EV homeowners volunteer to drive voters to the polls in 11 states (and you’ll 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 trip from an electrical car – and should you dwell in one in every of these 11 states, you possibly can volunteer to assist.

Giving folks 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 might be unfold out and troublesome to get to a polling place in, and many others., and giving these voters rides to the polls can assist to extend participation of teams which might 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 likewise drive extra voter participation on the similar 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 likewise accepting signups to request a trip to the polls. In the event you’re desirous about both, you possibly can enroll right here – so long as you’re in one in every of these 11 states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, or Wisconsin.

For extra on the hassle, 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 autos (EVs) to native polling places. This effort will concurrently present constructive engagement with electrical autos (EVs) and EV drivers native to their communities by aiding voters in exercising their proper to vote through transportation in electrical autos – EVs. This fosters a constructive affiliation with EVs in communities which have probably the most to realize together with monetary financial savings, good paying U.S. jobs throughout all talent ranges, cleaner air, elevated entry to secure transportation, and extra. ChargeTheVote.org is powered by the nation’s largest community of numerous EV drivers – EVHybridNoire. 

ChargeTheVote may even host a webinar for individuals who are desirous about collaborating this coming Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm Jap time. You may join that webinar right here.

So when you have an EV and wish to assist folks vote, enroll! Or should you want a trip and wouldn’t thoughts making an attempt out one of many newest and best within the automotive world, you possibly can enroll too.

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

Electrek’s Take

Publicity to EVs has been proven to extend folks’s opinion of them, and likewise to lower the impact that political assaults on EVs have. So whereas we don’t count on this to alter the world, maybe it may 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 folks to how nice it’s, the higher.

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