HARD TO REACH VOTERS
“Turnout 2020: Reaching America’s Hard-to-Reach Voters in a Pandemic”
Brennan Center panel -- held May 19, 2020
We appreciate the Brennan Center for Justice, Knight Foundation, CIRCLE, and former KY Sec of State Trey Grayson for making nonpartisan information available on
how to reach voters.
43% didn’t vote
From their event posting: “In 2016, 43 percent of eligible voters — nearly 100 million people — didn’t cast a ballot in the presidential election. But why? Was it due to a lack of faith in our election system? Or a deficit of information and interest?
Who are these eligible citizens?"
”A groundbreaking new report by the Knight Foundation,
"100 Million Project: the Untold Story of American Non-Voters," (https://kng.ht/3e0xo4j)
seeks to answer these important questions. Its findings have significant implications for the 2020 election and the future of our democracy.”
The Brennan Center organized a virtual panel discussion on America’s widespread problem of disengagement from the political process.
How do we bring these voices into our democracy?
What structural changes might facilitate greater participation?
And in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, what steps must we take to promote voter turnout, particularly for
