EV homeowners 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 experience from an electrical automobile – and for those who stay in one in all these 11 states, you’ll be able to 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 can be unfold out and troublesome to get to a polling place in, and so forth., and giving these voters rides to the polls will help 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 improve participation, however after their profitable utility to extend participation within the 2020 election, some states have rolled again their choices in these respects, resulting in issue for some voters.

And so, with EVs in focus on this election, EV advocacy group EVHybridNoire determined to provide 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 experience to the polls. In the event you’re interested by both, you’ll be able to enroll right here – so long as you’re in one in all 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 schooling and engagement initiative to boost voter turnout within the 2024 election by offering zero-emission transportation in electrical automobiles (EVs) to native polling places. This effort will concurrently present constructive engagement with electrical automobiles (EVs) and EV drivers native to their communities by aiding voters in exercising their proper to vote by way of transportation in electrical automobiles – 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 ability ranges, cleaner air, elevated entry to secure transportation, and extra. ChargeTheVote.org is powered by the nation’s largest community of various EV drivers – EVHybridNoire. 

ChargeTheVote may also host a webinar for many who are interested by collaborating this coming Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm Japanese time. You possibly can join that webinar right here.

So in case you have an EV and wish to assist folks vote, enroll! Or for those who want a experience and wouldn’t thoughts making an attempt out one of many newest and biggest 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 folks’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 vary the world, maybe it could actually assist to take the temperature down within the room.

We’d definitely wish 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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