 Letter of Commitment/Registration
GOTV Flyer (Add your info. and post in your buildings or flyer your neighborhood)
Nonprofits (501c3s) at Election Time: Legal Do's and Don'ts List
Sample Letters and Current Legislation
Responses to Common Reasons that People Don't Vote
Voter Education and Community Empowerment Planning Calendar
List of Electronic Links to Additional Voter Education Resources
Get Out the Vote/Voter Education Survey
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Additional Items Available:
Flyering Checklist
Transportation to the Polls Checklist
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Letter of Commitment
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| The letter of commitment registers your GOTV efforts with NCCED. Please take a moment to fill it out online. You can also print the letter out and fax it to NCCED at (202) 289-7051. If we can answer questions or provide additional assistance during this process, please contact the NCCED Policy Dept. at (202) 289-9020 or email Carol Wayman at cwayman@ncced.org. |
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GOTV Flyer
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This flyer is designed to remind people how important it is to vote. Print the Flyer and add your organization's contact/event information, make copies and them post them everywhere! Take the flyers door-to-door, put them on car windshields, and/or hand them out at the local grocery store, library, post office etc. It is especially important that you visit the homes you have developed! Contact local churches and other social service organizations to see if they would be willing to contribute to this effort. Click here for [Flyer Checklist]. While doing this, be careful that your staff and volunteers do not promote any particular party or candidate- that would be illegal. (For additional information on legal limitations, see: Legal Dos and Don'ts List: Nonprofits at Election Time.)
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Legal Do's and Don'ts List: Nonprofits at Election Time
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| It is absolutely legal for nonprofits to do GOTV 2004 Voter Education and Empowerment campaigns. This is a list of activities that are allowed/prohibited for 501c3 nonprofit organizations regarding activities such as lobbying and campaigning. Use this only as a general guide. It is not designed to replace legal council. |
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Sample Candidates' Forum Invitation Letter
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| If you are planning to host a Candidates' Forum, download this item and use it as a model to write your own invitation letter to the candidates running for a particular office. Make sure that you invite all serious candidates' for a particular office so that you do not break the rules! |
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Sample Press Release
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| Once you have figured out your personalized GOTV plan, follow this sample press release to alert the media. You can print it and use it as a model, or you can copy and paste the text into Microsoft Word, and make your changes on the computer. Let people in your community know how important it is to vote! |
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Responses to Common Reasons That People Don't vote
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| This is a list of reasons that people who do not vote often give when asked why they do not vote. It is a good thing to look over before you go out posting GOTV 2004 flyers in your community or begin making phone-calls to encourage people to vote, so that when you hear one of these excuses, you are equipped with a good response! |
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Voter Education and Community Empowerment Calendar
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| The October and November Calendars are designed to provide you with a framework for the GOTV 2004 campaign right up to November 2nd, 2004. There are two courses mapped out in the calendar: one for a candidate forum, and another for a focused get out the vote campaign, where your organization will post flyers all over the community, as well as call/recruit voters, and drive people to the voting sites on election day. |
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Electronic Links to Additional Voter Education Resources
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| This is a page of useful Internet resources related to voting. They provide additional information about voting regulations, hot topic voting issues, candidates, and much more. There are many more sites like this, and if you find one that is particularly helpful that is not on our list, please let us know! Send the web site information to: cwayman@ncced.org. |
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GOTV 2004 Follow-up Survey
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| As soon as the election is over, please let us know about your GOTV 2004 Campaign. You can do it online! We will compile the survey information into a manual for future GOTV campaigns. We plan to make the manual available to you online. This is a very important part of what NCCED does, and your participation will make it better for everyone. |
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Flyer Activity Checklist:
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1)Download flyer from NCCED's Website.
2)Add your organization's contact information and logo to the flyer.
3)Decide where in your community you want to post/handout the flyers.
4)Make adequate number of copies of flyers.
5)Schedule staff/ Recruit community volunteers to post/handout flyers.
6)Prepare maps of the posting areas for staff/volunteers.
7)Arrange for transportation of staff/volunteers to the flyering sites.
8)Decorate cars in a non-partisan way that inspires people to vote.
9)Get refreshments for your volunteers on the days you will be flyering.
10)Post or handout the flyers according to your plan! |
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Transportation to the Polls Checklist:
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1)Identify areas where people are likely to need a ride to polling sites on Election Day, post signs that inform them that you will provide them with rides.
2)Arrange to have vehicles/drivers available on Election Day.
3)Prepare map and addresses of polls and pick-up sites.
4)Assign precincts for poll runners.
5)Recruit volunteers to walk door-to-door on Election Day, reminding people to vote and offering them rides.
6)Prepare instructions for poll runners and for neighborhood walkers.
7)Get non-partisan vehicle decorations that encourage people to vote.
8)Inform drivers that they can not act in a discriminatory way toward any
person based on that person's expressed candidate/political party preference.
9)Drive people to the polls! |
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