnesotanonprofits.org Julian Johannesen julian@nonprofitvote.org

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