MassVOTE
MassVOTE is a non-partisan organization providing the state’s broad nonprofit community with a range of voter engagement resources and trainings. MassVOTE’s mission is to work with 501c3 nonprofits to increase voter participation and promote positive election reform. To this end, it helps nonprofits of all sectors and size incorporate voter participation activities into their ongoing work. It also encourages nonprofits to play a leadership role in election reforms and other efforts to make democracy work.
Achievements
Since its founding in 1999, MassVOTE has:
- Helped Boston nonprofits increase voter participation for five years in a row, most dramatically in areas with lower voting rates. Working with nonprofits, we have erased the voting gap between blacks and whites and watch voting rates soar among the city’s many new citizens.
- Worked with Election Departments and the Secretary of State to improve poll procedures and encourage more open voter registration and voter participation
- Established nonprofit vote initiatives in the states seven major cities from Boston to Worcester to Springfield.
- Submitted election reform legislation to the Legislature
- Established partnerships with Kids Voting USA, public agencies, churches, schools, colleges, and voting rights organizations to promote voting and voter education statewide.
Contact Information
Juan Martinez
Executive Director
MassVOTE
18 Tremont Street, Suite 608
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 542-8683
Fax: (617) 259-5999
Email info@massvote.org
Web: www.massvote.org