EV house owners volunteer to drive voters to the polls in 11 states (and you may too)

The US election is coming quickly, with early and mail-in voting already open in a number of states. However for individuals who don’t have transportation to get to polling locations, assist may come within the type of a journey from an electrical automobile – and if you happen to dwell in considered one of these 11 states, you’ll be able to volunteer to assist.

Giving individuals rides to the polls is nothing new in America. There are lots of people with disabilities, individuals who can’t afford transportation, voting precincts which can be unfold out and troublesome to get to a polling place in, and so forth., and giving these voters rides to the polls can assist to extend participation of teams which can be underserved by our electoral course of.

Mail-in ballots and early voting additionally assist to alleviate these points and enhance participation, however after their profitable software to extend participation within the 2020 election, some states have rolled again their choices in these respects, resulting in problem for some voters.

And so, with EVs in focus on this election, EV advocacy group EVHybridNoire determined to offer voters in 11 states an opportunity to expertise an EV and in addition drive extra voter participation on the identical time.

It comes within the type of a brand new effort over at ChargeTheVote.org, which is accepting EV-owning volunteers to drive voters to their polling place, and in addition accepting signups to request a journey to the polls. In case you’re desirous about both, you’ll be able to enroll right here – so long as you’re in considered one of these 11 states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, or Wisconsin.

For extra on the trouble, learn it in their very own phrases:

ChargeTheVote.org is a nonpartisan voter training and engagement initiative to reinforce voter turnout within the 2024 election by offering zero-emission transportation in electrical automobiles (EVs) to native polling areas. This effort will concurrently present constructive engagement with electrical automobiles (EVs) and EV drivers native to their communities by helping voters in exercising their proper to vote through transportation in electrical automobiles – EVs. This fosters a constructive affiliation with EVs in communities which have essentially the most to realize together with monetary financial savings, good paying U.S. jobs throughout all talent ranges, cleaner air, elevated entry to protected transportation, and extra. ChargeTheVote.org is powered by the nation’s largest community of numerous EV drivers – EVHybridNoire. 

ChargeTheVote can even host a webinar for many who are desirous about taking part this coming Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm Japanese time. You may join that webinar right here.

So in case you have an EV and need to assist individuals vote, enroll! Or if you happen to want a journey and wouldn’t thoughts making an attempt out one of many newest and best within the automotive world, you’ll be able to enroll too.

Simply head on over to ChargeTheVote.org and scroll right down to the signup portion.

Electrek’s Take

Publicity to EVs has been proven to extend individuals’s opinion of them, and in addition to lower the impact that political assaults on EVs have. So whereas we don’t count on this to alter the world, maybe it could actually assist to take the temperature down within the room.

We’d definitely prefer to see fewer nonsense assaults on EV expertise, so the extra alternative to reveal extra individuals to how nice it’s, the higher.

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