I.V.O.T.E.
Informed Voter Outreach for a Thriving Electorate
A framework that treats voter fatigue and disengagement as solvable problems. Participation made genuinely accessible for migrants, youth, and anyone excluded from political life.
Why I.V.O.T.E. is needed
Disengagement is a design failure
When people do not vote, the assumption is that they do not care. The reality is different: the system is not designed for them. Language, administrative complexity, cultural distance, anxiety, distrust. Invisible to those who never face these barriers. Insurmountable to many who do.
I.V.O.T.E. treats disengagement as a solvable problem at every point in the civic calendar, and not only at the ballot box.
How I.V.O.T.E. works
Four stages, one civic calendar
Work with us
A framework looking for partners, not a finished product.
Researchers, educators, municipalities, NGOs, and anyone working on civic participation and democratic inclusion.