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Expanding the right to vote in 2014

Expanding the right to vote in 2014. Presented by. About Nonprofit VOTE. Founded in 2005, Nonprofit VOTE partners with America's nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote.

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Expanding the right to vote in 2014

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  1. Expanding the right to vote in 2014 Presentedby

  2. About Nonprofit VOTE Founded in 2005, Nonprofit VOTE partners with America's nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote. We are a leading source of nonpartisan training, materials and other resources for nonprofits doing voter engagement work. Find out more about our mission and partners on our site at www.nonprofitvote.org About Nonprofit VOTE

  3. About the BREnnan Center • Who we are: • Democracy and Justice • Think Tank, Advocacy Group, Public Interest Law Firm, Communications Hub • What we do: • Policy initiatives and reports • Lobbying, coalition efforts, and testimony • Legal representation and amicus briefs • Media work About the Brennan Center

  4. Today’s presenter Jonathan Brater Counsel, Democracy Program Brennan Center for Justice Who

  5. agenda • Part 1: Positive Change and Continuing Challenges • Part 2: Making Voting Easier • Voter Registration Modernization • Online Registration • Election Day Correction • Pre-Registration • Early Voting • Other Positive Reforms • Part 3: New Tools and Messaging Agenda

  6. Part 1: Positive change and continuing challenges Part 1

  7. Laws Expanding the Right to Vote SINCE 2012

  8. Laws Restricting the right to Vote since 2010

  9. Voters and their Advocates Fight Back

  10. New Restrictions for 2014

  11. 16 States Have Expanded Voting Access Since 2012

  12. Part 2: making voting easier Part 2

  13. Voter Registration Modernization

  14. Modernizing Voter Registration • Electronic Registration • Registration information transferred in seamless, electronic format • Online Registration • Voters can use secure, online portal • Portable Registration • Voters’ registration moves with the • Election Day Correction • Voters can update and correct errors on Election Day Registration Modernization

  15. Benefits of Modernized Reg. • Participation • Efficiency • Security Registration Modernization

  16. Online voter registration

  17. Same Day RegistraTION

  18. Pre-Registration

  19. Early Voting

  20. Other Positive Reforms

  21. Part 3: new tools and messages Part 3

  22. Rock the vote voter registration tool New Tools

  23. Nonprofit vote “voting in your state” New Tools

  24. FELN voter registration guides New Tools

  25. Brennan Center Student Voting Guide • 50-state guide to help students register and vote • Explains basic residency, registration, identification, and absentee voting requirements • Available now at brennancenter.org New Tools

  26. Election Protection New Tools

  27. New guidelines for GOTV • Wide and shallow is good: One contact with a 100 people is better than two with 50 people • Increase social pressure • Talk about voting, not issues: Ask and help people to vote, but don’t try to persuade them on the issues • Stretching the GOTV timeframe: Voting by mail and voting early in person • Good conversations make a difference: Connecting with voters increases their likelihood to vote New Messages

  28. New messages for Advocates • Brennan Center and Advancement Project toolkit • Messages to help fight against restrictive measures, mobilize voters, and advance affirmative reforms • Available soon New Messages

  29. Additional resources More Resources www.brennancenter.org www.nonprofitvote.org

  30. info@nonprofitvote.org 617.357.VOTE (8683) www.nonprofitvote.org Nonprofit VOTE 89 South Street Suite 203 Boston, MA 02111 brennancenter@nyu.edu 646.292.8310 www.brennancenter.org Brennan Center 161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor New York, NY 10013 Jonathan Brater jonathan.brater@nyu.edu (646) 292-8373 Julian Johannesen julian@nonprofitvote.org

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