{"id":1264,"date":"2024-09-10T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/?post_type=article&p=1264"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:34:55","slug":"determined-to-improve-democracy-groups-host-events-to-celebrate-national-voter-registration-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/indiana\/articles\/determined-to-improve-democracy-groups-host-events-to-celebrate-national-voter-registration-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Determined to Improve, Democracy Groups Host Events to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day 2024"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1264","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Voter registration in Indianapolis at the Carson Transit Center on Sept. 17, 2024","featured_image":"","article_type":70,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"49\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":157}"],"related_issues":[108,395],"related_work":[111,299],"location":17},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":["{\"site_id\":\"49\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":157}"],"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"To improve Indiana\u2019s poor rankings in voter registration and voter turnout, several democracy groups will host an event on National Voter Registration Day, September 17, 2024. <\/span>\r\n\r\nCommon Cause Indiana, League of Women Voters Indiana, League of Conservation Voters of Indiana, Hoosier Asian American Power, Good Trouble Indiana, Indiana Friends Legislative Committee, the Indiana Alliance of Retired Americans and ACLU of Indiana will register voters at various locations downtown, as well as have a press conference at Lugar Plaza, corner of Alabama and Washington Streets, at 11 a.m. <\/span>\r\n\r\nThese organizations are all members of the All IN for Democracy coalition, which works to advance pro-voter policies in Indiana.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAn IndyGo bus featuring \u201cYes, You Can Vote!\u201d ads from the ACLU of Indiana will be across the street beginning at 10:30 a.m. Raymond Powell and Jeannie Reed, two formerly incarcerated voters featured in the ACLU IN commercials, will also participate in the press conference and raise awareness of common misconceptions regarding voting eligibility for justice-involved Hoosiers.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Having such poor rankings in both voting and voter registration should be concerning to our elected officials, but we have seen no concerted effort to improve these rankings since they were released earlier this year \u2013 so grassroots groups like ours must ramp up our efforts. National Voter Registration Day on September 17th is a great reminder to check your registration and make sure friends and family are registered to vote,\u201d <\/span>said Julia Vaughn, Executive Director of Common Cause Indiana. <\/span><\/b>\r\n\r\nWHAT: Press Conference and Voter Registration Drive in Indianapolis<\/span><\/b>\r\nWHO: Common Cause Indiana, and other democracy groups<\/span><\/b>\r\nWHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. <\/span><\/b>\r\nPhoto opportunity with bus beginning at 10:30 a.m. at 301 E. Washington Street,<\/span><\/b> press conference at 11 a.m. <\/span><\/b>\r\nWHERE: Lugar Plaza, corner of Washington and Alabama, downtown Indianapolis <\/span><\/b>\r\n\r\nAny voters who want to check the status of or update their voter registration, <\/span>click here.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nTo learn more about who is eligible to vote and view the ACLU video featuring Raymond Powell and Jeannie Reed, <\/span>click here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nDetermined to Improve, Democracy Groups Host Events to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day 2024 - 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