getting your staff, board & volunteers registered to vote: tactics and strategies presented by
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GETTING YOUR STAFF, BOARD & VOLUNTEERS REGISTERED TO VOTE:
TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
Presented by
Nonprofit Votes Count is a national campaign with resources and tools to make it easy for every nonprofit to have their staff, board, and volunteers register and vote• To lift our voice and power to advance our
mission and impact public policy• To create a foundation for deeper
engagement of the people and communities we serve
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
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CAMPAIGN SPONSORS
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IN THE NEWS
“State and local elections matter too. This campaign makes it easy for all nonprofits to promote the most fundamental element of civic engagement: Voting.”
- Tim Delaney, CEO, National Council of Nonprofits
"Voter registration is the first step in making our voices heard as citizens. This campaign will help grow our collective impact and bring new voices into the conversation.”
- Geoff Plague, VP of Public Policy, Independent Sector
TODAY’S PRESENTERS
Who
Brian MillerExecutive Director
Nonprofit VOTE
Jan MasaokaCEO
California Association of Nonprofits
Jatrice Martel GaiterExecutive VP of External Affairs
Volunteers of America
AGENDA
Agenda
Goals for Today National Voter Registration Day Nonprofit Votes Count: Voter Registration
o Tactics and Strategies: Using the Toolkito Materials and Other Collateral
Signing Up – Asking Others to Join
• Make a plan to register your staff and volunteers on or before NVRD
• Learn about the resources and strategies from the Nonprofit Votes Count website
• Sign up. Ask others to join as well.
GOALS FOR TODAY
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY
On the fourth Tuesday of September as declared by the National Association of Secretaries of State and President Obama with Nonprofit VOTE, Bus Federation Youth Engagement, League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, Voto Latino and others
A national campaign withresources and tools
to make it easy for every nonprofit to have their staff, board, and volunteers register and vote
NONPROFIT VOTES COUNT
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GET STARTED
Prep/Get Started• Make a plan: choose tactics or approaches,
time and place, who’s involved �• Recruit and train staff/volunteers as
needed• Review how to do voter registration in
your state: filling out and returning forms
See the full checklist for more…
MAKE A PLAN
From the Toolkit
• A template kick off email from the ED/CEO or a Board member: Lays out the plan. States a reason
• Create visibility with posters and internal communications
KICK OFF & PROMOTION
Door Knock/Cube Knock Your office• Personal contact helps• Example: ACCESS, Dearborn
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
Tabling During NVRD Week• Making it convenient• Example: Lowell, MA
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
A Staff Meeting or Party• Making it fun and a group activity• Example: Missoula, MT
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
Other Ideas• Include registration in staff/volunteer
orientation• Inter-department / Inter-office
competition
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
MARKETING MATERIALS (TO DOWNLOAD)
When you sign up, email us to get printed posters and stickers [email protected]
STICKERS LOGOS
POSTERS
RECRUIT & TRAIN STAFF
VOTER REGISTRATION
NONPARTISAN GUIDELINES
From the website
When doing voter registration –• May not tell people who to vote or what party to join• May help tell them what it means to register as “not
affiliated” with a party
• For your community, nonprofit…or those that can’t vote (kids, immigrants)
• What’s at stake in the election• To express your voice on an issue or
candidate
REASONS: WHAT’S YOURS?
REGISTRATION IN YOUR STATE
REGISTRATION FORMS & MORE
TOUR ONLINE TOOLS AND RESOURCES
SIGN-UP ANDSPREAD THE WORD
SIGN UP (EVEN IF IT’S FREE)
SPREAD THE WORD!
Encourage your partners, affiliates, members and other organizations to get involved!
Visit this link for suggested social media posts and other materials:
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/nonprofit-votes-count-marketing/
• The Volunteers of America experience
PUTTING IT INTO ACTION
