How do I get trained to help register voters for future elections?

Texas was already the toughest state in which to register to vote and cast a ballot, and with the recent passage of the SB 1 voter suppression bill, it’s only become harder. By getting certified as a Volunteer Deputy Registrar (VDR), you can make the process easier for folks by registering voters in your community – and help us take back our state in 2022.

I encourage you to click here to find all the information you need to become a VDR in your county. And then I hope you will consider joining our team of Powered by People Ambassadors – our statewide team of over 1,000 VDRs who have registered about a quarter-million Texans to vote in just the past year and a half. You can click here to learn how to become an Ambassador with us.

What are you reading these days? Any good books to recommend?

I am reading Woody Guthrie’s “Bound for Glory” to my son Henry.

How are donations spent in this organization?

Donations from our supporters help ensure we have a steady stream of resources to register, engage, and turn out the voters who will make the difference in 2022 – everything from voting rights rallies to phone banks to in-person canvasses and voter registration events. Donations also allow us to support exciting Democratic candidates and organizers in Texas, who are helping bring about the change we want to see in Texas.

Powered by People volunteers are doing this work in some of the toughest, hardest to reach areas with some of the lowest turnout rates in the entire country. Take Laredo, for example: like other communities along the border, voter turnout in Laredo was just about 50% in 2020. Instead of hiring a bunch of political analysts to tell us why people down there aren’t voting, we’re reaching out and asking the voters themselves. Through phone banks, deep canvassing, and having these conversations one-on-one, we’ve learned a lot about what issues matter most to folks, and what it’s going to take for them to vote in the future. You can read a recent Laredo Morning Times article about our Laredo-based volunteers here.