Workshops and Workbooks

The research of the Easy Voter Guide Project shows that new voters need help:

• understanding the voting process and the choices they have
• feeling comfortable with the issues

A voting workshop is an excellent way to help people feel comfortable with the process and the issues. Here are resources to help you: 

• a step-by-step interactive workshop   outline by the Easy Voter Guide Project  (accompanied by video clips)
• the Voting is as Easy as 1-2-3 handout makes a good outline for a shorter voting workshop
• the New Citizen’s Vote workshop available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean
• free Easy Voter Guides

People in your area want to help you succeed with your workshop. Contact:

• your county elections office to see if they can provide you with an opportunity to practice with the voting equipment (some counties will send outreach staff to your workshop)
• the local League of Women Voters chapter; many will provide a speaker about the ballot measures
• other groups in your area who are distributing Easy Voter Guides and may want to partner with you;

For small group and one-on-one tutoring, you can also download the How to Vote Workbook, produced by the Easy Voter Guide Project and written by adult literacy students for their peers. This 16-page workbook takes the Voting is as easy as 1-2-3 approach and turns it into a learning activity. The workbook includes photos and easy-to-follow information about the voting process, along with activities to promote dialogue about the issues.