Category: VoteRiders Blog

Staff Spotlight - Dani Duarte

VoteRiders’ Arizona Voter ID Coalition Coordinator, Dani Duarte, is a Colorado native who has called Phoenix, Arizona, home for the past nine years. Desperate to get a break from the […]

AZ Grad Student Can Vote Confidently with New ID

After more than two years as an Arizona State University student, 24-year-old Rebecca Tindle was tired of getting questioned whenever she tried to vote with her out-of-state ID. Arizona law […]

VoteRiders Offers Help to Ohioans in Response to Strict New Voter ID Law

VoteRiders is offering expanded assistance to citizens in Ohio who need an ID to vote, now that one of the most onerous voter ID laws in the nation has gone […]

VoteRiders on the Air … Thanks to These Volunteers!

Throughout 2022, a small army of dedicated volunteers helped VoteRiders reach voters from Alaska to Florida through local radio stations with public service announcements about their state’s voter ID laws. […]

'VoteRiders Added Years to My Life' Says Florida Voter

Carolina fled an abusive relationship that left her with broken ribs, a punctured left lung and destroyed belongings — including her state identification. After a six-day stay at a hospital in […]

VoteRiders Doubled Down on Georgia for Runoff

Georgia has some of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, and they became even stricter following the passage of a new voting law in 2021. For this reason, […]

Three Lessons from the Midterms about Voter ID Laws

As we turn our attention to the runoff election in Georgia as well as the work ahead for the 2024 presidential elections, I thought I’d share with you three lessons […]

Trans Woman Changes Legal Name with Help From VoteRiders

Transgender voters face significant barriers getting to the ballot box to cast a vote that counts. Chanel Riser’s story illustrates the variety of problems the transgender community continues to experience […]

American voters waiting in line at a polling place

They rejected my ID when I tried to vote! What should I do now?

Eleven states will be enforcing new or stricter voter ID laws in 2022, potentially catching unsuspecting voters by surprise. In all, 36 states have some type of voter ID law […]