Vote.gov

Last updated September 20, 2024

Vote.gov is a website of the government of the United States which provides information to potential voters, including links to voter registration resources in their respective states.

History

It was launched on October 2, 2015, by USA.gov, a division of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, as vote.usa.gov, with the support of 18F.^[1] On National Voter Registration Day 2016, the website was updated with full translation into Spanish as well as compliance with web standards.^[2] In 2021, President Biden passed Executive Order 14019 on Promoting Access to Voting, which tasked GSA with modernizing and improving the user experience of Vote.gov.^[3] by 2024, further interagency partnerships expanded, including with the Election Assistance Commission, the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs, Federal Student Aid, USCIS, and CISA.

Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign also directed her followers to vote.gov, resulting in over 300,000 unique visits to the site in the hours after her post.^[4]

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References

↑ dcward. "USA.Gov Launches vote.USA.gov to Help Citizens Register to Vote". blog.usa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
↑ dcward. "The New Vote.gov: Leaner, Faster and Multi-Lingual". blog.usa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
↑ House, The White (2021-03-07). "Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting". The White House. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
↑ Bain, Katie (2024-09-11). "Taylor Swift's Kamala Harris Endorsement Post Has Directed Nearly 338,000 People to Vote.gov". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

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[1] ward. "USA.Gov Launches vote.USA.gov to Help Citizens Register to Vote". blog.usa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

[2] ward. "The New Vote.gov: Leaner, Faster and Multi-Lingual". blog.usa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

[3] House, The White (2021-03-07). "Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting". The White House. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

[4] Bain, Katie (2024-09-11). "Taylor Swift's Kamala Harris Endorsement Post Has Directed Nearly 338,000 People to Vote.gov". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

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