Make a voting plan and follow through
Make a step-by-step plan ahead of time to avoid confusion on election day. Secure your voter registration, find out your polling location, and decide when and how you’ll vote.
Stricter voting laws and increases in voter suppression tactics have created growing confusion and distrust in elections:
At least 14 states have introduced laws increasing the complexity of voter registration, mail-in voting and voter identification.
Eagle AI is an AI-powered software which has been used to challenge the voter registration status of individuals by individuals in battleground states. The data produced by the AI to make these challenges are often unreliable or irrelevant, and could therefore disenfranchise legitimate voters.
Create a voting plan to help you think clearly through the voting process.
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Check Your Voter Registration Status
Make sure you're registered to vote and that your registration is up to date.
You can do this online through your state's election website or by contacting your local election office.
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Decide How You'll Vote
Create a plan and stick to it.
You can vote in person on Election Day, vote early in-person (if permitted in your state), or vote by mail. If you head to the polls, ensure you know your polling location.
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Know Your State's Voter ID Requirements
Some states require voters to present a form of identification at the polls.
Familiarize yourself with your state's voter ID requirements to ensure you have the necessary documents on Election Day.
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Know Your Rights
Explore how to exercise your voting rights, combat voter fraud and intimidation, and obtain accommodations for disabilities and language assistance at polling locations.
Supporting Research
Field experiments indicate that people who create a voting plan are 9% more likely to follow-through and vote.
The Brennan Center for Justice highlights how in the last decade, at least 29 states have passed 94 voting laws which increase the requirements for voting. These include stricter voter ID laws, and restrictions on mail-in voting
This feature from AP news reports on how disinformation campaigns will aim to mislead voters on the electoral process with the aim of disenfranchising them of their vote.
The US Department of Justice has created a handbook on federal voting rights laws.