VOTE411

VOTE411

Vote411
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VOTE411 Update - April, 2022

The League of Women Voters of Delaware has launched its user-friendly VOTE411 online guide to the state’s May 10 school board elections in hopes of reversing the historically poor turnout at these elections, which typically brings out only ten percent of eligible voters. 

To find your personalized school board ballot, go to https://www.vote411.org/ and enter your address.  You can also find your polling location and upcoming candidate forums.  If your candidate has not responded, please email them to ask that they fill out the Vote411 survey so you can learn more about them.

If you are interested in reviewing the diverse candidate responses across the state, use this link.

Help us promote Vote411 and School Board elections, by posting the attached on your Facebook Page or Nextdoor Site.  

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What is VOTE411?

VOTE411 is the League of Women Voters' online voter guide platform. Local Leagues from around the country gather candidate information in their area and provide it so the voters can learn about the candidates before they go to vote. In addition to candidate profiles, VOTE411 also provides general election information, now in both English and Spanish.

 
Here is an interview with local Delaware voters asking where they get information about the candidates, and what they like about VOTE411:

Where Do You Get Voting Information? Real Answers from Real People

Why it matters

Election rules differ state by state and sometimes change from year to year. Using VOTE411, voters can confirm their polling location, check if an ID is required, and see what their personal ballot will look like. Confirming this information before heading to the polls saves voters time and helps voters make more informed decisions.

What sets VOTE411 apart from other online voter guides is its top-to-bottom coverage (all Delaware races from U.S. President and DE state-level, all the way down to county rows offices and school board members), and the unbiased candidate information... in the candidate's own unedited words.

What we're doing

The League of Women Voters has long been a trusted source of objective and nonpartisan election information. Since 2006, VOTE411.org has served tens of millions of voters. By entering one’s home address on VOTE411, voters can see ballot questions they will be voting on, compare candidate responses to League questions, and much more! 

Since 2006, the League of Women Voters Education Fund has operated VOTE411 providing registration deadlines and tools, absentee and early voting information, polling place locations, voting hours, and more.

Every voter in America will see candidate info on VOTE411.org in the 2020 elections, with coverage in all 50 states and DC, and down-ballot coverage in hundreds of cities across the country. 

Informing voters has been our brand for nearly 100 years and, through VOTE411, we are reaching more voters where they are and providing the information they need,” said Virginia Kase, CEO of the League of Women Voters of the United States. “As a nonpartisan organization, Americans look to us for trusted information. Our candidate guides are customized for communities by League volunteers so that, ahead of Election Day, voters can hear directly from the candidates about the issues they care most about.

We are proud to report that the VOTE411 voter guide system won a Webby People's Voice Award for Best Government & Civil Innovation Website in 2020.

 

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Delaware