Tag: Voter ID

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 […]

Staff Spotlight: Tracy Pease

Tracy Pease — VoteRiders’ Detroit Organizer — first learned the importance of organizing when she started going to union meetings with her father at the early age of six. After spending […]

Voter ID laws stand between transgender people, women and the ballot box

The 19th | By Barbara Rodriguez OCTOBER 14, 2022 — The full impact of voter ID laws on trans people and others remains difficult to measure. But voting rights advocates […]

Organizations like these give me hope for the 2022 Congressional Elections

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Michael Meeropol OCTOBER 7, 2022 — I live in New York State. It is a safe blue state. I have to travel out of state to […]

A Thriving Democracy Is Good For Business

By The National Voter Education Week Steering Committee OCTOBER 5, 2022 — Companies have traditionally considered the interests of customers, shareholders and employees as distinct. Now, some are breaking down […]

Committee of Seventy teams up with Phanatic, Gritty to encourage residents to register to vote

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 —Michael Cogbill, VoteRider’s Pennsylvania Voter ID Coalition Coordinator, was interviewed on KWY-TV in Philadelphia for a National Voter Registration Day story about voter ID clinics that VoteRiders […]

Snapchat Provides New Voter Registration and Awareness Tools Ahead of US Midterms

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 — With the US midterms fast approaching, Snapchat has today detailed some new steps that it’s taking to encourage its users to vote, or register to vote, in preparation for […]

VoteRiders Advocates for Transgender Voters

Before Jey’nce knew about VoteRiders, changing her legal name felt like wishful thinking. But when she found out that her friend and ally — Tracy Pease — would be starting […]

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, […]