WEBVTT 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Live captioning by AI-Media 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:15.000 Looking, everyone. Good afternoon. 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:21.000 Feel free to introduce yourself in the chat as you are coming in. 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:34.000 We will get started in about a minute. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:39.000 Feel free to introduce yourself if you are coming in from the waiting room. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:44.000 Welcome, everyone. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:51.000 Welcome, Michael from Minnesota. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:57.000 Susan from Long Island. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.000 Erika from Michigan. Haley from San Diego. 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.000 Isabella from Florida, Gregory from Houston. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.000 FAVE from Philadelphia. J from Alabama. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:14.000 They are coming in too fast 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:18.000 from all over the country. Welcome, everyone looks up 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.000 . 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.000 Welcome, welcome. We will get started in 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:25.000 about 30 seconds or so, 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:37.000 I am seeing people continue to pour in from the waiting room. 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.000 Alright, it looks like the 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:46.000 flow in from the waiting room is slowing down, so I will go ahead and 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.000 get started. Thank you also much for being here 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.000 today. I am Courtney 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:57.000 Kuperman, I use she/her pronouns, and the project manager of NLIHC Our Homes, 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.000 Our Votes campaign. Thank you for joining the seventh 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.000 webinar, 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:02.000 time is flying 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.000 , 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000 and we are halfway through the webinar series, and today's topic is 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.000 transportation to the polls. Feel free to introduce yourself in the 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:19.000 chat as you come in from the waiting room. Today's 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.000 topic, transportation barriers are one of the most common reasons why people 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:28.000 do not turn out to vote, and lack of accessible transportation to the polls, 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.000 disproportion Ashley -- disproportionately didn't 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.000 disenfranchises low income focus -- voet 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:41.000 ters. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:46.000 We are going to switch up the order in the agenda a little bit. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.000 We will start with Hillary Poudeu Tchokothe, 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 copresident of Turn Up Turnout at the University of Michigan, 00:02:52.000 --> 00:03:03.000 and are winter for Our Homes, Our Votes summer intern. 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:08.000 She will speak about her experience and organizing walks to the polls. We 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.000 will hear from Sarah Kovich, the founder of Rideshare2Vote Aware to 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:16.000 discuss how you can partner with her organization to facilitate rides to the 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.000 polls. I will present briefly about the Our 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:24.000 Homes, Our Votes voter pledge card, which is a tool that you can use 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:29.000 to help voters overcome transportation barriers and make their plan to vote. 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:34.000 Before I headed over to Hillary to get started, I will share a few 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.000 housekeeping items. As always, this webinar is being 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.000 recorded. We will distribute the recording and 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.000 the links in the next edition of our file 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.000 Friday email newsletter.Connection, and will have the recording posted on 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:51.000 the NLIHC YouTube channel by the end of the week. We have closed captioning 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:56.000 enabled, thank you to our captionrer 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:02.000 for being here, there is a link in the chat you can view the captions in a 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.000 separate window if you're interested in following along that way. 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.000 We also have a Q&A feature enabled. We ask that you use the Q&A feature 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:16.000 to ask your questions, rather than the chat since we have some new people, we 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.000 are so likely to 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.000 catch the question if use the Q&A box. 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:27.000 Speaking of the chat, we ask everybody engage thoughtfully and respectfully in 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.000 the chat and live by the platinum rule, 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:35.000 to treat others the way they want to be treated, even if that is different 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:41.000 than the way you want to be treated. Last but not least, I will leave you 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.000 with a reminder that Our Homes, Our Votes is 100% nonpartisan. Meaning that 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.000 we do not endorse or fever specific candidates or political parties. Our 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:55.000 goal is to build the voting power of low income renters, so we can hole all 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.000 elected officials accountable to 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:01.000 privatize housing justice. I will hand it over to Hilary to get us 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.000 started. HILLARY POUDEU TCHOKOTHE: Hi, everyone. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.000 My name is Hillary Poudeu Tchokothe, I am an intern for 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.000 NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes campaign. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:16.000 I am a junior at the University of Michigan, 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.000 I am also one of the copresidents of Turn Up Turnout, at the University for 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.000 the. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.000 We are a nonpartisan student led organization and our main goal is to 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:31.000 increase engagement amongst all students – I see "Go Blue", 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.000 love that. Our main goal is to increase engagement 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.000 of all student of the universe the of Michigan. On this slide, 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.000 you'll see the logo and a graphic from 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.000 Circle. It's the center for information and 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.000 research on 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:50.000 learning and engagement. This graphic shows 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.000 states with the hires 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.000 youth voter turnout in 2022 and 2022 midterms. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.000 Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:03.000 Oregon, and Colorado. State of Michigan had they 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:09.000 highest in the midterm 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:18.000 elections, and it was not achievable if it was not for all students 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:22.000 enabling peer to vote. I do this work on the University campus 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:26.000 and there's amazing work happening at Michigan State University, Central 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.000 Michigan University, West Michigan University, all universes across 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.000 Michigan. There is lots of national groups that 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:37.000 do a lot of great work, like the women's league of voters, I would have 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:42.000 knowledge that because it's an amazing number but this takes a lot of good 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:47.000 work to get to the number, it's not just one group that does associate. I 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.000 am grateful where voting rights are being expanded, making 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.000 voting more accessible 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:57.000 overall, and groups that have low turnout rates, like young people. Next 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.000 slide, please. Talking more about my organization at 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.000 the diversity of Michigan. TUT 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:07.000 is a nonpartisan student led organization network to increase civic 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.000 engagement amongst all students at U of Michigan, 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:15.000 and we work with in-state and out-of-state students but we work with 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.000 students that might not be able to vote in the United States. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:23.000 We like to do civic engagement presentations for them and things like 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.000 that. Turn Up Turnout is for everyone, those 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:30.000 who can and cannot vote. We have three main pillars. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:34.000 Voter registration, voter education and voter turnout. 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:41.000 With voter registration, threat the school year and in the summer, 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:46.000 we table all over campus like at the University elaborates, student unions 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:51.000 on campus, dining halls, and many more places. In the summer we also table at 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.000 every student orientation December. This is important because civic 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.000 engagement work cannot be 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:04.000 , 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:09.000 you need to make sure you are consistent bigger in your community so 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.000 when people turned 18 or when people get the right to vote, 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:17.000 so they note you can be found to help them. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.000 We try to offer that 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:20.000 all students. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:27.000 We hold 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:31.000 dinners for democracies, and students care about issues but always know how 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:37.000 voting for the commissioner will affect them full. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.000 This is a nonpartisan presentation that connects key issues citizens care 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:46.000 about two offices up and down the ballot, so the structure of it is that 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:52.000 we can 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:58.000 have a presentation and talk about it over dinner. Dinner is a way to get 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:02.000 them in, conversations and presentations get them to stay and come 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:06.000 back for different topics. Then we have different events that help 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:10.000 student mobilize themselves or mobilize their peers to vote. That might be 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:15.000 – we work with student organizations in the past that run voter registration 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.000 drives. We have a new event called Walk the 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.000 Polls. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:25.000 We also participate in civic holidays like national voter registration day, 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:34.000 national voter education week as well as vote early day. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:39.000 This is part of a bigger coalition at the University of Michigan called 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:47.000 Mich Voetes coalition. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:51.000 One of the biggest reasons we are able to collaborate is with the satellite 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.000 clerk's office. A little bit more background about 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.000 this, in 2020 the 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.000 office partnered with different groups at the University like creating campus 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.000 voting project and the University of Michigan's museum to 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:08.000 create a satellite clerk offices in the heart of campus at the University 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.000 of Michigan. It's a place for student can go to 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.000 vote, if they choose to vote in Ann Arbor. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:20.000 This is a collaboration between the University as well as the state of Ann 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.000 Arbor the's – city of Ann Arbor clerk to make 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.000 voting accessible. College often times the first time 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:31.000 young people are voting, 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.000 so it's important that everybody especially young people associate 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:38.000 voting with positive experience like voting with their friends, not having 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.000 long lines, 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.000 a bright office with really friendly staff, etc. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.000 When young people associate voting with positive experiences, 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:53.000 it helps them want to vote 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:57.000 in more and more elections, and overall become a consistent lifelong 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:02.000 voter, which is the entire goal of all the work we do. It's for young people 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:07.000 to want to vote forever, and to encourage people they know to vote for 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:11.000 a long time, etc. That is one of the biggest 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:15.000 collaborations Turn Up Turnout does with the coalition, we do management of 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:19.000 the select clerk's office, who trained fellows to work at the satellite 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:25.000 clerk's office, so these are students who campus job is to work at the office 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:29.000 introducing students to the clerk's office, to the space. That also includes 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.000 – voter registration, assistance, suck -- stuff like that. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:36.000 We also partner with the coalition 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:42.000 increasing this welcoming civic engagement atmosphere on campus. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:46.000 Students will associate student engagement with a positive 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:51.000 experience and want to continue that in the professional and personal lives, 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.000 going forward. And also give expertise 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.000 on questions might have 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.000 students might have, like a voter hotline, 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.000 (Reads) 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.000 any students or student parents can email us, 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.000 and we will give them a response within 24 to 38 hours 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:09.000 ,. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:19.000 So we try to provide as much assistance as possible for students 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:24.000 that want to decide if they want to vote in Chicago or in arbor. Students 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.000 have the choice to make if they want to 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:34.000 vote on campus or at home, they can only vote in one. Some students want to 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:42.000 live -- vote on campus because they live there longer, and some students 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:47.000 want to vote on here because of local elections they care about what we don't 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:52.000 give advice on that we just present students with the sources they need to 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:55.000 make the decision. We do tabling, out of the coalition, 00:12:55.000 --> 00:13:01.000 wherever people invite us we have a rep regular table at the labyrinth, student 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.000 union, some of 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.000 the campus events. And one of the newest offenses 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:07.000 Walk -- events 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.000 e 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.000 e 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.000 e 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.000 vent 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.000 is 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.000 W 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.000 alk 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.000 to h 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.000 the Pio 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.000 l 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:18.000 olls 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.000 . 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:26.000 This is one of the biggest things I have done it Turn Up Turnout, it's only 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:30.000 possible to this work starting the 2024 Michigan presidential primaries because 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:34.000 there's a ballot initiative in Michigan called proposal 22 which will give 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.000 early voting to the state. It pass.e 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:42.000 d. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:47.000 We are kind of thinking, how can we make it so that students are voting 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:52.000 early and taking advantage of the opportunity? The ideas that came out of 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.000 this brainstorming was Walk to the Polsls. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:14:01.000 This is a flyer of one of them that I organize. I am a political science and 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:06.000 history double major in what I wanted to organize was one with one of my 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:10.000 departments affiliated with, so I decided to do this with the history 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.000 department. As you can see, the information we try 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:17.000 to give is that happenstance of Michigan presidential primaries during 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:22.000 spring break, and a lot of students either go back home during spring break 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:27.000 or go abroad for spring break so often times students are not really here to 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:33.000 vote on election day, which at that time was the 27th. We use that as a way 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:38.000 to be like, "Vote early. Use the opportunity to vote early on 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:42.000 this election because you probably won't be here because you will be gone 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:46.000 for spring break." This was an opportunity for students, faculty and 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:51.000 staff to come together and vote outside of the clerk's office, and the 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:56.000 structure of this is that there will be essential as meeting location, at the 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:59.000 department main office. People would come and gather, 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:04.000 and people that wanted to vote at the city of Ann Arbor would walk to the 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:05.000 office together, 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:10.000 and others that wanted information and wanted to be community engagement could 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:14.000 stay there and chat. Those who want to vote at other places 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:18.000 we give them voting information because primaries differ from state to state, 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:23.000 Michigan had in February, and some have it in June., me, etc. full Students 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:27.000 were voting in Michigan but having primary chapters we will provide 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:33.000 information after that. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:38.000 We have this amazing 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:48.000 law and state Michigan, what can we do to make sure that students are using it? 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:53.000 We also try to mitigate the long lines we saw in the 2022 midterms. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:59.000 On campus but also across the state of Michigan, I am pretty sure there's a 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:05.000 lot of long lines because students were 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:09.000 reregistering at their new address because often times we forget that once 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:14.000 you move you have to reregister your address and some students have 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:19.000 forgotten to do that so there was also long lines at the satellite clerk 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.000 office. So we want to be sure that students are 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:27.000 taking advantage of voting early but also to Hebert the voting plan ahead of 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:31.000 time. The walk is the way we can facilitate 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:36.000 this kind of experience but it's also cool to vote with the invited cheers of 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:40.000 the department, for example, and different teachers to vote early with 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.000 the students. That makes a memorable voting 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:46.000 experience, voting with your favorite professor and head of the department 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:49.000 and affirming that. For this example, the history 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:53.000 department, cares about civic engagement and want students to vote 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.000 and do this work. to get students thinking about voting 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:01.000 and voting early oil or making sure that they are ready to vote in their 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:06.000 state whenever the time comes. We organize walk to the polls, overall, 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:10.000 by an academic group but we encourage student organizations to walk to the 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.000 polls. Yes. 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:16.000 That is how we have conceptualized registration to the polls and I hope 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:25.000 that this is helpful for any the participants in the webinar, thinking 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:30.000 about how we can build community with voting, whether that be utilizing early 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:34.000 voting, walking in groups, or whatever you can conceptualize. Thank you all 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:38.000 for your time. I hope that was helpful. COURTNEY 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:42.000 COOPERMAN: Take you so much. Before we move onto the next piece of 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:48.000 the presentation we got a few question for you so I want to take a mouth that 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.000 is alright well I want to ask, 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:57.000 who were the groups that came together to decide to walk to the polls? What is 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:02.000 the process of getting that ought -- off the ground look like? HILLARY 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:06.000 POUDEU TCHOKOTHE: The hardest part was logistical things to figure out. 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.000 First and foremost, we worked 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:14.000 , 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:20.000 we know University of Michigan has a lot of students. We had long lines in 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:21.000 2022 midterms will 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.000 so we wanted to alleviate that. Early voting would help alleviate the 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:30.000 long lines but how do we get students to participate in early voting? 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.000 There is some literature about voting with 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:38.000 friends or voting with parents, it is more likely to increase 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:42.000 voter turnout rates. We are using that kind of literature 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.000 and thinking and conceptualizing, 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.000 students on campus, students have different academic groups they are a 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:57.000 part of, or organizations they are part of, how 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:02.000 can we merge the literature we see but also create a positive voting 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:05.000 experience? We conceptualize walk to the polls, 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:10.000 just because the satellite clerk's offices are in the center of campus, on 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:14.000 both central and north campus will help. This is close for students, near 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.000 classes in academic buildings, etc. is, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:22.000 and logistically the hardest part is, do we have enough staffing to make sure 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.000 that anyone's voting questions can be answered? Turnout is not just for 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:31.000 students, but students across the country, for example. 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.000 That was the brainstorming aspect we really wanted to make sure that 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:41.000 students did not have to wait long lines but we also had to think, how 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.000 would since take advantage of Michigan's early voting? Voting through 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.000 clubs, classmates, with teachers you 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:50.000 like, and this is community building, and associate positive experience is 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:54.000 with boating and create a lifelong voter, etc. reallyy. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:58.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: We have a lot of people on this 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:13.000 call that are served by low income 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:15.000 voters. Some things will be a little bit 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:19.000 different. Do you have any pieces of advice for 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:24.000 someone on this call that might be looking to get started with their own 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:27.000 walk to the polls program? HILLARY POUDEU TCHOKOTHE: Definitely. 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:32.000 One, always contact your local city clerk. The local and Ann Arbor city 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:37.000 clerk was a great partner in this. In this idea we were able to ask for, 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.000 what does for== 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:44.000 early voting look like in the city of Ann Arbor? In the state of Michigan? So 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:49.000 we can start planning around that. Also, think about coalitions or where 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:56.000 would people in your, 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.000 low income renters, in your area feel comfortable? What communities are they 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:04.000 part of? Who would they want to vote with? Those 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.000 initial questions but also the Hebert making this a community centric idea. 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.000 Walked to the polls for students helping other students will. -- vote. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:17.000 Maybe tenant leaders that are involved, maybe asking them to do this 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:21.000 work, or having their vote invoice be centralized in this work, 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:27.000 it's crating community among 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:32.000 low income renters overall which will create a culture of voting within the 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:40.000 area and that is super important. It is not just for – not just for one of 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:45.000 election, but creating culture for all elections to come in your area. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Great point. Something else I would add is that walk 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:54.000 to the polls is only possible if there are polling places within walking 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.000 distance. There is a lot of research on polling 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:00.000 place closures being disproportionately located in communities of color 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:05.000 and low income communities there is definitely an advocacy piece here, too, 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.000 of advocating to get a polling place assessable to your community or a 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:14.000 pallet -- ballot dropbox to make voting accessible. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:18.000 Once the infrastructure is there, building the community around it as 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:20.000 Hillary is talking about. 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:25.000 I will turn to some audience questions now, we had a great question from 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:30.000 Susan, besides you, one of the groups that faces obstacles or boaters with 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.000 disabilities. What type of work is happening to help 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:35.000 them? 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:39.000 Are there partnerships with the disability groups on your campus 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.000 ? 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.000 HILLARY POUDEU TCHOKOTHE: We try to make sure all of the 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:46.000 civic offices are ADA accessible or ADA approved. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:49.000 Something we are trying to initiate this year is 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:54.000 a dial a ride 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:59.000 service will trip the state of Michigan had a ban on rideshare 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:03.000 services doing work in the entire state, and the ban has been lifted, so 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.000 working with coalition CINDY SMITH:County, where University 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:14.000 of Michigan is, 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:17.000 to provide rise to the pole 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.000 -- 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.000 ri 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.000 des t 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.000 o the po 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:30.000 lls. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:35.000 We are conceptualizing it now, so I don't have much to talk about it today, 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:40.000 it is still in the planning phase and we're trying to work with coalitions 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:45.000 within the county and with the diversity to make sure voting is 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.000 accessible to those who have disabilities, using a student led 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.000 rideshare service. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Is a great 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:55.000 organization called Recv Up, a project of the Association for American people 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:59.000 to disability is, they do advocacy on disability voting rights. I recommend 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:05.000 checking that out. 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:10.000 Question from Jennifer, what if the group I want to focus on his 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.000 unhoused people? Can I use the DP 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:20.000 SS 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:24.000 address? We did a webinar on this, the nuance of 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:28.000 address requirements will. The answer is yes, in terms of a 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:31.000 mailing address, 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:35.000 you can use this, but is recommended to look into your specific state 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.000 protocol for registering coatings 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:42.000 -- voters without a permanent address and I can drop a link to resources 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.000 for national alliance to end homelessness,] 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:46.000 . 00:24:46.000 --> 00:25:00.000 Hilary, is anything you want to add on that question? HILLARY POUDEU TCHOKOTHE: 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.000 No, I think you summed it up perfectly, Courtney. COURTNEY 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:10.000 COOPERMAN: Great, I will get the links in the chat as well as the link to the 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:13.000 webinar from two weeks ago we dived into voting and experiencing 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:16.000 homelessness. Thank you so much, Hilary. Please feel 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:22.000 free to continue to ask questions in the chat and a Q&A for Hilary, and she 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:28.000 is on Our Homes, Our Votes teams as our first ever Our Homes, Our Votes intern. 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:34.000 We are lucky to have her and for all the insights that she brings from her 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.000 campus experiences. Alright, we are going to dive into the 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:42.000 next piece which is talking about a tool that we have through the Our 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:46.000 Homes, Our Votes campaign that you can use to facilitate transportation 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:51.000 access, as well as other forms of support for voters that are looking to 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:56.000 make their voting plan, or may need some additional resources. That is our 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.000 voter pledge cards. Next slide, please. We are on the right 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.000 slide. This is a voter pledge card. For those 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.000 of you who are not familiar with blood -- voter pledge cards, they serve two 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:11.000 purposes. The first is to remind you the 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.000 registered voters of the upcoming election, and second is to collect 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.000 contact information 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:22.000 to make a plan to vote. This is critical as Heller mentioned 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.000 because research shows that voters are asked to talk through the voting plans 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:31.000 are much more likely to actually vote. It will enable you to connect any 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:35.000 boaters figuring out the voting plan, with resources in the community. 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:41.000 This is a snapshot of the voter card and what it looks like. Voters fell at 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.000 the top half of the contact information, 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:50.000 they can check a box if they need help finding the place, transportation, or 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.000 need voter ID assistance. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.000 The staff or volunteers that are running the voter registration drive 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:05.000 will keep the top half of the card so they can be followed up with. 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:11.000 The bottom half of the card has blank spaces, which you can fill in with your 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:15.000 states mail in voting and early voting deadlines, if applicable. The newly 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:20.000 registered voter will keep the bottom half of the car for themselves which 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:25.000 reminds them of their pledge to vote. Tronic Next slide, please. this is a 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.000 pledge card translated in both English and Spanish, all the same content 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:34.000 translated and we can drop the link in the chat both to the English version 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:40.000 and Spanish version, and there is also a page where all of the resources live. 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.000 Our homes – our votes.org/voter/registration. All the 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:51.000 resources we will share in the next few minutes live on this page. 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:56.000 This is available in English and Spanish. We also created a user guide 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:00.000 to using the voter pledge card. We know it's a multistep process, 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.000 a lot of different moving pieces with collecting the information, following 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:08.000 up with voters, and most importantly, keeping all of the information secure 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:13.000 because people are providing contact information. We want to make sure that 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:18.000 it is only used by and accessible to the people who are running your voter 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:21.000 registration drive. Next slide, please. This is a snapshot 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:27.000 of the user guide that we created. It walks you through each step of using 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:31.000 the pledge card, in a secure and effective way, to reach and follow-up 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:36.000 with newly registered voters. I am going to walk through some of the 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:40.000 highlights of this pledge card, the user guide, so it's familiar and you 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:45.000 feel comfortable getting started using the pledge card. The user guide walks 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:50.000 through all of the steps as well as two options for facilitating follow-up with 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:53.000 voters who need transportation assistance or voter ID assistance. You 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:58.000 can either organize this follow-up as part of your organization's own voter 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:02.000 outreach, or you can share confirmation contact information with us at NLIHC, 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:07.000 so we can organize the follow-up. Next slide. 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:12.000 As I will mention and emphasize again, it is critical. Something we emphasize 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:16.000 throughout the user guide is to be cautious with voters personally 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.000 identifiable information when using the pledge card. When you are collecting 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:24.000 and storing this information, be sure that it can only be accessed by trusted 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:29.000 and trained staff or volunteers, who will only use it for the intended 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:33.000 purpose of following up to encourage voter turnout. This applies both to 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:38.000 storing the physical pledge cards, and storing the information digitally after 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:42.000 you input into a spreadsheet. It goes into this and a little bit more 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:47.000 detail in that user guide, so I definitely recommend checking that out. 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:50.000 Next slide, please. In terms of the steps and nitty-gritty 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:57.000 of how to use the pledge cards, the first step is to have it on hand 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:02.000 at voter registration drives or events with enough copies in both English and 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:05.000 Spanish. You should have scissors or a paper 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:10.000 trimmer available so that voters can keep the bottom half of the pledge card 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:16.000 that reminds them of key deadlines, and you can keep the top half. 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:20.000 After your voter registration drive, you should input all responses into an 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:24.000 Excel spreadsheet, that is securely stored on a password-protected device. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:28.000 Do not share this digital spreadsheet unless necessary to do so, for outreach 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:33.000 purposes, and in any cases where you are digitally sharing it, send it with 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:38.000 an encrypted message and only to those trusted colleagues who are trained and 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.000 are involved in this nonpartisan voter engagement campaign. Once you have all 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:46.000 the voter information, in an Excel sheet, you can dispose of the paper 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:51.000 pledge cards and use a paper shredder to protect voters information. The next 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:57.000 step after that is we can go to the next slide, is to follow up with voters. 00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:01.000 You have voters that have registered to vote, they feel that the pledge 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:06.000 card, they are excited about voting, and the next step is to really make 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:11.000 sure that they have all of the information that they need and ask them 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:16.000 to talk through their voting plan. You will want to call or text all 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:21.000 voters who filled out that pledge card, to remind them of the election and 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:25.000 asked him to talk through their voting plan. Again, going beyond just a 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:29.000 reminder and having them go through the active steps of talking through the 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:33.000 plan are really critical. It can really boost turnout. We are 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:38.000 going to put together a sample script you can use for the average which we 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.000 will have available on future webinars, we'll make sure it's available soon. 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:46.000 You should follow-up with everybody who filled out the card and asked them to 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:49.000 articulate voting plans. For voters you indicated in the 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.000 checkbox tenet help finding the polling place, you can direct them to the 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:57.000 state information to find the polling place was up if someone is finding 00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:01.000 obstacles or does not know how to find a polling place, on the phone or 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:06.000 texting them, you can pull up the link to help them troubleshoot and figure 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:10.000 out where the polling places. Next slide, please. As you see on the 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:13.000 pledge card, there are checkboxes for assistance with voter ID, or 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.000 transportation assistance. If you really want to make sure, he 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.000 really want to make sure that you are getting those orders connected with 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:24.000 that information because they check the box that they need assistance. There is 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:28.000 two options in terms of facilitating the follow-up with the pledge card. 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:33.000 First, to submit the information of those who have filled out the pledge 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:37.000 card, to our team at L NLIHC, and we can fill associate facilitate. 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:42.000 If Sammy needs rise to the pole, we will connect them to the 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:47.000 team at right, or somebody's voter ID assistance, we will get them connected 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:54.000 to VoteRiders, if you remember from the previous 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:57.000 webinar the spring. Option two, you consummate information 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:02.000 to us and we will get them connected. 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.000 There is a Google form, only Axis V 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:14.000 y 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:18.000 accessed by me, and anything submitted is sent and cricketing partners. Even 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:23.000 if you submit voter information for us to connect them with voter ID or 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:27.000 transportation assistance, you should still make those follow-up, get out the 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:31.000 vote reminder calls to make sure that voters articulate their plans to vote. 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:36.000 We will take the lead on getting them connected with our external partners. 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:40.000 The other option is to submit the information directly to Rideshare2Vote 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:42.000 Aware and/or Vote Ridwerers 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:47.000 depending on this assistance they need, and the pledge card has detailed 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:50.000 information to securely submit the information to each organization. Next 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.000 slide, please. 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:57.000 That brings us to the end of that section. We will get the links to the 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.000 chat 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:02.000 for everything regarding the voter pledge cards, and the Google form where 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:04.000 you can submit voters information. 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:12.000 I will now take a few questions. 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:17.000 The screen was cut off for some people, but we will send out the slides 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:19.000 afterwards. 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:24.000 It will go out in our Friday email newsletter, the Connection so if you 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:29.000 missed any of the slides, you will be able to download later on. We also 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:34.000 archive everything on the Our Homes, Our Votes website so you can download 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:37.000 those. Thank you so much, Hilary. Hilary jumped 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:42.000 – I dropped the link to the pledge card resources, so you can find the 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:47.000 landing page were these are all saved, 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:51.000 in English and Spanish, the user guide and the voter pledge card reporting 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.000 form. Someone has commented that they do not 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:58.000 have the option to save the chat. We have all of this posted 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.000 on the Our Homes, Our Votes website, on the webinars page. 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:07.000 You will be able to download all of it and it will be 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:13.000 available to you, even if you are not able to capture it from the chat right 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.000 here, right now. 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:19.000 We also had a request from Josephine to distribute this information in time 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:23.000 for primaries in September. Absolutely! This is live, on the Our 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:27.000 Homes, Our Votes website. We want you to start using it as much 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:33.000 as possible, and as soon as possible, and a lot of this is geared towards 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:37.000 November election, it's applicable to the primaries and we know that every 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:41.000 election counts. 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:45.000 Is not just about the presidential, not just about the general. Appreciate 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:50.000 that reminder, to use this all of the time, not just to be thinking about 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.000 November, 2024. Thank you. I see a comment from Joseph, 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.000 I will save your contact information and follow-up with you later 00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:01.000 regarding the research project that you are doing. Great. 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:05.000 Our panelist from 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.000 Rideshare2Vote Aware, unfortunately, had a conflict 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:10.000 and cannot be here today. 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:16.000 Although I cannot do justice fully to the information 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:22.000 that she is going to provide, I do want to make sure that everyone on this 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:24.000 call knows about right because -- 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:26.000 Rideshare2Vote Aware. It's a fantastic organization. 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:32.000 I will drop the 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:35.000 information in the chapel They provide complementary rideshare services to 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:44.000 voters who need rights to the poor -- polls. 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:49.000 I recommend looking into this because there's only a few organizations that 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.000 do this. They have a robust program and they 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.000 have rights that are accessible to people with disabilities, program 00:36:56.000 --> 00:37:01.000 geared to LGBTQ voters to provide safe rights, and they're working with us to 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:05.000 provide rides to voters in subsidized properties. I encourage you to check 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.000 out the resources and 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:12.000 we hope will be able to welcome Sarah, the founder, on a future call to share 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.000 more. I apologize that we do not have the 00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:18.000 presentation here today. I also will flag regarding 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:22.000 Rideshare2Vote Aware that they have a hotline, so any voter that needs 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:26.000 assistant can call the hotline. 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:30.000 It is accessible, meant to be something you can distribute, and the 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:33.000 voter pledge card itself has information about that hotline, 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:37.000 so you can use that as a starting point. 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.000 One question I got from Jillian, 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:56.000 is the right work in every state? I believe that 00:37:56.000 --> 00:38:01.000 it's in a dozen states, and they are expanding, I spoke with her about this 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:06.000 if there's a partner organization that wants to set up a rideshare hub, to 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:08.000 provide a large concentration of 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:13.000 rides even if they are not active there. They are very open to getting 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:15.000 started. I will share Sarah's contact 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:20.000 information and if you're interested in bringing them to your state, if they 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:24.000 are not already there, I think that is definitely a possibility. 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:30.000 I will take a minute to see if there is any other questions. Arlene asked if 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:38.000 there's information applicable nationally PwC yes. Regarding the 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:41.000 ? Yes. The voter pledge card is meant to be 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:58.000 used any staples of right as I said is not active in every state 00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:01.000 yet. I'm describing Sarah's confirmation 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:13.000 – my contact information. 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:23.000 This will be included in all of the follow-up information. 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:28.000 I see a comment from Kate that there are lots of organizations, especially 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:32.000 in urban areas, that do nonpartisan right shares. Absolutely! That's a 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.000 great point. There may be local organizations, 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:41.000 potentially houses of worship, local League of Women Voters chapters, 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:45.000 that are doing these rides. In addition to connecting with groups 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:48.000 that have a national presence, I definitely recommend connecting with 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:52.000 your local partners, seeing who is doing this, and 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:56.000 seeing if you can plug in your constituents with rides that are 00:39:56.000 --> 00:40:00.000 already happening. I also note that in recent years, R 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:03.000 Uber and Lyfts 00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:08.000 have done discounts for rides to the polls. I don't have information about 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:13.000 that if that is happening this year on election day, but definitely keep an 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:19.000 eye on and if we get information about that, we will be sure to share with all 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:22.000 of you. Thank you for that point, Kate. Kate 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:26.000 also mentioned bookstores and nonprofits. Those are great places to 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:30.000 look! I know libraries, as well. 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:33.000 Great. (unknown name) is asking if I know it 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:38.000 states they operate in. I don't know off the top of my head but 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:44.000 it should be on the website, and I will drop the link in the chat. I have a 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:49.000 question from (unknown name), what about those who do not have an actual 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:53.000 address? What can be used to assist them so they 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:56.000 can still vote? Great question. We have a lot of 00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:00.000 resources for our partners at the national coalition for the homeless, 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:04.000 and the National Alliance to End Homelessness. They each have a 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000 campaign. This is geared towards registering and 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:10.000 mobilizing voters experiencing homelessness so I will drop the links 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:13.000 to their toolkits. We also did 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:18.000 a webinar on this topic two weeks ago that really gets into the weeds of best 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:24.000 practices for registering and engaging unhoused 00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:27.000 voters. I will drop the link as well. Here is 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:33.000 the resources from, you do not need a home to vote, the national coalition 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:37.000 for the homeless, and everyone votes from the National Alliance to End 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:40.000 Homelessness. They have a really robust toolkit. No 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:44.000 worries, if you're on vacation, we record in our kids everything 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:47.000 -- record and archive everything. You can find this 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:54.000 and the link for our July 1 webinar. 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:58.000 The short answer to the question is that people experiencing homelessness 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:02.000 have the right to vote, 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:06.000 and in terms of figuring out the process for getting them registered 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:11.000 without a permanent address, it is always best to consult your state or 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:15.000 local election office. Often you can use an agency or a 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.000 shelter as their mailing address, 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:21.000 but they need to indicate the place where they regularly stay, whether that 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:26.000 is a shelter or an outdoor location, for the purpose of assigning them a 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.000 precinct, polling place. 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:32.000 The short answer and the most important take away is they have the 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:38.000 right to vote and there are many steps that you can take to support them. 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:42.000 Doug commented that Pennsylvania has a section on the voter registration where 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.000 clients can mark 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:48.000 on a rudimentary map where they live. Exactly. That is the gist of it 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:53.000 for a lot of states. Great. 00:42:53.000 --> 00:43:09.000 I will wait another 30 seconds or so to see if any questions are coming in. 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:12.000 I see Brenda's raising their hand. 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:39.000 Rhonda, diva question you want to share in the chat? 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:45.000 While we are waiting, I am going to go ahead and share some reminders about 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:49.000 opportunity to participate with us. Beyond the scope of the webinar. I know 00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:55.000 many of you have joined regularly, and many of you are joining for the first 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:59.000 time today. There is a lot going on with Our Homes, 00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:04.000 Our Votes, even beyond the webinar series. I want to make sure that you 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.000 all have the opportunity to plug-in. Next slide, please. First, many of you 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:10.000 are already involved 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:14.000 in the Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates network. This group is open to all 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:15.000 nonpartisan organizations 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:21.000 that share the goals of the campaign. If you're on this call, you are most 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.000 likely eligible to be Our Homes, Our Votes affiliate. 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.000 We have regular office hours for our affiliates, taking place every other 00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:32.000 Friday from 1 to 3 PM Eastern. 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:37.000 The next 1 Will Take Pl. this upcoming Friday. We have an email 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.000 listserv where we share announcements and opportunities with affiliates and 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:44.000 we also have a postelection virtual gathering for affiliates. Affiliates 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:54.000 have enhanced access to 00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:59.000 resources, and we will drop a link to become affiliate if you have not 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:04.000 become one already. We can go to the next slide. 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:09.000 I want to make sure everyone knows about Turbo Boat. I have talked about 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:15.000 this a few times on the call but there's a lot of new names and faces 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:18.000 . It is a one-stop shop where voters can 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:22.000 register to vote and update their registration 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:27.000 , check the voter registration status, sign up for election reminders and find 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:31.000 nonpartisan election information for their community. We will drop a link in 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:36.000 the chat to this platform. 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:41.000 This is a great way to promote voter registration in your networks. Both 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:45.000 online, and in person. Of course, if you, yourself, have 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:49.000 updated your information, change your name, have moved, you should take this 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:54.000 moment to scan the QR code and make sure that your voter registration is 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:57.000 up-to-date. If you ever have any questions about 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.000 using Turbo Vote, 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:05.000 or want to integrate it to your outreach, feel free to reach out to me. 00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:10.000 It's also available in both English and Spanish, so definitely encourage you to 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:14.000 use that as a bilingual resource. Next slide, please. Our Homes, Our 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:17.000 Votes website has a comprehensive resource library 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:22.000 with tools and templates that you can use to launch your own nonpartisan 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:26.000 voter and candidate engagement work. This year, we are constantly updating 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:28.000 adding to the resource library like 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:33.000 tools such as the voter pledge card. If you're looking for more where that 00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:38.000 came from, I encourage you to check it out. It has all the most essential 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:43.000 resources bundled in one place. We will drop the link to that website, 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:47.000 as well. Next slide, please. I also want to flag 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.000 National Voter Registration Day. We have talked about this a few times 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:55.000 on the calls, but there's an announcement related to this. It's a 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:57.000 nonpartisan civic holiday that is dedicated 00:46:57.000 --> 00:47:01.000 to celebrating an uplifting footer registration. Everybody should save the 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:04.000 date for this it is on Tuesday, September 17 00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:16.000 this year. 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:20.000 We encourage you to sign up as a community partner. They receive access 00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:24.000 to exclusive training webinars and free swag from National Voter Registration 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:27.000 Day. It also recently announced its event 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:30.000 grant opportunity for community partners. These are grants that range 00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:34.000 between $500 and $1500 to support in person events 00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:38.000 on National Voter Registration Day. First, Sen. be a community partner and 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:44.000 what you have signed up, you are eligible to apply for the event grant 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:51.000 . 00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:57.000 The link has been dropped in the chat by Hillary. It is coming up quickly, it 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:02.000 is due on July 18, this Thursday, so take a look and apply if you're 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:07.000 planning on wanting doing one of those events. Next slide, please. Before we 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:13.000 close out I will remind everyone 00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:17.000 that this webinar continues to take place roughly every other week until 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:21.000 mid-November. We hope you will continue to join us 00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:26.000 and spread the word to networks. The next 1 Will Take Pl. on Monday, 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:31.000 July 29 at 2:30 PM Eastern and is titled Housing Providers and Voter 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.000 Engagement. It Will Share Strategies and Partners 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:38.000 with the Registers, to Promote Civic Engagement and Get out the Vote in 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.000 Their Communities. You can check out a full description of 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:48.000 next week for better and disruptions for the 00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:52.000 -- descriptions on the web site. Here are the upcoming websites, there's 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:58.000 a lot of great content for the remainder of the year. 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:04.000 That brings me to the end, I'm going to scroll through the check to see if 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:08.000 there is any ongoing questions. Thank you for being here, and being a 00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:11.000 fantastic audience and asking so many great questions. 00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:16.000 I see a question from Rhonda, I work with an organization founded lead and 00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:20.000 ran by BIPOC community, who have current or former lived experience with 00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:23.000 homelessness. Are there resources 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:27.000 to support a lived experience coalition who may not have funding to 00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:32.000 organize for this in their communities? Thank you so much, Rhonda. Yes, I 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:36.000 definitely, first, encourage you to become an affiliate. We would love to 00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:40.000 have your group as part of the affiliates network and can provide 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:43.000 our online resources, some customized trainings, network of peers. 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:52.000 Really appreciate you asking that question. 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:56.000 And also encourage you to apply for the grant from national voter 00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:59.000 registration day. We will also continue to flag other 00:49:59.000 --> 00:50:02.000 grants we come across that provide similar resources. 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:07.000 Lisa asked if it's possible to get a recording of the webinar. Absolutely. 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:12.000 We will have the recording posted on our YouTube channel and we will send it 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:16.000 out in the next edition of the Connection, our Friday email 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:20.000 newsletter/. It will also be archived on the our 00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:25.000 homes are both webinars page, which Hillary just dropped in the chat a few 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:26.000 minutes ago. Jeanette Vose 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:29.000 -- 00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:32.000 dropped the list of the states where 00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:43.000 right is available. Appreciate you sharing that. 00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:48.000 Hillary is going to share some other important links. Thank you.*Said, I 00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:51.000 have some ideas of who to ask for rideshare, on 00:50:51.000 --> 00:51:02.000 they are rural and lack of transportation is a barrier. 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:06.000 As you figure out what types of organizations are providing the 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:09.000 support, I encourage you to report back to us. 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:14.000 So that we can share that Intel with our broader network, so people know 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:19.000 where to look. Susie requested the link vote. For turbo 00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:40.000 Hillary, if you can jump that in the chat woman time, that would be great. 00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:47.000 I'll wait to see if there's any other additional questions. 00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:51.000 That covers everything. Thank you so much to Hilary for your 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:56.000 fantastic rest -- guest presentation. Thank you everyone for your 00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:58.000 comments and suggestions, and look forward