Voter Engagement

Nonpartisan voter registration, education and mobilization

Nonprofits, Voting & Elections

A guide to 501 (c)(3) voter engagement work covering knotty legal issues with simplicity and clarity

Voter Engagement Evaluation Project

This report presents critical findings from the 2004 election cycle regarding the effectiveness of 501(C)(3) voter engagement activity that the FCCP community of funders actively supported. The report synthesizes commissioned research and discussions between funders and field leaders at the VEEP Convening held in June 2005. The findings presented allow funders and nonprofit practitioners to avoid repeating mistakes, refine and replicate effective strategies, and target priority areas for additional experimentation and investment in future election cycles.

New Americans Vote! Advancing Social Change and Strengthening U.S. Democracy

This report is a follow-up to the VEEP Report, focusing exclusively on how to effectively engage immigrant communities in the political process. The report discusses how immigrant groups that integrate voter engagement in their ongoing work not only enfranchise new American voters, but also strengthen efforts to address issues of concern to these communities, like employment, housing and health. The document presents case studies with best practices employed by a variety of groups and ends with a set of recommendations for funders.

Defining the Arab American Vote

AAI - Zogby

Zogby/AAI Poll: Arab American Voters to Decide on 2008 Presidential Candidates by Stance on Iraq War

Vital Beyond Belief — The Demographic and Economic Facts about Hispanic Immigrants in Nevada

A Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Report 2007

America Goes to the Poll

America Goes to the Polls is a comprehensive report on voter turnout in the 2006 elections.

Youth Vote Boosted By Turnout Campaigns, Says New Study

Student Public Interest Research Group

On the heels of the most successful youth voter mobilization efforts ever in a midterm election, the Student Public Interest Research Groups' (PIRG) New Voters Project is releasing a new analysis of its 2004 efforts to boost youth turnout, and of the part

Rocking the House: Competition and Turnout in the 2006 Midterm Election

The 2006 midterm election does not signal a return to voter apathy as much as reflect an ailing electoral system, which requires reforms to increase the number competitive congressional seats to boost overall turnout.

Stateline.org

Website providing latest news and research on state-level issues

MassVote Resource Library

Public Library of Voter and Election Resources

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