U.S. Vote Foundation and Identity Digital Announce New Platform to Increase Voter Turnout at Home and Abroad
July 09 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Created by U.S. Vote Foundation, the Voter
Journey Map educates and supports U.S. citizens across geographies
and brings voting to life using the Identity Digital us.vote domain
name
U.S. Vote Foundation and Identity Digital, a leader in
connecting the online world with domain names and related
technologies, announced the launch of the us.vote website and Voter
Journey Map, available today. The us.vote website serves as the
primary destination for voter outreach campaigns and offers a new
way to simplify the voting process for American citizens around the
world.
The new website and Voter Journey Map helps educate U.S.
citizens at home and abroad on how to vote with ease and creates
interactive, personalized voting plans. It guides first-time and
experienced voters through a series of questions to develop a
customized map containing the steps, information and services
needed to navigate complicated U.S. voting processes.
Voting in the United States is complicated by varying
state-specific regulations. It is not a streamlined, uniform
process and can change for individuals depending on location,
circumstances, preferences, abilities and more. These complexities
have proven to be a significant barrier for voters. For example,
turnout for the 4.4 million overseas voters is less than 7.8% due
to lack of awareness, assumptions and deeply ingrained
misconceptions about the process. Additionally, there are 38
million U.S. voters with disabilities that may need special
accommodations.
"Enhancing voter education in America is crucial. U.S. Vote
Foundation has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in leveraging
us.vote to provide an invaluable resource for American voters,"
said Akram Atallah, CEO of Identity Digital. "They have transformed
their online presence to provide an immersive and dynamic
experience, which will hopefully close the turnout gap for American
voters.”
"For nearly two decades, U.S. Vote Foundation has worked to
bring best-in-class voter services to millions of voters," said
Michael Steele, U.S. Vote Foundation Chairman. “The us.vote website
and Voter Journey Map combine the optimism and creative innovation
necessary to engage with today’s voters as we help them in their
journey to the ballot box. Our new website establishes a
centralized online location for voter outreach programs that are
vitally needed across all states.”
U.S. Vote Foundation’s choice to use the us.vote web address
makes it easier than ever for citizens to find the information they
need to exercise their right to vote. The new platform exemplifies
how organizations can use Identity Digital top-level domains (TLDs)
to leverage both sides of the dot to create authentic digital
identities. For additional information on the advantages of
adopting new web addresses visit www.identity.digital.
U.S. Vote Foundation is the only non-profit, non-partisan
outreach that serves voters of all types, including domestic,
absentee, overseas, and every diverse group. To learn more about
U.S. Vote Foundation visit here.
About U.S. Vote Foundation
U.S. Vote Foundation (is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)3
organization that works to facilitate and increase participation of
U.S. domestic, overseas, and military voters worldwide through
streamlined voter registration and absentee ballot request
services, civic data, technology development, and access to
personalized voter information services. US Vote is a leader in
Vote-by-Mail Absentee Ballot Request services. Overseas Vote and
us.vote are signature initiatives of U.S. Vote Foundation. Further
information: www.usvotefoundation.org,
www.overseasvotefoundation.org and www.us.vote
About Identity Digital
Identity Digital Inc. simplifies and connects the online world
with domain names and related technologies to empower people to
build, market, and own their authentic digital identities. With the
world's largest portfolio of nearly 300 TLDs such as .pro, .studio,
.live, .technology, and .world, Identity Digital supports around 25
million domains on its innovative registry services platform. In
addition, Identity Digital enables customers to discover, register,
support and use high-quality domain names with its registrar,
Name.com. Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Identity Digital is a
global company with approximately 250 employees. For more
information, please visit identity.digital.
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Amanda McMillen, Identity Digital
amanda.mcmillen@identity.digital Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, U.S.
Vote Foundation susan@usvotefoundation.org Inkhouse for Identity
Digital identitydigital@inkhouse.com