| NH Citizens Alliance |
| Over thirty years of working for social, economic, and political justice for all |
| New Hampshire Citizens Alliance 4 Park Street, Suite 304 Concord, NH 03301 603-225-2097 |
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Civic Engagement
NHCA has emerged as a statewide leader in
civic engagement, launching non-partisan voter
education and mobilization efforts in key areas
of the state, and providing comprehensive
training opportunities to those interested in
pursuing community and civic leadership.
According to recent estimates, women who are
on their own are the largest growing non-voting
demographic in the country. To change this
disturbing statistic, NHCA created its nonpartisan voter outreach program for unmarried
women living in Manchester who are unregistered or infrequent voters.
After establishing a control group (which received no voter-outreach), we were able to
measure how many people voted after receiving our voter-outreach. Due in part to NHCA's
tireless work, the rate of women who are on their own's participation was associated with an
11.5% increase in 2008 when compared to the control group!
For the 2010 election, we will:
NHCA has emerged as a statewide leader in
civic engagement, launching non-partisan voter
education and mobilization efforts in key areas
of the state, and providing comprehensive
training opportunities to those interested in
pursuing community and civic leadership.
According to recent estimates, women who are
on their own are the largest growing non-voting
demographic in the country. To change this
disturbing statistic, NHCA created its nonpartisan voter outreach program for unmarried
women living in Manchester who are unregistered or infrequent voters.
- 2008 Primary: Nearly 125 canvassers/volunteers reached 6,500 unregistered
women voters in the Manchester area. - 2008 General Election: NHCA was able to reach over 9,000 women voters.
- 2009 City Election: NHCA was able to reach out to 3,000 women and people of
color who had never participated in a municipal election.
After establishing a control group (which received no voter-outreach), we were able to
measure how many people voted after receiving our voter-outreach. Due in part to NHCA's
tireless work, the rate of women who are on their own's participation was associated with an
11.5% increase in 2008 when compared to the control group!
For the 2010 election, we will:
- Reach out to 10,000 women in Manchester who are unregistered or infrequent voters.
- Provide a voter hotline and transportation to the polls.
- Continue our My Vote Counts! Project, a partnership with social service agencies to
provide nonpartisan voter information sites.
