Get Out the Vote Resources
The following resources are compiled by The Praxis Project staff and are to support efforts to get out the vote for the November election. This is a working document and will be updated with new resources.
Actions
Letter to Congress: Ensure the Right to Vote without Risking Health: Healthcare providers and public health professionals can call on Congress to ensure the right to vote without risking Health. This page also includes climate and health resources as well as voter resources.
Sign Up to "Text Bank": Volunteer to get the vote out when it is convenient for you!
Defend the Vote for Public Health: Take collective action as health workers to demand change, defend the right to vote, and ensure the safety and integrity of the upcoming election.
Ensuring safe and free elections: Common Cause works to ensure free and safe elections. Check out their website for resources and actions.
National Resources
Health and safety resources
Healthy Voting: Healthy Voting helps you find healthy, secure, and safe ways to cast your ballot this year. Healthy voting practices protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community from the spread of COVID-19.
VoteSAFE Public Health: Resources list from a coalition of 10 national public health organizations working to assure all Americans have the opportunity to safely vote in the 2020 election and prevent transmission of COVID-19.
How to vote resources (general)
Check Your Voters Registration: A resource to check your registration status and additional resources, such as where to vote in your state and how to get election reminders.
Voting Rights Lab State Voting Rights Tracker: Information on existing voting rights laws and pending legislation across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Empowering Communities at the Ballot Box: How to Increase Voter Participation: The article discusses barriers that prevent people from voting and provides information on steps that individuals and organizations can take to encourage voter participation and engagement in their community.
When and how to vote in all 50 states: From Axios—learn where to apply for an absentee ballot, deadline to request an application, early in-person voting dates, and mail ballot deadlines.
State-by-State Guide to Voting in the Age of COVID-19: From FiveThirtyEight—a state-by-state guide to voting. It includes information for each state and what they are watching out for as the situation develops.
Plan Your Vote: A resource from NBC for everything you need to know about mail-in and early in-person voting, including the first day you can cast your ballot in the 2020 election.
Will You Have Enough Time to Vote By Mail in Your State?: A resource from New York Times that shows the timeline for voting by mail for each state to ensure that your ballot will be counted.
The Best Way to Vote in Every State: A resource from Slate that shows the options for voting in each state. It also includes how easy or difficult it is to vote in each state and what voters must do to vote.
How to vote by mail in 2020: A resource from Vox that outlines everything you need to know to get your ballot on time and make sure it gets counted.
Map: Mail-In Voting Rules By State: A visual resource from NPR that quickly shows vote-by-mail rules for every state.
One-stop-shops with how to vote and what is on your ballot
VOTE411.org (Spanish /English): Vote411 from the League of Women Voters is now in Spanish and English. Vote411 is a tool to keep voters updated on the changes and to counter misinformation about elections.
When We All Vote: A one-stop shop for registering to vote, requesting a vote by mail ballot, and more.
Ballot Ready: Everything on your ballot, in one place from county commissioners to ballot measures to judges, access everything on your entire ballot that you'll see in the voting booth.
California
Jail Voting Toolkit: The vast majority of adult citizens in California county jails have the right to vote, yet these voters experience unique obstacles when they reach for the ballot box. This toolkit describes strategies that concerned community advocates, county elections offices, and sheriffs can use to break down barriers to democracy by helping people in county jails to register and vote.
Ballottrax Ballot Tracker: This website allows California voters to track when their ballots are mailed, received, and counted.