Last year, the state legislature passed a law that nullified an absentee ballot request if it "is completed, partially or in whole, or signed by anyone other than the voter.”, “There were differences of opinion on how to interpret the statute,” Garner said. Both organizations successfully utilize direct mail and online formats to foster registration and voting by under-represented populations in the American electorate. Kevin Collier. CVI, one of the most active groups of its kind in the state, will send an explanation and an unmarked application to the 80,000 potential voters, CVI founder Page Gardner said. The Center for Voter Information (CVI) is a progressive 501(c)(4) nonprofit that works to engage and persuade both the RAE as well as the broader electorate. VPC and CVI mailings are a non-government organization mailing and often include a letter from either their Founder of VPC, or Program Manager of CVI, urging citizens to register to vote. However, the new state law in North Carolina is poorly worded and states that a request for absentee ballots is not valid if the “completed written request is completed, partially or in whole…” CVI believed that it was complying with the new law, and had received written assurances from the state regarding its mailing. CVI and VPC run the nation’s largest mail-based voter registration program, and their work is crucial today. If you want to be removed from their mailing lists, their letter has a code near the bottom that you can email to VPC or CVI to be automatically removed (unsubscribe@voterparticipation.org and unsubscribe@centerforvoterinformation.org). Like many states, North Carolina saw a surge of voters who chose to mail in their ballots for the primary election this spring. However, the Center for Voter Information, or CVI, denied on Tuesday that what it's doing is a scam and instead accused Adams and Cameron, … RICHMOND, Va. — You might have gotten a letter in your mailbox recently from the Center for Voter Information. As millions of Americans self-isolate because of the coronavirus pandemic, mail-based voter registration and vote-by-mail efforts have never been more important. VPC and CVI can answer questions so please feel free to direct your questions to VPC at 877-255-6750 and CVI at 866-290-1599 associated with their voter outreach mailer. Bob Hall, the former director of Democracy NC, another voting advocacy group, said in an email that the law preventing third parties from filling out names and addresses on ballot applications is "stupid and unneeded. CVI is sending out the new mailings voluntarily, to ensure maximum voter participation in the state. These mailings will contain voter registration applications and helpful information for unregistered voters. The mail recipients previously had received request forms that CVI had partially filled out with the recipient’s name and address. The North Carolina Board of Elections alerted CVI to the law after counties noticed the ballots and complained, spokesperson Pat Gannon said. Contact Us Center for Voter Information1707 L Street NWSuite 950Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 866-290-1599 Please fill out the form below or email info@centerforvoterinformation.org and let the Center for Voter Information know what you think and what is important to you. She is Page Gardner, not Garner. Roughly half-a-million mailers included incorrect information. 2020-09-03 16:53:50 Voter Participation Center (VPC) and the Center for Voter Information (CVI), will be sending out a mailing to Colorado beginning September 7, 2020. The group plans to send more than a million applications around the state in total. Women’s Voices and their front groups (CVI and VPC), as well as DemLabs LLC are partisan. For more information on their mission please see voterparticipation.org and centerforvoterinformation.org. Their mission is to expand access to Democracy by Underrepresented Populations. “All that being said, we respect their decision and now we're going forward to correct it.”. Tuesdays an…, Carol Burnett still is the funniest!! ", "But it is also incredibly stupid of CVI not to know the law before they carpet bombed North Carolina voters with illegal paper requests," Hall said. CORRECTION (June 10, 2020, 6:09 p.m. Role The Program Coordinator will play a pivotal role in implementing the Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information’s large-scale Voter Registration, Vote-by-Mail and Get Out the Vote programs. The group, the Center for Voter Information, has sent millions of election mailers this year alone. WASHINGTON, DC – The non-profit and non-partisan Center for Voter Information (CVI) announced today that it is mailing blank absentee-ballot request forms to 80,000 North Carolina residents. The registration mailings will go to unregistered young people who will be eligible to vote in the upcoming elections for the first time, to voters who have recently moved and have not re-registered or updated their voter registration records (according to their latest available information), and others who are unregistered in the voting age population.