Category: VoteRiders Blog

VoteRiders helps returning citizen get ID & rebuild life

Jay is a 40-year-old FedEx driver from North Carolina who loves playing video games, spending time with his stepchildren, and grilling. In 10 months, Jay will have a new house, […]

VoteRiders Staff Spotlight: Jessica Hulett

VoteRiders’ Houston Organizer, Jessica Hulett, is a born and bred Houstonian who loves to paint landscapes and read romance novels. While Jessica had originally planned to work as a civil […]

Dismantling Voting Barriers for Voters with Disabilities

While voter ID laws silence millions of Americans, they hit some communities harder than others. Voters with disabilities are especially affected by voter ID laws because of the challenges they […]

Grandmother & Grandson No Longer "Trapped" Thanks to New ID

2022 has been an extremely difficult year for Rosari Williams, a 54-year-old Floridian who became houseless after losing her mother in January. While Ms. Wiliams received her mother’s inheritance, it […]

High School Graduate Secures First Voter ID

Meet Jovonte! Jovonte is an 18-year-old living in Florida who works at Subway and loves to cut hair. After graduating high school in June, Jovonte needed an ID to get […]

VoteRiders Staff Spotlight: Nick Ramos

When Nick Ramos came across VoteRiders’ Wisconsin Voter ID Coalition Coordinator position at VoteRiders back in 2021, it felt like the stars were aligning. After finishing four years on the […]

Florida Voter Finally Gets ID Four Years Later

Mac was holding up a sign outside a McDonald’s when VoteRiders’ Florida Voter ID Coalition Coordinator Jazlyn Gallego approached him. Reading his sign and learning that Mac was houseless, Jazlyn […]

VoteRiders Fights Misinformation and Secures Family's IDs for Voting - and Living

A multiple sclerosis diagnosis, a job loss, an eviction, and a flood that destroyed most of their important documents – these are the calamities that forced Roger and Sandra, their […]

New Videos: Voter ID Information in Key States

Because of our country’s patchwork of election laws, the answer to almost ANY voting question – especially questions on voter ID – is this: “Well, it depends where you live.” […]