By Pamela Pearson, VoteRiders’ General Counsel and North Carolina Voter ID Coalition Coordinator For voters living in North Carolina, feeling confident they understand whether the state has a voter identification requirement is most definitely not a given. Over the past decade, the North Carolina General Assembly (the state legislature known as NCGA) has passed several […]
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Alongside the forthcoming documentary about John Lewis by Participant and Magnolia Pictures, VoteRiders will educate and assist citizens with voter ID and encourage civic participation ATLANTA (June 19, 2020) – Our mission — and our very name — was inspired by true American heroes like Representative John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, who put everything on the […]
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Each week, we’ll provide a quick summary of voter ID news and link to the full text of relevant articles. We’ll also raise and answer a question that we think you might have. If you want to raise a question, send us an email (info@voteriders.org) or call/text us at 844-338-8743 and we’ll respond, either directly […]
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Each week, we’ll provide a quick summary of voter ID news and link to the full text of relevant articles. We’ll also raise and answer a question that we think you might have. If you want to raise a question, send us an email (info@voteriders.org) or call/text us at 844-338-8743 and we’ll respond, either directly […]
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Jun 2, 2020 This week, Maz Jobrani is joined by Kathleen Unger, founder and president of VoteRiders, who talks to us about the many hoops you have to jump through to vote, that women are still victims of voter suppression, and how you just can’t trust Congressmen in North Carolina.
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by Sam Levine Thu 23 Apr 2020 06.00 EDT Covid-19 is severely curbing voter registration across the US – which could have huge consequences in November In a typical election year, canvassers across the country would be beginning to fan out on street corners, college campuses, concerts and rallies to pepper Americans with a simple […]
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–Tuesday, April 7, 2020– Election Day in Milwaukee was unusually warm. Anita Johnson, VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Coordinator, says that the nice weather was the “only thing on our side.” For weeks leading up to the primary election on April 7, the COVID-19 crisis had been causing complete chaos in Wisconsin’s voting process. Changes in procedures, last-minute […]
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