Resources

FAQs

Frequently asked questions about Vot-ER and civic engagement in healthcare.

Badge User Guide

Learn how to use your Vot-ER badge.

Conversation Starters

Initiate nonpartisan discussions about voting.

Track Your Impact

See how many voters you or your team have helped!

Guidance

Learn best practices and legal guidance for implementing healthcare-based voter registration.

Telehealth

Learn how to integrate Vot-ER into telehealth appointments.

Vote Prescription Pad

A printable resource from Civic Health Alliance.

Slides & Handouts

About Vot-ER Presentation

Use this template to introduce Vot-ER to colleagues and leaders at your institution. (Google Slides)

Civic Engagement and Health Presentation

Use this template to present about the link between health, voting, the social determinants of health, and the structural determinants of health. (Google Slides)

Vot-ER One-Pager

Download and share our one-pager about Vot-ER and civic engagement in healthcare. (PDF)

Legal Guidance One-Pagers

Learn best practices and legal guidance for implementing healthcare-based voter registration.

Research

The Vot-ER Healthy Democracy Campaign: A National Medical Student Competition to Increase Voting Access

Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Civic Engagement as a Pathway to Meaningful Medical Student Engagement on the Social Determinants of Health

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Health-based civic engagement is a professional responsibility

Nature Medicine

Health care-based voter registration: a new kind of healing

International Journal of Emergency Medicine