Georgia on your Mind?

Deadlines:

• Now: Request your mail ballot (SOS.GA.gov)
• Dec. 7, 2020:
  • In-person voter registration deadline
  • Online, Email, and Fax voter registration deadline
  • Mail-in voter registration deadline
• Jan. 5, 2021: Federal General Election Run-off Elections

General information:

• Georgia (866-OUR-VOTE)
• Georgia My Voter Page (SOS.GA.gov) – Register, check status, change registration info
• Voter guides (Campus Election Engagement Project):
  • Georgia Senate Race #1 (Ossoff vs Perdue)
  • Georgia Senate Race #2 (Loeffler vs Warnock)
• Georgia Voter Hub: Get Ready and Out to Vote for the GA Runoff (When We All Vote)

Georgia Voter ID information:

• Georgia Voter ID Guide • In Person or By Mail • VoteRiders
• Georgia (Spread the Vote)

How to Help:

• POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT PROGRAM & RESOURCES (ACLU Georgia)
• Become a Volunteer (New Georgia Project)
• Phone bank in GA with Reclaim Our Vote
• Volunteer with GoVote Georgia

 

 2020 Presidential Election

Election Protection – 866 Our Vote

Coalition on Human Needs believes that every eligible voter should have the ability to actively participate in democracy, which is why we have decided that it is critically important for us to lift up the voices of experts in nonpartisan civic engagement in order to answer any questions potential voters may have about when, where, and how they can vote. We have partnered with Nonprofit VOTE, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), and NETWORK, to collect and distribute resources that nonprofits and individuals can use to fully participate in the election process.

Check out our ever-growing list of resources:
National & State Voter Engagement Resource Library

Toolkits

• Healthy & Safe Voting Toolkit
• Voting on Election Day Toolkit
• Guía: Vote seguro y saludablemente
• Guía: Votar en persona en el día de la elección

Get Involved

• There’s still time! Promote Protect the Vote with CHN (Election Protection)
• Reclaim Our Vote Phonebanking
  • Upcoming Events with Reclaim Our Vote
    • Callapalooza – The Final Weekend
  • Check out the Phonebank Central for Guided Phonebanks and other live events.
  • Check out the Phonebank Guidelines for frequently asked questions.
• Lawyers and Collars | We Are Watching
• Safe Voting Now: Get Involved
• Poll Hero
• Votunteer Home – Let’s all poll together.
• Volunteer With VoteAmerica
• Volunteer with VoteRiders
• VolunteerMatch – Where Volunteering Begins
• CLOSED: Host a Letter Writing campaign: VoteFoward letter writing – *this opportunity has closed, but you can check out other available volunteer opportunities on the VoteForward website*

Help us Celebrate Democracy!

• Pizza to the Polls: Food Trucks
• #JoyToThePolls: Joy to the Polls National Toolkit
• Events and volunteer opportunities to energize voters at the polls (National)
• When We All Vote Together
• Be a Poll Cheerleader:
  • Dress up in your favorite patriotic, non-partisan outfit
  • Encourage people to stay in line (early voting or on Election Day!)
  • Help hand out bottled water or snacks
• Social Media:
  • Pictures of pre/post voting (in safe, “selfie-approved” location)
  • Share your voting stories, how long you waited, if you made any new friends, etc.
  • #Vote4HumanNeeds
• Host Nonpartisan Ballot Information Party
  • www.Vote411.org
  • www.BallotReady.org
  • www.Ballotpedia.org
• Join us to #ThankYouElectionHeroes on Election Hero Day – Nov. 2, 2020

Resources for Individuals

• Election Protection – 866 Our Vote
• States with Election Day Registration (Nonprofit VOTE)
• Know Your Rights
  • Know Your Voting Rights! — Democracy Works
• Transportation to the Polls:
  • Get free rides to the polls (Voto Latino & Lyft)
  • Our 2020 Get Out The Vote Efforts (Uber)
  • Mobility Industry Unites to Provide Free or Reduced-Cost Transportation on Election Day
  • Free rides to the polls (Souls to the Polls WI)
• Get #VoteReady
• Vote411.org (VOTE411)
  • First Time Voter Checklist
• Rock the Vote (Rock the Vote – Register to Vote, Find Election Info, and More!)
• How Has COVID-19 impacted my right to vote?
  • Voting & COVID-19 (Vote.org)
  • Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020 (Ballotpedia)
  • COVID-19 Voting Information (Rock the Vote)
• Local Election Information:
  • Find My State or Local Election Office Website (USA.gov)
  • Information Directory (U.S. VOTE Foundation)
  • Voting in Your State (Nonprofit VOTE)
• Make a plan to vote (vote by mail, ballot drop-off, early in-person, Election Day in-person)
  • What are my options for voting? (USA.gov – How to Vote)
    • Your voting options, by state (Rock the Vote – How to Vote)
  • Vote by Mail / Absentee
    • National Vote at Home Institute
    • Coronavirus and Voting by Mail-in Absentee Ballot (USA.gov – Absentee and Early Voting)
    • Can I vote absentee? (Rock the Vote – Absentee Voting Rules)
    • Will You Have Enough Time to Vote by Mail in Your State? (NYTimes)
  • Ballot Return:
    • National Vote at Home Institute
    • Drop Box: Ballot Drop Box Paper (EAC.gov)
    • Local Election Office: Find My State or Local Election Office Website
    • Polling Site: Voting Outside the Polling Place: Absentee, All-Mail and other Voting at Home Options
    • Have Someone Drop off Your Ballot for You: VOPP: Table 10: Who Can Collect and Return an Absentee Ballot Other Than the Voter
  • Early in-person voting
  • Election Day in-person:
    • Rock the Vote: Find Your Polling Place
    • Voting on Election Day (USA.gov)
• Dates & Deadlines
  • Key dates (Election Day, National Voter Registration Day)
    • Ballotpedia: Important dates in the 2020 presidential race
  • Registration Deadlines And Election Dates (Head Count)
    • Includes Federal Mail-in Registration Deadline
  • Vote.org: Voter Registration Deadlines (by state)
• Rock the Vote: Voter Registration, Elections, and Voting FAQ
• To Enhance Your Voting Experience (EAC.gov)
• Reclaim Our Vote (Center for Common Ground)
  • Sign-up: Help Save Our Democracy! (Reclaim our Vote)
• General Resources:
  • The Last Election (Spread the Vote)
  • Voting in Your State (Nonprofit VOTE)
  • Democracy Works
  • We Can Vote – We Can Vote
  • Spread the Vote
  • GoVoteEverywhere.org – Everything you need to know about voting
  • How To Vote In The 2020 Election | FiveThirtyEight
• Can’t Vote / Ineligible
  • YouthVote
    • Wanted: A new generation of poll workers
  • Volunteerism
    • Poll working
      • Power the Polls
      • Work Elections
        • Poll Worker: Work Elections
      • U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
        • Become a Poll Worker
        • Help America Vote: National Poll Worker Recruitment Day (EAC)
        • State-by-state Compendium – Election Worker Laws & Statutes https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/eac_assets/1/28/Compendium.2016.pdf
• Nonpartisan Voter Guides
  • 2020 Presidential Candidate Guides
  • Presidential Guide Spanish 

Resources for Organizations

• What nonprofits need to know:
  • Nonprofit VOTE
    • Voter Registration and Education
    • Nonprofit Countdown
    • 10 Things to Do from Now Until Election Day
    • Voter Engagement Timeline 
  • Bolder Advocacy
    • Resource library for “electoral activities” and “501(c)(3) organizations”
  • Independent Sector
    • Nonprofit Voice 2020
    • How to Engage Voters — Independent Sector
  • United Way
    • United We Count, United We Vote
• Information on Services Your Organization Can Provide:
  • Transportation to polls:
    • GIVING RIDES TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY (Nonprofit VOTE)
• Resources:
  • Voter ID info
    • Order Voter ID Info Cards (VoteRiders)
  • In search of volunteers? Check out VolunteerMatch – Where Volunteering Begins
  • Get Involved (Vote Early Day 2020)
  • Center for Civic Design
  • Center for Tech and Civic Life
• Organizational Examples of GOTV:
  • National Council’s Voter Registration Toolkit
  • Get Out the Vote Toolkit (League of Women Voters)
  • FRAC
    • Elections webpage
    • Voter Registration Quiz
    • What 501(c)(3)s can do this election season to ensure that no one goes hungry
    • FRAC and Nonprofit VOTE guide: Anti-Hunger Nonprofits and Elections: A Guide to Permissible Activities for 501(c)(3)s
    • Graphics:
      • 10 Things Every Candidate Should Know About Hunger in the U.S.
      • State template: 10 Things Every Candidate Should Know About Hunger 
  • Vote to End Hunger coalition
  • Voter & Candidate Engagement | Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 | DC
  • Join the Poor People’s Campaign
  • Advocacy Toolkit: Election 2020 | NCOA
  • 9to5 Voter Resources – 9to5
  • Vote with Your Mission (CalNonprofits)
  • VotER – Vote like our health depends on it (VotER)
    • Site-Based Setup (VotER)
    • Mission Possible: Bringing Voter Registration into the Emergency Room (Independent Sector)
  • Get Out the Vote (Without Getting off Your Phone) (Bolder Advocacy)
  • Voter ID info
    • Order Voter ID Info Cards (VoteRiders)

Partnerships

• Election Protection: Protect the Vote
• Nonprofit Staff Vote
  • Time Off to Vote Resources – Nonprofit Vote
• Election Hero Day – Nov. 2
• Vote Early Day: Get Involved
• VoteForward
• You Count, Let’s Vote! — CHLI (Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute)

Online Events

Past events

• Webinar series:
  • Part 1: Why Social Justice Organizations Can & Should Prioritize Voter Registration & Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts – Watch Recording
  • Part 2: Opportunities for Supporting Voter Engagement as a 501(c)(3) Social Justice Organization – Watch Recording
  • Part 3: Get Out the Vote: Opportunities to Mobilize People – Watch Recording
• Bilingual Voter Engagement and Education Webinar – Watch Recording | Additional Resources:
  • The Coalition on Human Needs has a web page and comprehensive library available for any election or voting questions.
  • For Healthy Voting Information please click here.
  • For all the election information you need please click here.
  • NALEO’s campaign’s ¡Ve y Vota! is a nonpartisan, comprehensive civic participation strategy, designed to remove barriers to full Latino electoral participation. 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (1-888-839-8682) is a bilingual national hotline that provides Latino voters nationwide with vital information on every aspect of the electoral process, from registering to vote, to deciding between options to vote early, by mail, or on Election Day, and includes an easy-to-use voter registration tool.
  • UnidosUS has launched Adelante Unidos to help Latinx register to vote and fill out the census. Here you can find registration dates and deadlines and a handy bilingual digital toolkit.
  • The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) recently launched the YOU COUNT, LET’S VOTE! Campaign to help the Latinx community register to vote and understand what is on your ballot. Also, they have a phenomenal podcast called “The Purple Line” in which you can learn more about the evolution of voting.
• Nonprofit VOTE
  • YouTube Channel

Research

• Waiting to Vote: Racial Disparities in Election Day Experiences (Brennan Center for Justice)
• Democracy Fund Voter Study Group: Insights into the beliefs and… (Democracy Fund)

 

Voter Resources Map

Use the map below to find resources on voting in your state:

 

 

Have a question? Notice that something is missing? Feel free to reach out via email (Rebecca Vucic and Dominique Espinoza).