Free Our Vote Restores Voting Rights with Proven Tech Solutions
Free Our Vote Restores Voting Rights with Proven Tech Solutions
Free Our Vote Restores Voting Rights with Proven Tech Solutions
Free Our Vote is a tech nonprofit that develops innovative solutions to restore voting rights for people with past convictions.
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Our Impact
Our model is supported by rigorous, scientific evidence. In 2020, we ran a pilot program in Florida. Quasi-RCT analyses prove our outreach boosted turnout by up to 26%. The Wall Street Journal and ProPublica, among others, have cited our work.
People with past convictions
People contacted
New voters
Increase in voter turnout
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Our Approach
Measure
Free Our Vote is an evidence-based organization. We rely on rigorous, scientific-evidence to measure the effectiveness of our approach. We measure, evaluate, and iterate on each of our programs in effort to have the greatest impact and restore voting rights for eligible voters.
Implement
We use data to conduct hyper-targeted, direct voter outreach (e.g. mailers, texts, phone banking, door knocking) to register and turn out voters. We negotiate with clerks of court to waive outstanding balances then pay the remainder.
Analyze
Using sophisticated matching logic, we link and analyze datasets to determine eligible voters and identify relevant eligibility barriers (e.g. outstanding fines, fees, restitution).
Collect
We develop and deploy web crawlers and machine learning models to collect and organize disparate sets of data across court and voting systems. We leverage APIs and request public records to acquire additional data points.
Our Approach
Our Approach
Collect
We develop and deploy web crawlers and machine learning models to collect and organize disparate sets of data across court and voting systems. We leverage APIs and request public records to acquire additional data points.
Analyze
Using sophisticated matching logic, we link and analyze datasets to determine eligible voters and identify relevant eligibility barriers (e.g. outstanding fines, fees, restitution).
Implement
We use data to conduct hyper-targeted, direct voter outreach (e.g. mailers, texts, phone banking, door knocking) to register and turn out voters. We negotiate with clerks of court to waive outstanding balances then pay the remainder.
Measure
Free Our Vote is an evidence-based organization. We rely on rigorous, scientific-evidence to measure the effectiveness of our approach. We measure, evaluate, and iterate on each of our programs in effort to have the greatest impact and restore voting rights for eligible voters.
Success Stories
"Free Our Vote was able to call and get my fines and fees taken care of. [They] moved a mountain that I really just felt like I didn't have the energy or the funds to move.”
- Latanya, Restored Voter
"Free Our Vote and Greater Birmingham Ministries have impacted me in a lot of ways. I now feel liberated. I now feel like my voice can and will be heard."
- Corey, Restored Voter
More About Our Impact
Free Our Vote, Inc. is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN #85-3015345). Contributions to Free Our Vote are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Free Our Vote, Inc. is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN #85-3015345). Contributions to Free Our Vote are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Free Our Vote, Inc. is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN #85-3015345). Contributions to Free Our Vote are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.