Tag: Voter ID

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 years of working as a volunteer organizer while juggling employment as a door-to-door salesperson and then a restaurant server, Tracy officially began her professional organizing […]

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 say potential voters across the country face an uneven patchwork of policies — and obstacles. More than 200,000 voting-eligible transgender Americans may find it difficult […]

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 work to elect Democrats who are the gate keepers against the MAGA fascists taking over Congress and Governors’ offices. There are people of my generation […]

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 these categories and engaging with their full audience as a united group, with a common interest: voters. And this has never been more important. In […]

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 is hosting in partnership with the NAACP. View the original story here.

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 […]