Campaign Tools
We research and develop campaign tool tools with Eastern Washington Voters. Together we have developed the Help The Vote approach to turning out first-time voters, partisan voter registration as a precision tool, and cutting edge Get Out The Vote (GOTV) postcards.
Social Pressure (GOTV) Postcards: Bulk and Handwritten
“Handwritten GOTV Postcards: 2022 Experiment” (Working Draft, request a copy from us to read this)
“Political Messages in Positive Social Pressure Postcards” (PowerPoint)
“Social Pressure: Handwritten and Partisan/Nonpartisan Postcards” (Video Presentation: Starts at 1:33:20; You need to request a password from us [see contact page] or if you are a member of the AI you can access from here).
Partisan Voter Registration
Polarizing (Partisan) Voter Registration to Win Votes in 2016 Swing Areas (Full Paper)
Polarizing (Partisan) Voter Registration to Win Votes in 2016 Swing Areas (PowerPoint)
Why People Don’t Vote and Solutions
[request a copy from us to read this.)
Policy
Automatic Voter Registration
Here is the Center’s research on automating the voter registration process. Our country has used many different forms of automated voter registration (AVR) for decades, such as opt-in Motor Voter Registration. The most recent type of AVR is opt-out registration at government agencies as eligible citizens apply for drivers’ licenses, government services, and benefits. In Oregon for example, the Department of Motor Vehicles simply registers people without asking them, but then sends them a letter telling them they are being registered. If they don’t want to be registered, they are asked to return a postcard opting out.
Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D.
September 20th, 2017
Automating the Process of Voter Registration: Review of Research and Analysis of Oregon 2016
Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D., and Chad Murphy, Ph.D.
September 20th, 2017