Hold a VERA Mock Election in Your Program!

​Use the instructions and related resources to hold a mock election in your program and contribute to our New England-wide tally!

How can a program implement an effective VERA campaign?

• Commit to doing voter education for the 2020 election.
• Get oriented to the VERA resources available to you. Check out the Classroom Resources page.
• Share this Introductory PPT presentation (forthcoming, 9-24-20) at a staff meeting to mobilize your team.
• Teach adults about voting and other ways to participate civically.
• Participate in a program-wide mock election and let representatives know that we vote!

Make the Case for Voter Education

2012 report by ETS: Fault Lines in Our Democracy. Civic Knowledge, Voting Behavior, and Civic Engagement in the United States (pdf)
“The relationship between educational attainment and voting is strong. The data show a decline in voting across all educational attainment levels since 1964. But the decline is particularly steep for the population with lower education levels. For those with nine to 12 years of school but no diploma or GED, the voting rate fell by nearly half between 1964 and 2008, from 65 to 34 percent. The decline was even steeper for those with less than a ninth-grade education, dropping from 59 to 23 percent. Among the U.S. population with at least some college, the decline in voting was less steep.” (p 15)

Learn about What Non-Profits Can and Cannot Do Regarding Elections

Nonprofits, Voting and Elections Online Guide

This guide clarifies the range of permissible nonpartisan election activities a nonprofit may engage in.