Voter Registration During Telehealth

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Prompt the conversation

Many health care professionals find that the best time to weave in the voter registration prompt is towards the end of the visit.

Conversation Prompt:

“Before I let you go, I wanted to acknowledge that with all the disruptions related to COVID19 it can be hard to do the important tasks like remembering to register to vote. Are you ready to vote in the next election?”

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Making a direct invitation, and then sharing the Vot-ER platform website or text code is the most important step. The Vot-ER platform will walk them through the remaining steps on their phone or on the computer after your visit is over.

I want to help you prepare to have a healthy, safe voting experience. Register to vote where you live now and request a mail ballot at vot-er.org/healthy or text vote healthy to the number 34444 on your phone

Follow up

Follow up with messages like “any trouble with the voter registration process?” to close the loop and nudge completion of the voter registration process. Once clients are registered to vote, we’ll send follow-up reminders and state-specific information about upcoming elections.

Voter Registration at Vaccine Drives

What does voting have to do with vaccines?

How to talk about voting after vaccination

English

Hello friend, my name is _______. Congratulations on getting your vaccine! May I have a minute of your time to help you protect yourself and your community in another way?

Patient’s Response

Your Response

No.

No problem, here is some information you can take with you to read later or share with others [give flyer].

Yes.

Awesome, thanks for your time. Voting is one of the most effective ways you can protect your community. Do you know if you are an eligible voter and are registered to vote?

I have an easy and fast way to get you registered. Let’s check it out! All you have to do is scan here [show QR code] or text the following code (VOTE VAX -or- VOTE VAXENG) to 34444.

I’m pretty sure.

Do you want to take 30 seconds to double-check your voter registration on your own phone?

I’m undocumented.

No problem. You’ve already done a great service to your community by getting your vaccination. Only citizens are eligible to vote so even though you can’t use this, we welcome you to take this flyer and share it with any family and friends who are citizens and want to vote.

Spanish

Hola amigo, mi nombre es _______. ¡Felicitaciones por recibir su vacuna! ¿Puedo tener un minuto de su tiempo para ayudarle a protegerse y a su comunidad de otra manera?

Patient’s Response

Your Response

No.

No hay problema, aquí hay información que puede llevarse para leer más tarde o compartir con otros [dar volante].

Sí

Increíble, gracias por tu tiempo. Votar es una de las formas más efectivas de proteger a su comunidad. ¿Sabe si es un votante elegible y si está registrado para votar?

Bueno, tengo una manera fácil y rápida de inscribirle. ¡Vamos a ver! Todo lo que tiene que hacer es escanear aquí [mostrar volante con el código de QR] o enviar un mensaje de texto con el siguiente código (VOTE VAXSPA -o- VOTE VAXESP) al 34444.

Estoy bastante seguro

¿Quiere tomarse 30 segundos para verificar su registro de votante en su teléfono?

Si alguien es indocumentado.

 No problema. Ya ha prestado un gran servicio a su comunidad al vacunarse. Solo los ciudadanos son elegibles para votar entonces aunque no pueda usarlo, le invitamos a que tome este volante y lo comparta con familiares y amigos que sean ciudadanos y quieran votar.

Resources

10 Ways to Use Your Vot-ER Badge

Healthcare providers across the country are helping patients use their voices to shape our democratic processes and create a fairer, more just healthcare system. While the predominant mechanism for healthcare providers to get patients, colleagues, and family members registered to vote or get them their mail-in ballots has been through the direct, in person, use of the Healthy Democracy Kit, our users have innovated several key new ways to leverage the simple technology behind the kits to get thousands of people ready to vote in November. Below are some of our favorite ways. You can also see examples of these ideas or new ones as they get added by our users on this page.

Before you begin: The first and most important step is to identify your kit’s unique URL. You can do this by using your own kit and making note of the URL that the text trigger or QR code sends you to. For the vast majority of users this will be vot-er.org/votehealth. Just to be sure, go ahead and use your own kit by sending the text message or using the QR code on your badge to find out.

States Competition: Each kit has a specific state tag on it that allows us to track how many people got ready to vote because of healthcare providers in that state. When you use your badge you will be helping score another point for healthcare providers in your state. As of August 20th, healthcare providers in Pennsylvania are in first place with providers in North Carolina lagging just behind. Check the most up to date scores here. How will you use these techniques below to help your state come out on top?

Once you’ve identified your kit’s unique URL, all of the following 10 options are immediately available to you:

1. Text Messages

Have anyone text your badge’s short code. Just tell them to text ‘vote health’ to the number 34444. Anyone using this text will receive a link that counts toward your school or state.

2. Widely post your URL

Distribute and deploy your URL directly everywhere: This is ultimately where all of the above options lead, thus you can always distribute this and be assured your points will count for your school or state.

3. Physical Uses

You can always write or print your URL, text link, or even QR code on anything and distribute it far and wide. We’ve gotten you started with the linked templates, but feel free to make your own! Previous successful ideas for physical uses include:

4. Partner with local establishments.

Recruit bars, restaurants, local hotspots or public boards and add your text code or link, either handwritten or printed!

5. Instagram Bio

Change your Instagram bio link to your URL.

6. Email Signature

Change your email signature until the election: further instructions on how to do this are here.

7. Twitter Storm

Create a Twitter storm using posts featuring your URL and have everyone in your department, family, or friend group repost and tag 10 friends, or better, famous alumni, sports teams, or organizations at your hospital with requests to distribute the link to their followers and networks!

8. Social Media Posts

Make an Instagram or Facebook post (see our templates and adapt to make them school/hospital specific!).

9. Airdrop

AirDrop your registration link at community events, covid testing sites, or anywhere (feel free to screenshot our templates for ease of use)!

10. Text Bank

Plan a text bank, the MOST effective mechanism of voter registration. Here are easy instructions!

Good luck and thank you for doing the vital work to improve the health of our democracy!

Full recordings of Alister’s past Healthy Democracy Kit webinars can be found here.