As we prepare for the November General Election this year, Voters Ed Fund has been building up our partnerships with local clerks, mayors, and other trusted community leaders in our My City Votes communities to make sure that voters, especially those in underrepresented communities, know their voting options and have confidence in local and state election systems.
We are excited to announce that we are officially adding another municipality to our My City Votes 2024 campaign: Warren, Michigan, the third largest city in our state!
To be selected as a My City Votes municipality, communities must meet a few specific criteria, including having an above average population of historically disenfranchised voting groups, higher rates of poverty, and below average voter turnout rate compared to the state at large. Our goal is to reach low-propensity voters in these communities and give them the information and motivation they need to get out and vote.
Warren, as the third largest city in Michigan, has a population of over 135,000, and provides Voters Ed Fund with an opportunity to reach even more voters from historically marginalized communities. Thanks to cooperation from the Warren Mayor, we will be targeting an additional 53,000 voters to help them to exercise their constitutional right to vote this November.
While we’re excited to be expanding to another city, our work in Warren was not part of our original budget for this program. That means in order to make sure we can make the impact we want to have in this city, we’ll need to raise an additional $100,000 between now and September, when this campaign will fully launch. If you want to support My City Votes 2024, and the work of Voters Ed Fund to educate, motivate, and empower voters in historically marginalized communities, make your tax-deductible donation here.
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