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    Why the election is never over for nonprofits

    Travis Morin
    December 02, 2021
    Low voter turnout in 2021

    The sharp decline in turnout in during the 2021 election, including in Virginia (above), was a dire warning of the risks of civic complacency, writes Morin.

    Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

    Morin is a communications coordinator at Nonprofit VOTE with a primary focus on digital and social media for National Voter Registration Day.

    With Election Day in the rearview mirror, it’s easy to assume we all have time to focus on things like gifts and Hallmark holiday specials while we put that whole “democracy” thing on the back burner until late next summer, right?

    If you work in a nonprofit — especially one that serves low-income communities, communities of color or new citizens — your efforts to ensure that those underrepresented in our democracy have a say are never on the back burner. The work to sustain democracy is not seasonal, it is year-round and does not take breaks.

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