INFLUENCES ON VOTING PART ONE Why do people vote the way they do?
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PROJECT
Is Voting Important To You? g pIf SO Why?
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WE ARE A PARTNERSHIPWE ARE A PARTNERSHIP• The National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC for short)
• Self‐Advocates Becoming E dEmpowered
• The Arc of The United States
• Portland State UniversityUniversity
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MORE PARTNERSMORE PARTNERS
• The RRTC on Aging with DevelopmentalThe RRTC on Aging with Developmental
Disabilities at the University of Illinois
• Moore Advocacy Consulting
• Georgia Advocacy Office
• University of Missouri at Kansas City
I tit t f H D l t(UCEDD)(UCEDD)
Institute for Human Development
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THE PROJECT VOTE! TOOL KITTHE PROJECT VOTE! TOOL KITWe started working together to
educate people about voting ineducate people about voting in 2000;
• We noticed that people withWe noticed that people with disabilities were not exercising their right to vote and we wanted everyone to vote,
J h K d d i• Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation gave us a grant to develop the Project Vote! trainingProject Vote! training.
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EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT VOTE! DISCUSSION
What is your biggest Voting Question?
How do I support someone to register ith t i fl i th ?without influencing them?
What do I need to do if I have moved?What do I need to do if I have moved?
How do I find out if I am registered?How do I find out if I am registered?
How do I know I am voting for the rightHow do I know I am voting for the right person?
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NATIONAL FOCUS ON VOTINGNATIONAL FOCUS ON VOTING
In 2002 The 00 eAdministration on Developmental Disabilities ( )(ADD) gave us a grant; through Help America Vote Act (HAVA)Act (HAVA) • To teach state self advocacy groups aboutadvocacy groups about voting so they have the power to lead the training.
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ATTENTION! PARTNERSHIP NEEDEDATTENTION! PARTNERSHIP NEEDED
We realized that self advocacy groups need partnersadvocacy groups need partners in the community to help educate people about their ti i htvoting rights;
• We received funding toWe received funding to continue providing training and technical assistance to protection and advocacyprotection and advocacy (P&As) organizations across the country.
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PURPOSE OF THE PROJECTVOTE TRAINING TOOL KIT
• Learn about voting issuesg
• Give people tools so they become the trainers in their communitythe trainers in their community
• Build connections to increase voting participation with:voting participation with:
• local/state agencies,• self‐advocates,self advocates,• family members, • elected officials, ,• and legislatures.
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WEB‐BASED LEARNINGWEB BASED LEARNING
Developed and field tested by p yP&As and self advocacy groups for the govoter.org website;
l h b• A template has been developed for web based Project Vote training.Project Vote training.• This template is available for any state P&A to create state specific web‐based voter education trainingtraining.
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETwo P&As received web‐based
training:g
• Made the information state specific to their voting p grequirements,
• Strengthened their relationship with people with disabilities,
• They learned the Project Vote! training toolkit,
• They built an outreach plan to increase voting.
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INCREASE USE of www.govoter.orgINCREASE USE of www.govoter.orgThree people were recruited to evaluate the on‐line informationevaluate the on‐line information system for P&As and people with cognitive disabilities; • Accessible information about• Accessible information about
voting rights,• How guardianship effects voting,• ID laws, • Voting machines / DRE (Direct‐
Reporting‐Electronic)Reporting Electronic)• Voter registration,• Direct links to state specific voter
informationinformation.
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GETTING THE WORD OUTGETTING THE WORD OUT NTAC information and products;products; • To P&As, • Self‐advocacy organizationsSelf advocacy organizations,• Other audiences • Through NTAC partnerThrough NTAC partner listservs,
• NTAC's www.govoter.orgwebsite,
• National and regional disability conferencesdisability conferences,
• SABE’s newsletter.
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OUR IMPACT ON VOTINGOUR IMPACT ON VOTINGCareful evaluation of NTAC:• Promoting HAVA (Help• Promoting HAVA (Help America Vote Act),
• Measuring:Measuring:• How many self advocates trained,
• How many P&As trained,• Increase of participation
f b hof voting by citizens with disabilities,
• Share information about• Share information about voting and cognitive access.