What if you could register to vote when you filed your taxes? New research shows it would work.
“Working with VITA sites targeted the program to groups that tend not to be registered. Some voter engagement efforts actually widen disparities in participation by mobilizing members of groups that are already likely to participate, such as older and wealthier people. VITA sites serve low- and moderate-income people, who are substantially less likely to be registered to vote or to vote than higher-income Americans. In 2016, nearly three-quarters of individuals making more than $50,000 voted, compared with just over half of voters making less than that. In Ohio, the average income for filer voter participants was just over $23,000 a year; the average income for all VITA clients in Texas was slightly less than $27,000.”