Written by Callie Buruchara, Debra Cleaver, Emily Behlmann, and Jennifer Lauv We're thrilled to announce a new feature on our absentee/mail ballot request form: walking voters through how to sign up for permanent absentee voting (PAV). Permanent absentee voting allows a voter to sign up to receive
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Last updated June 4, 2024 Authors and Analysts Debra Cleaver (CEO, VoteAmerica) Jennifer Lauv (Data Engineer, VoteAmerica) Scott Minkoff, PhD (Associate Professor, SUNY New Paltz and Senior Research Fellow, VoteAmerica) Map 1. 2024 vote by mail rules by state* *10 states have semi-permanent absentee voting and will accept one request
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Research and Analysis by Rachael Firestone, Jennifer Lauv, and Christopher Mann Memo and Additional Analysis by Scott Minkoff For the 2020 general election cycle, VoteAmerica ran a 10-state text messaging (Peer-to-Peer SMS) campaign aimed at geng potential voters to request ballots and vote by mail. The ten states were: Alabama,
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Research and Analysis by Rachael Firestone, Jennifer Lauv, and Christopher Mann Memo and Additional Analysis by Scott Minkoff For the 2020 general election cycle, VoteAmerica ran a 17-state ballot chase text messaging (Peer-to-Peer SMS) campaign aimed at getting voters who automatically received or requested mail ballots to submit them. In
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Written by Ben Weissmann (VoteAmerica) and originally published on the Twilio Blog. At VoteAmerica, we work to help Americans register to vote, and request vote-by-mail (also known as absentee) ballots. We use technology to remove barriers to voting and make sure that everyone can vote safely, easily, and securely. The
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President Trump continues his attempts to delegitimize the election months before it takes place. First he launched a sustained attack against voting by mail, then he suggested delaying the election. He’s even placed a campaign donor with clear conflicts of interest as Postmaster General of the United States Postal
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Program conception, design, and fundraising by Debra Cleaver. Program implementation by a national civic organization (NCO). Program evaluation by Pantheon Analytics. Executive Summary In October of 2018, NCO ran a randomized control trial to determine whether digital messaging (email and SMS) pushing voters to sign up for absentee ballots could
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Program conception, design, and fundraising by Debra Cleaver (VoteAmerica). Funding for the initial pilot by the Knight Foundation. Analysis by Pantheon Analytics. Originally published on June 26, 2017. Program implemented by a national civic organization (NCO). Executive Summary In analyses of five states where NCO’s E-Sign feature was implemented,
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Analysis by Sarah Michelsen, Arizona State University, PAF 573, November, 30 2015. NB: Permanent Early Voting is an Arizona-specific term. Most other states that offer something similar call it "permanent absentee voting" or "single-signup" Voter Participation in Arizona In November 2014, only 47.52% of Arizona’