In March 2021, Biden issued an executive order, entitled “Promoting Access to Voting,” that directed every federal agency to “expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote” and “participate” in “the electoral process.”
The Department of Health and Human Services is sending voter registration information to every enrollee in Healthcare.gov.
That’s more than 21 million people who may be more likely to vote this fall.
The Social Security Administration is posting voter-registration signs in the lobbies of its 1,200-plus offices nationwide, targeting seniors.
The Department of the Interior is doing the same at visitor centers and entrances for national parks and wildlife refuges, as well as other federal public lands.
As Harris noted, “these sites received more than 500 million visits last year” — a rich source of potential votes for Biden-Harris.
The vice president separately announced that, under the federal work-study program, college students can now get paid to register voters.
That followed the Department of Education’s February guidance that the program could even fund “get-out-the-vote activities.”
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