What is political gerrymandering? How does it affect elections? Check out this Infographic explanation subscriptlaw.com/blog/political… from Subscript Law. subscriptlaw.com #elections #gerrymandering

The Democracy Labs created a crowd sourced, real time nationwide map of reported voting issues. Please spread this link to voters and voter protection groups so they can identify and report voting problems on election day with the press and others. demlabs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries…

Last night Community Votes led phone banking with the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation's food pantry and Delta Sigma Theta sorority members. #GOTV2018 #VoteTuesday

Early analysis shows this election had the highest voter turnout in a midterm since 1966! What does this mean? Join us for our November 20th Webinar as we ask that question! #ElectionDayResults2018 cc.readytalk.com/registration/#…

1.4 million people in Florida with past convictions will now have the opportunity to have their voices heard in their communities. bit.ly/2RFAMpL

MA just passed a law to strengthen #CivicsEducation. mass.gov/news/governor-… Now public high school students can lead a non-partisan civics project, aka action civics. Action civics builds powerful young people: see how actioncivicscollaborative.org #YouthPower #Democracy

632,076 students attend after school programs in NYC. afterschoolalliance.org/policyStteFact… Imagine if civic readiness were a core component of these programs. Young people will learn they have the ability and responsibility to influence their own community. #CivicEducation #YouthDevelopment

This year NYC immigrant voters really showed up on Election Day. Thanks to the hard work of the New York Immigration Coalition xiaoyu zhang, CHHAYA @CHAYA and others that have worked for more then a decade to get immigrant voters to the polls. #Election2018 documentedny.com/2018/11/16/vot…

RI students go to court to demand civics education nytimes.com/2018/11/28/us/… WHILE in NJ there is a push to have every child in every school learning civics. njtvonline.org/news/video/new… Civic education should be a right. #Civic Ed Now

New York Restricts Voters: It is the only state that holds federal and state primaries on different days. It is one of 12 states without early voting and changing a party affiliation takes one year! Will Albany Lawmakers change these rules this year? nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyr…

Crystal clear example of how voting impacts public policy and oh so quickly! nytimes.com/2019/01/14/nyr…

Imagine the benefits to our communities when young people become #civically engaged. As a high school senior in RI explains "If you don't know what's going on, how can you change it?" thepolitic.org/a-civic-duty-s…

According to a NYT's poll voters overwhelmingly see income inequality as a problem the government should try and address AND support for taxing the rich cuts across party lines. nytimes.com/2019/02/19/bus…

New York's old election laws helped depress #voter turnout in 2018. Read nonprofitvote.org/america-goes-t… Will the #election reforms move NY up in state ranking? NY was 42 out of 51. MN was #1.

Community Votes is profiled in the New York Community Trust Newsletter nycommunitytrust.org/newsroom/nonpr…