Get-Out-the-Vote Workplace Programs

 Get-Out-the-Vote Workplace Programs
In efforts to encourage employees to vote, Nora Gilbert, director of partnerships at Vote.org, said employers should focus on participation over politics. And, she said, "even small efforts are meaningful."

Here are 10 ways businesses are boosting voter participation among their employees:

** Distributing information about how, where and when to vote, along with tools to register and request a ballot online.
** Hosting a voter registration event or voting celebration.
** Adopting flexible schedules with no meetings on Election Day.
** Providing paid hours to vote, whether on Election Day or before it for early voting.
** Allowing employees use of printers for absentee ballot applications, as well as paying postage.
** Sending e-mails to remind employees to vote.
** Encouraging employees to offer child care, elder care or rides to the polls for others in their communities to vote on Election Day.
** Giving paid time off for employees to train as poll workers.
** Reducing store hours on Election Day to ensure that employees can vote in person.
** Closing entirely on Election Day, a practice started by Patagonia in 2016.

"Patagonia co-founded the Time to Vote movement because we believe no worker should have to choose between earning a paycheck and voting, and we believe the business community has the power to contribute to the culture shift needed to increase voter participation in our country's elections," said Corley Kenna, a spokesperson for Patagonia.
Source: 10 Ways to Help Employees Vote

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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Workers shouldn't have to choose between earning a paycheck and voting. Time To Vote is a nonpartisan movement, led by the business community, to contribute to the culture shift needed to increase voter participation in our country's elections.
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There are nonpartisan actions your company can take today to show your commitment to democracy
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For companies that want to play an active, nonpartisan role helping employees vote in this year's election, there is much you can do.
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TriNet | Jul 2022

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Harvard Business Review (limited free articles) | Aug 2019