MJF 2024 Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Resources

Description: This collection of 2024 Election Resources offers resources to support voters through registration, voting access, and ballot navigation. It includes same-day voter registration guidance from Ballotpedia and a sample ballot lookup tool for specific ballot information. MJF’s Project 2025 Report and Building Movement Project (BMP) resources provide strategic insights into civic engagement and other ways to approach this election cycle. The Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) hotline assists multilingual voters with election information in multiple languages, while fact sheets outline voter rights, including ballot-tracking tips and provisions under Sections 203 and 208 for language access and in-booth assistance. Additionally, this information provides specific information for Chicago’s election. 

1. Same-day voter registration - Ballotpedia

2. Sample Ballot Lookup - Ballotpedia 

3. Early in-person voting | USAGov 

4. MJF’s social media post (here) regarding the recent Supreme Court decision to purge Virginia Voters. 

5. Vision Change Win Election Guide | Get in Formation guide

6. MJF, DWN, and AAAN Project 2025 Report

7. Building Movement Project Election Resource Guide 

Chicago Specific Resources: 

1. This year, 75 circuit court judges and two appellate judges are running for reelection in Cook County. IL. Voters will be asked whether each judge should be retained for another term. A judge must receive 60% “yes” votes to keep their seat. To learn more, check out Injustice Watch’s voter guide. 

2. Chicago School Board Guide: Here

3. General Voter Guide for Chicago: Here

Protect the Vote Resources: 

The following resources are compiled by Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Their Election Protection voter hotline is live now through November 8th. Voters can get accurate information about elections, receive assistance, and more in English, Bengali, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese. 

• Are you ready to vote?
  Available in Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Punjabi, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese

• Voter-readiness checklist
  Available in: Arabic, Bangla, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Punjabi, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese

• Ballot-tracking tips Most ballots cast in-person are counted immediately, but tracking for other methods may be available.
  Available in: Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Punjabi, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese

• Facts about Section 203 Jurisdictions with sizable minority-language electorates must provide voting materials in the relevant languages.
  Available in: Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.You can find more information about what Asian American languages are covered and in what jurisdictions here Advancing Justice 203 Factsheet 2021 Determinations. 

• Facts about Section 208 Every voter has the right to bring someone into the voting booth to assist them.
  Available in: Arabic, Bangla, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese. 

• Election Protection Coalition's Official Toolkit:
  This contains easy-to-use content to protect voters that can be tailored to highlight state-specific details.