ONVR seeks to reach and register new and first time voters: ONVR meets voters where they are. We go to college campuses, big-box retail power centers and places where we know that there will be a lot of people. We have a team of trained volunteers, professional signage, brochures and handouts explaining the voter registration process in Georgia. For college students, we explain the choice of registering to vote in their home state, or in the community where they attend college. Georgia was a pioneer expanding ballot access back in 1990. This choice for out-of-state college students now exists in all 50 states. We are also expanding efforts to make high school seniors aware, approaching the age of majority (18) of their ability to register for upcoming elections. We hope that …
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Mission and Background
Big-Box Retailers
Our meeting people where they are approach allowed great success at multiple big-box retail locations (with merchant permission). At each registration location we: Registered New Voters: Provided online …
College Students
We focused our out-of-state college student efforts primarily on two college campuses, specifically Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology. Both of these campuses have a high percentage …
High School Students
Many high school seniors will reach the age of majority (18) also in time to vote in this upcoming and historic runoff election. ONVR made contact with more than 90 high school principals, as well as …
