Open staceyrebekahscott opened 2 years ago
@jonlam27 I have assigned this issue to you, to start exploring the potential of gathering data from websites that have recordings of their meetings, etc.
Tasks for this week: Choose from the list below and document your findings.
Please let me know what you choose, so I can assign the others to someone else. We need to ramp up our data collection efforts so please take on as much as you can.
hey @staceyrebekahscott sure thing, I can start by taking National Low Income Housing Coalition
@jonlam27 How is your research going so far? Any insights from the Housing Coalition videos?
Hey @staceyrebekahscott, yup got some insights. Wanted to summarize my findings before the meeting today but had some personal issues that took up majority of the time. Will have this done hopefully after the meeting though
Summary of Findings - 4 NLIHC Webinars
Some webinars were less relevant i.e. the third webinar goes into legal considerations for non-profit organizations (how to maintain non-partisan in issue advocacy and voter registration efforts), but were still insightful nonetheless.
Our_Homes_Our_Votes_Webinar_040422.pdf Our_Homes_Our_Votes_Webinar_051622.pdf Our_Homes_Our_Votes_Webinar_050222.pdf Our_Homes_Our_Votes_Webinar_041822.pdf
@jonlam27 Great work on the Housing coalition videos. This is great insight.
Do you have time to take a look at another organization's videos, either the When We All Vote summit, or the All In Campus Democracy Challenge?
hey @staceyrebekahscott, yup. I actually experienced a major internet outage on Friday that lasted all weekend. Managed to still squeeze in some time for part 1 of the summit hosted by When We All Vote though. I've left notes below on my findings (some similar with what we already have, some newer insights):
The Culture of Democracy Summit: Friday, June 10
Summary of Findings – Culture of Democracy Summit Part 1
Voters disproportionately harmed by voter suppression laws:
Fight for democracy has intensified over the last 7 years and new tactics used for voter suppression are directly targeting the integrity of the process itself
Georgia
SB 202
significantly reduce number of drop boxes across the state
made it increasingly difficult for people to request and vote by absentee ballot
shortened time for early voting
made it a crime for people to provide water and snacks to voters and election volunteers (Georgia has some of the longest voting lines and this law made it harder to provide comfort to people to encourage them to stay in line and be engaged)
The 5% that are hardest to reach include low-income, under-resourced, under-represented communities – usually youth or the formerly incarcerated who have done their parole, paid their fines, and served probation
The formerly incarcerated are typically unaware of the process to be re-enfranchised and to access their right to vote
If your name or address has changed, you have to re-register to vote
Issue experienced that caused a 40% drop in registered voters:
HB 441
Involvement of federal agency to conduct investigation into alleged election fraud or election crimes
Concerned this might intimidate voters from participating in the process
Texas
Native Vote
The Culture of Democracy Summit: Monday, June 13
Summary of Findings – Culture of Democracy Summit Part 2
Research conducted
there seems to be a lack of trust in traditional sources of information and a sense of information uncertainty among voters and non-voters alike
Voters may be discouraged from participating when they don't feel equipped to make an informed decision or when they are exposed to misinformation
research has demonstrated the importance of improving civic education and media literacy
People want information that's:
Majority of Americans have little to no trust in news media and accountability has been a major theme. Trust will come after accountability.
Difference between Misinformation and Disinformation
Ballot Harvesting
Other examples of Disinformation
Nefarious actors who seek to cause wedge issues within communities of colour - we look at this as racialized disinformation
To combat this, organizations work with folks on the ground so they can get and spread the correct information
Incarcerated
Hey team, I went over the All In Campus Democracy Challenge seminars and wasn't able to find too much info that we can really use imo.
For context, ALL IN is a non-partisan initiative of the nonprofit organization Civic Nation. It supports campuses to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement through civic learning, political engagement, and student voting etc.
A lot of what has been mentioned are reiterations of their action plan and how they've established some form of a rubric or matrix that colleges/universities can use to ensure they're on the right track when it comes to engaging students.
Aside from one seminar that goes into relational organizing there weren't explicit mentions about voting challenges unlike When We All Vote and NLIHC. Happy to get a second opinion from another researcher though (as they might discover insights that I've missed)
Texting-Based Relational Organizing Release and Conversation
What is relational organizing?
Why focus on texting?
ALL IN developed 2 core models in virtual voter engagement centered around texting: Couch Parties and Campus Canvass
Couch Parties
Campus Canvass
@jonlam27 is this issue complete? If so, I will close it. Thanks!
Overview
Search for organizations that have recorded webinars, calls, meetings or summits that we can watch/listen to and pull insights from.
For general notes: Ballot Nav Customer Development Activity Log For keeping track of contacts and responses: Voter Mobilization Research Feedback