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Campaign planning after redistricting in Virginia goes better with Smart Maps

Political districts shuffled by redistricting? Plan your campaign better with a Smart Map. Andrea Miller is the founder of Center of Common Ground, a Coke drinker and veteran organizer based in Virginia. Andrea uses Smart Maps created with ArcGIS Online with data from VPAP and other sources to:– Make it easier for voters to find …

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Grassroots innovate and think different to find unregistered voters

Grassroots innovation finds unregistered voters

Leave a Comment / Geotargeting, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

“Arkansas was the worst state for voter registration and election participation in 2020″. Get Loud Arkansas innovates to change that. Get Loud Arkansas (GLA) uses data analysis and volunteer canvassers to find and engage unregistered voters in Arkansas. Their approach cuts costs and time needed by using existing business apps. This blog explains how GLA …

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Voter suppression crime scene

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Keep it simple. This QR Code packs dozens of Republican voter suppression bills and encourages readers to call their senator to demand they support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Scanning the QR Code leads to an interactive map with details on the Republican voter suppression bills from the Brennan Center. A link shows how …

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Keep ’em honest. Photograph publicly displayed poll tapes of the vote count.

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers / By Deepak Puri

Photograph poll tapes at polling places on election night and check the vote totals against the official vote totals to catch any errors.

Voters become citizen reporters with SeeSay2020 to spotlight incidents of voter suppression making it easier for voting right advocates and the media to react quickly.

How The Lincoln Project converts voters into citizen reporters

Leave a Comment / Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Voters become citizen reporters with SeeSay2020 to spotlight incidents of voter suppression making it easier for voting right advocates and the media to react quickly.

Chatbots help Texas voters find their closest voting center by text or a phone call.

Looking for the closest Voting Center in Texas? Call or text this friendly chatbot.

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Vote centers are an alternative to traditional, neighborhood-based precincts. Voters can cast their ballots at any vote center in the jurisdiction, regardless of their address. – NCSL Many voters don’t know how Vote Centers work and have difficulty finding the closest one which creates long lines. Reclaim Our Vote’s new chatbot let’s voters call or …

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NBA supports voting. A slam dunk!

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Quincey Tickner

So far, at least twenty one teams have agreed to work with local elections officials to make their home venues and arenas hold September voter registration drives and serve as voting locations for the 2020 November election.

Fun events and easy to use maps to encourage early voting.

Hot dogs, music and early voting

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Virtual Fundraising and Events / By Deepak Puri

Turning out early voters in Indiana Vanderburgh County, Indiana has approximately 60,000 voters. The county has the third largest city in Indiana, Evansville with a large urban population relative to the outskirts of the County. There are more Democrats in the County than Republicans but the differences isn’t huge in a relatively conservative region of …

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Suppression on the Reservation makes it harder for Native Americans to vote

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Denying postal services to suppress Native American votes It’s despicable when Americans are prevented from voting by groups creating barriers to voting and then penalizing voters for not being able to overcome those barriers. That’s a Catch-22. Catch-22 traps Native American voters Joseph Heller coined the term in is his novel Catch-22 to refer to a …

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Maps to early voting locations and dropboxes.

Voting early? Checkout these maps of dropbox and early voting locations in NC and Michigan.

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Early voting has started! Find the nearest early voting location or dropbox in North Carolina and Michigan with these free maps.