Texas Turnout Rio Grande Valley convenes the Texas Turnout Coalition, a group of nonprofits dedicated to advancing civic engagement and voter participation in the Rio Grande Valley. These organizations are based locally and throughout the state, ranging in work such as voter education, college access, immigrant justice, election protection, and voter identification.
Learn more about the members of our coalition:
VoteRiders’ mission is to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws, either directly from lacking acceptable ID or indirectly because of voter confusion. VoteRiders educates voters and assists citizens to secure their voter ID. We inspire and support organizations, volunteers, and communities to sustain such voter ID education and assistance efforts.
Registered voters in Texas need to confirm their identity with photo ID when they vote in person.
If you don’t have an acceptable photo ID, there may be other ways you can confirm your identity.
LEARN MOREA project of the Texas Freedom Network, Texas Rising is building the power of young people in our communities and at the ballot box. Their program organizes and builds power with young people of color in a multi-issue, intersectional social justice framework.
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AACT began in order to forge a single organization that will improve voter registration and voter turnout in the community.
For over 50 years, South Texas has been well below the state average for voter turnout. Reaching the community in a meaningful way has proven to be a difficult task to many in state and out of state organizations. As a result, a group of concerned leaders from the South Texas community came together to form the Advocacy Alliance Center of Texas (AACT).
NextGen is the nation’s largest youth voting organization using innovative digital and field strategies to turn out young voters in key states. We’re empowering the largest and most diverse generation in American history through voter education, registration and mobilization. At NextGen we share lessons learned with the broader progressive community to build a stronger, more nimble and effective democracy.
By working with young people across the country, we’re shaping a government that respects us, reflects us, and represents us — not just for an election cycle but for generations to come.
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Common Cause Education Fund is a 501(c)3 affiliate organization of Common Cause that supports national, state, and local efforts to strengthen our democracy.
Common Cause Education Fund harnesses the power of philanthropy to create a truly representative democracy that answers to the people, not the powerful. Using research, public education, citizen engagement, policy development and litigation, we aim to make the promises of the Constitution real for every American.
LEARN MOREThe goal of Black Voters Matter is to increase power in marginalized communities. We agree with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said, “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
LEARN MORENext Gen Led | Historically Inspired | Community Centered
CP FUTURE is a community created by new, young and driven leaders for fellow Gen Zs who want to engage civically and expand access to democracy. More than that, they want to provide opportunities, resources, and programs to build leadership skills mobilize them for sustainable reforms.
Democracy is something we do, not something that is. Change demands action.
We are the future of America and ready to get to work!
LEARN MOREActiVote is changing the way citizens engage with their government. Our easy to use nonpartisan app – educates voters on important issues, when and where they can cast their vote, connects them with their elected officials, and allows them to make their voice heard by quickly answering key polling questions.
LEARN MORETexas Civil Rights Project is an 501 nonprofit organization that advocates for voter rights, racial and economic justice, and criminal justice reform. It was formed in 1990 by attorney James C. Harrington.
LEARN MOREThe Good Deed Corps believes that a nation is made stronger when more of its citizens participate in the civic process.
We encourage and inspire citizens in overlooked and under-resourced communities to register to vote, vote, and encourage their friends and family to do the same.
To accomplish this, we bring food, music and passionate, knowledgeable volunteers to meet would-be voters where they are and engage them in relaxed nonpartisan conversations.
Our pilot programs in Atlanta, Savannah, and rural Southeast Georgia helped turn out a record number of voters in the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia this year.
We plan to bring the same energy, dedication and resources to Texas (a state 47th in the nation in voter participation) to help set new records for voter turnout in 2022 and 2024.
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