This week we celebrated 25 years since Oregon took the leap to automatically deliver ballots to all registered voters for every election.
Huge thanks to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Former Oregon Secretary of State, Phil Keisling for sharing their insights on how Vote at Home has improved voter turnout across the country.
Adrian Fontes, Arizona SoS
“Once folks start voting at home, they love it. Particularly for voters in Greater Arizona, it does increase access and turnout.”
Phil Keisling, Fmr Oregon SoS
“Oregon’s experience shows the real turnout power of how sending ballots can boost engagement.”
Barbara Smith Warner, Exec. Director, NVAHI
“You can only be successful in this work if you’re engaged with the local democracy folks on the ground.”
Highlights:
- We meet states where they are and help move them toward more access to Vote at Home, whether that’s Maine or Massachusetts, Alaska or Texas.
- Defense is sometimes the best offense, and we have fought off attacks from Idaho and Wyoming to Utah and Oklahoma, delaying rollbacks and protecting voter access.
- Launching a statewide effort in Pennsylvania, supported by the William Penn Foundation, to work in coalition to create statewide ballot curing standards.
We also covered:
- Nebraska’s small counties that send every voter a ballot seeing turnout double or triple the turnout of the rest of the state.
- Michigan’s use of Single Sign Up as a step toward universal Vote at Home.
- More people using Vote at Home in 2020 than any other voting method, and maintaining strong usage despite misinformation campaigns.
If you have questions, feel free to connect with us.
