Tag: Voter ID

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 upcoming polls. Snapchat has proven itself to be a key connector on this front, with the app’s reach to young audiences helping to raise awareness around […]

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 a new position at VoteRiders as Detroit Organizer, her hope reawakened. Everyone who knows Jey’nce Poindexter knows that she is a leader. The 38-year-old transgendered […]

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, and in a little over a year he will be picking up and delivering loads as a self-employed truck driver. According to Jay (whose name […]

'Power of the Native vote' drives a campaign to register Indigenous voters in Phoenix area

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 — Phoenix, Arizona — The Arizona Republic covers The Phoenix Indian Center’s voter registration drive where VoterRiders’ Danielle Duarte offered information about Arizona’s strict voter ID laws to urban Indigenous voters. Author: Arlyssa D. Becenti Published: September 21, 2022 The Phoenix Indian Center highlighted the power of the Native vote this week with […]

VoteRiders Wants YOU (to Have Proper ID at the Polls): Interview with Selene Gomez

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 — Amarillo, Texas — High Plains Public Radio’s Jenny Inzerillo interviews VoteRiders’ Selene Gomez about complicated voter ID laws and the steps voters need to take to make sure they have the right ID to vote on election day. Author: Jenny Inzerillo Published: September 21, 2022 The voter ID laws change all […]

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 engineer after undergrad, her spontaneous decision to help a friend write bylaws for a student government conference forever altered the course of her academic and […]

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 face in getting identification. Many don’t drive so they don’t have driver’s licenses, and they also don’t have their own transportation, making it difficult to […]

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 remained locked away for several months. The reason: she didn’t have an ID. Then, she met Eli Garcia from VoteRiders. In June, Ms. Williams told […]

Arizona’s disabled community faces unique challenges on their way to the ballot box

AUGUST 15, 2022 — Phoenix, Arizona — Arizona Mirror details VoteRiders’ role in helping voters in the disability community by highlighting the story of one visually impaired Arizona couple who voted for the first time in 6 years after receiving voter ID assistance from VoteRiders. Author: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy Published: August 15, 2022 Stephen and Mary […]