A. Easy & Quick-Start Service Menu

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Even for the Smallest Congregation 

A Fast-Start Menu of Free Services for Congregations of All Sizes 
(Delivered to You or Nearby with a Small Footprint Info Display. )
 

1. Easy & Quick Solutions and Assistance to Increase Voting That Are Very Simple to Implement that  

             - Help Your Voting Congregation with Voting Issues and 
                Difficulties 
             - Influence Non-Voters and Low Frequency Voters to Vote

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   • Pocket-Sized Cards with Quick Links and Phone Number Cards for Wallet or Purse (Simply Hand Them Out). They Include: 

     • Election Protection Assistance

     • Registration Assistance

     • Poll Location Assistance

     • Motivation Cards with Click to Video for Congregants  (Attendees Use or Give to Non-Voters and Infrequent Voters​) Availability TBA

   • ​Voter Education and Voter Protection Infographics, Flyers and Guides  Clarifying and Helping People to Register and Vote and Protect Their Rights

   • Ballot Issues and Candidate Updates and How They Affect Our Communities (Monitoring Statewide Issues)

   •  Voter Suppression Updates on Known Voter Suppression Issues

   • Election & Voting Process Monitoring: Updates and Changes to County Application and Ballot Processing​

   • Detailed Voting Reference Guide

     • Includes ​Process, Links and Phone Numbers Regarding Assisting Shut-ins

   • Registration and Voter Application Forms Are Also Delivered.
      

 

 

 

 

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1. Registration Training and Assistance (Live Zooms, Video or In Person)​

   • We will provide training for congregant leaders and volunteers with up-to-date best practices in helping people with registration and ballot applications. This includes paper and computer applications with COVID-19 protocols.
      

   • Training material will be available for printing or online. We can assist in printing if feasible.
      

2. Follow-Up Assistance with Voters That You Have Registered

   • Voters Would Be Contacted to See If They Have Non-Partisan Questions such as Voting Process, Poll Location or Need to Know How to Get Their Vote in on Time.
      

3. Voter Suppression and Election Protection Communications and Assistance Network

   • Receive and Share Pertinent Election Protection Information with Other Institutions and Organizations.  Organizations that Track This Can Provide Assistance. Should You and One of These Organizations Engage, We Will Monitor Actions and Results to Provide Further Assistance if Possible.
      

4. Voter Education Including Election-Protection Education (Live Zooms, Video or In Person - with local B-PEP/EAD Trainers plus Remote Committee of 70. We will provide follow-up with trainees.)

   • Help voters understand what to do to have their vote counted. This includes helping people learn what they need to know about ballots, registration applications and others, voting eligibility, polls, provisional ballots, and planning their vote, Additionally, election protection information will be covered, including how to deal with problems at the poll, and how disinformation is used to suppress voting.
      

5. Train New Trainers (Live Zooms, Video or In Person - with B-PEP/EAD Trainers or Committee of 70. We will provide follow-up with trainees.)

   • We will train individuals who want to become voter education trainers.
      

6. Poll Monitoring Training (Election Protection – via Common Cause)

   •  We will provide dates and links to training to become poll monitors through Common Cause. We will assist in connecting them with a group. Poll monitors serve an essential function in helping voters having difficulty voting at the poll, reporting irregularities, and reporting potential voter intimidation or voter suppression of voters who are legally entitled to vote. 
      

7. Phone/Text Banking Training and Programs (via Non-Partisan Collaborators)

   • If you have congregants or the people in the community who would like to participate in phone and text banking programs, EAD will connect you with non-partisan programs that can leverage your expanding-the-vote impact.
      

8. Canvassing Training and Assistance

   • Canvassing can be a powerful voter-outreach action. If you want to leverage your voter civic engagement, we will be happy to connect you with non-partisan canvassing organizations that will train and dispatch congregants or members of your community.
      

9. Election Transportation Pooling and Assistance

   • B-PEP Provides and Organizes Transportation for Voters in Allegheny County. B-PEP would like to extend this service to other areas where it is needed if it is feasible.
      

   • B-PEP would like to increase transportation options by working with institutions to help dispatch vehicles that they can share with B-PEP’s Roll to the Polls.
      

   • EAD is currently considering implementing a service to assist other areas with the set-up of transportation services during elections by sharing B-PEP dispatching methods and Covid-19 protocols.
      

10. Train Groups to Set Up Voting Assistance for Hospitalized Patients (Election Day Voting)

    • Paul O’Hanlon, founder of Ballots for Patients, will help groups set up similar programs in their area. Once the hospital(s) agree, group will help patients who are not able to vote.