About Vet the Vote

About Vet the Vote

As veterans and military family members, we don’t stop serving when we take off the uniform. We will always step forward to serve our country. Today that means answering a call to serve as the next generation of poll workers.

We’re proud that America’s elections are run by we the people. Every election, thousands of counties and towns across America recruit and train hundreds of thousands of poll workers. These are our neighbors, who learn how to set up and safely run the over 115,000 voting locations across our country according to their state’s rules. Over time, it’s gotten harder to recruit volunteers to do this essential work for our nation, so we're stepping up to meet this challenge.

Vet the Vote is a national campaign to recruit veterans and military family members to be the next generation of poll workers. Our community is leading the way in supporting safe and secure elections and ensuring we know the nuts and bolts about how elections are run. We also want to make sure our fellow Americans know we’re on the job, to show that it’s still possible for Americans to work together in patriotic service.

In 2022, more than 63,500 of us raised our hands to serve through Vet the Vote alone. In 2024, we have recruited over 141,000 veterans and military family members out of the 1 million poll workers America needs to run our elections. Join us. Sign up. Vote, volunteer, and support those who do.

Become a Poll Worker

Veterans and military families are ready to serve again

- 17+ million veterans and millions more military family members with a proven commitment and service to country

- Representatives of the most trusted institution in our country

- Respected leaders, public servants, and citizens in their local communities

- One of the most diverse populations in America, spread across all 50 states

BECOME A POLL WORKER

Make your voice heard in our democracy

- Actively contribute to the democratic process, ensuring that your views and concerns are represented in the decisions that shape your community, region, or country.
- Expressing your opinions help shape policies and laws.
- By participating in the democratic process, you can advocate for issues that matter to you and work towards creating a more just and equitable society.

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2022 Campaign Review

In April 2022, we launched Vet the Vote to raise awareness of this challenge with veterans and military family members, based on a belief that our community would step up to serve again when asked
The campaign was an overwhelming success, recruiting over 63,000 volunteers for the 2022 midterm elections and beyond
Our mission is not done yet - we are continuing to spread the word nationally about Vet the Vote to increase confidence in our elections, establishing a community around our volunteers, and gearing up to support elections in 2024 and beyond

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From Our Volunteers

93% will serve as a poll worker again
96% would recommend this role to other veterans and military family members
93% spoke with others in their community about their experience
80% said serving increased their trust in elections

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We must act now

Inaction has dire consequences, and we could end up in a vicious cycle of decreasing confidence in our democracy.