Goal
Remove practical barriers to voting and reach voters who are routinely excluded from traditional civic engagement efforts.
Program Scope
VAAC’s voter access and outreach work includes:
- Door-to-door canvassing
- Phone and text banking in partnership with allied organizations
- Relational organizing and community events
- Outreach in shelters, jails, treatment facilities, and reentry spaces
- Transportation to the polls
- ID access support and referrals
- Election protection activities including poll monitoring and challenger programs
2026 Targets
- Door-to-door outreach to approximately 10,000 to 15,000 voters
- Phone outreach reaching millions of voters statewide through partnerships
- Event-based and high-traffic outreach reaching at least 10,000 additional community members
2026 Focus
- Center justice-impacted, unhoused, and low-income voters
- Use trusted messengers and peer-to-peer engagement
- Strengthen data tracking, quality control, and reporting
- Coordinate closely with coalition partners
We inform people with felony convictions and people on parole that they have the right to vote, and we provide tools to help them exercise that right.
Our outreach is intended to inform people:
- of the importance of voting in every election,
- where they can learn more about the issues and candidates on their ballots,
- how they can register to vote and get an absentee ballot,
- how they can vote.
Resources
To receive printed Flyers and Posters, please complete the following form:
You are also welcome to use these Flyers and Posters which you can print. Use them as they are, or modify them for your unique needs:
VAAC Postcard-size Flyer – Front and Back (links to Google Drive, updated August. 2023)
Volunteer
Training: The Michigan Secretary of State launched a VoteSmart Training series, which you can find here.
To join our community outreach as a volunteer, or to request a voting ambassador for your organization, please contact us and someone will reach out to you with more information.
| Volunteer Opportunity | Commitment Size |
|---|---|
| Community Material Distribution: Hang VAAC posters in public settings – especially in urban areas – such as bus stops, barber shops, laundromats, corner stores, libraries, churches, mosques, etc. Location: Your Community or we will help identify a community we have not reached yet | Starting at just a few hours. You can also keep a supply of posters in your car and distribute them when you are out in the community. |
| Community Event Volunteer: Greet community members; share accurate, nonpartisan information about voting in Michigan; help people check their voter registration; answer questions about voting; encourage people to make a plan to vote and stay engaged; setting up and staffing our information table; etc. Location: Various locations throughout our communities | A single event commitment is usually 2-4 hours. You may commit to as many or as few events as fits your capacity. |
| Community Liaison: Take responsibility for a relationship with a community organization such as a homeless shelter or food bank, to deliver posters, flyers and maybe even set up a Get Out the Vote event. Location: Phone or email to coordinate. Ideally, visit the location in person with posters and fliers to make personal contact, but snail mail is a definite backup alternative. | Engaging a single organization should about 2-4 hours total. You are welcome to take on multiple locations. |
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