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Voter Turnout

Community Partners in Action of Connecticut has launched a statewide campaign to assist ex-offenders with restoration of voting rights. Connecticut recently changed its law to make it more automatic for ex-offenders to register and vote. Learn more.
On August 14, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued a directive advising county elections boards that they must allow voters who register to be immediately issued an absentee ballot. This measure allows Ohio residents to both register and cast an absentee ballot in person starting September 30th. Learn more.
This report from R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (NYU) from Demos analyzes likely effects of introducing Election Day Registration in Nebraska, and including estimates of increases in turnout for specific groups of Nebraska citizens under EDR. Download the report here.
Turnout in this year's primary election season was unprecedented. To learn more, read NVEN's report, America Goes to the Polls 2008.

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"Voter Education in a Nutshell"

Thursday, August 28th, 2:00-3:00pm Eastern

NVEN's free online trainings provide 501(c)(3) nonprofits with the information they need to begin to incorporate voter participation activities into their ongoing work.

Nonprofits at Work

LA VOTES will host a training on Sept. 3 at the New Orleans LA Nonprofit Association, themed "Voter Engagement: How Your Org. Can Get Started." The event will focus on how nonprofits can integrate voter engagement into the work they already do. For more info or to register, click here.

Cleveland State University and NVEN demographer Jeff Arp has produced maps showing Ohio nonprofits located in areas where voter participation was low in 2004. Check these out for large Ohio counties with many nonprofits around Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

CareVote, a project of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, was established to help Massachusetts' human service organizations engage their constituents in voting and democracy. Visit their website for ideas and resources on conducting voter registration and participation activities and for local success stories.

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NVEN will be in Albuquerque and Santa Fe on Sept. 10, hosting FREE forums for 501(c)(3)s on voter participation in New Mexico! Sponsors include the NM Assn. of Grantmakers and the NM Community Fndtn. To learn more or to sign up for a forum, click here.

On Sept. 8th & Oct. 8th, Pittsburgh nonprofits will host FREE non-partisan Voter Education Trainings. Sponsors include the The Greater Pittsburgh/Mon Valley Unity ’08 Coalition, B-PEP (Black Political Empowerment Project), and Everybody Vote. Download the Registration Form

This year marks 10 years of CLPI promoting, support and protecting nonprofit advocacy and lobbying. Over the past ten years CLPI has grown from a project of Independent Sector, to an independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to encouraging nonprofits to use advocacy to meet their missions. Learn more.

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