Ways to Get Others to Vote
- Provide incentives for youth
- Have teachers offer voting as extra credit/part of grade
- Make voting a requirement of some part of school/activities
- Contact local businesses about providing discounts or free apparel/food for voting
- Use social media to promote voting
- Contact Snapchat about an election day/voting geotag or filter, an election day communal Snapchat story, and/or a teamsnapchat election day snap video sent to all users
- Encourage props or signs be placed at polling locations to take photos with
- Use hashtags on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook #whyivote #myfirstvote #ivoted
- Figure out transportation to the polls
- Organize walk to the polls from central neighborhood locations
- Organize busing to polls if there is no school
- Use local connections to promote voting
- Chalk the sidewalks on election day/the day before with reasons to vote
- Get local politicians/celebrities involved
- Reach out to other communities outside of high school/college
- Register people at the mall, or some sort of other interaction at malls or shopping centers
- Public libraries – have voter registration events or representatives talking about importance of voting
- Have food and/or free stuff at registration events and/or election day
- Encourage friends to get involved and spread the word
- Use your platform at school and with local politics to get public support from important local figures