Category: VoteRiders in the News

Georgia absentee ID law has outsized impact on Black and metro voters

JUNE 1 – “Over 272,000 registered voters don’t have a driver’s license or state ID on file with election officials, meaning they’d have to submit additional documents to vote by mail under Georgia’s new voting law, state election records show.”

Crunch time for voter ID clinics as states tighten election laws

APRIL 27 – The complicated and costly maze of paperwork and online portals leading to official government identification, like a drivers license or state ID card, has taken on fresh urgency in the pandemic and as more states move to require official ID for casting a ballot.

Republican Efforts to Restrict Voting Risk Backfiring on Party

FEBRUARY 16 — Republican lawmakers in battleground states are rushing to enact stricter voting laws that Democrats worry could dampen Black and Hispanic turnout, but the moves could end up backfiring because of the changing face of the GOP coalition.

State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss

JANUARY 24 — Republican legislators across the country are preparing a slew of new voting restrictions in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat.

The Ms Q&A: VoteRiders’ Kathleen Unger Talks Voter ID Laws and the Georgia Elections

JANUARY 6, 2021 — Kathleen Unger and her organization, VoteRiders, help to ensure onerous voter ID laws—which disproportionately disenfranchise people of color, low-income people, women and young people—don’t prevent voters from making their voices heard. — Published in Ms. Magazine Written by Roxy Szal and Katie Fleischer

Eva Longoria, America Ferrera To Textbank for Latina Georgia Voters Ahead of Runoffs

DECEMBER 19, 2020 — The duo, through their She Se Puede platform, will join a textbanking event on Saturday aimed at educating Georgia voters on the state’s strict voter ID laws in preparation for Jan. 5’s races. — Published in The Hollywood Reporter Written by Kirsten Chuba

In Focus: Voter Education Organization Looking Ahead of 2024

DECEMBER 11, 2020 — VoteRiders CEO David Griggs talks about voter awareness and voter confidence and talks about why the organization is already looking to the future and the next general election in 2024. — Watch Video: Phl17

Puerto Rican Voters Could Flip Florida—If They Had ID

OCTOBER 29, 2020 — Laws on the mainland and bureaucratic breakdown on the island complicate voting for Floridians fleeing disaster. Fleeing environmental and economic devastation, an estimated 300,000 Puerto Ricans had decamped to the Alligator State by 2019, even before a wave of earthquakes racked their native island. — Published in The Daily Beast Written […]

The ID You Can Use to Vote in Each State

OCTOBER 23, 2020 — When Americans show up to the voting polls, more than likely, they will be asked to present identification. As simple as this request sounds, it isn’t always possible. There are a myriad of reasons why a legal registered voter might show up to the polls without a standard government-issued photo ID. […]