National Coalition for the Homeless

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YOU DON't need a home to vote!
2007-2008 Voter Rights/Registration Packet

Acknowledgements

The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) would like to thank the following NCH staff and interns who contributed greatly to the research, writing, and layout of the manual.

NCH thanks Mickey Hubbard (Davidson College ’08) and Emily Presley (Davidson College ’07) who researched, updated and co-edited the Voting Rights for 2004 manual, Caitlin Burke (Portland State University ’08) who researched and wrote the introduction of the 2006 manual entitled A History of Homelessness and Voting, and Charity Doss (Vanderbilt University ’08) who researched voter registration methods.

NCH would like to make a special note of thanks to the Herb Block Foundation for their support of the “You Don’t Need a Home to Vote” campaign helping to ensure the successful inclusion of low-income and homeless persons in the democratic process.

NCH also thanks Michael Stoops, Acting Executive Director of NCH, who served as an advisor and co-editor. Ultimately, NCH would like to thank the numerous advocates, NCH Board Members, and friends across the country for their feedback and support, without which this report would not be possible.

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) would like to thank the following NLCHP staff and interns who contributed to this manual.

NLCHP thanks Civil Rights Staff Attorney Tulin Ozdeger who co-edited the 2006 manual and contributed to the Legal Issues and Rights section. Thanks also to Jeanine Valles (University of Notre Dame Law School ‘07) and Dara Smith (George Washington University Law School ‘08) who contributed to the State-by-State Chart and the Court Decisions section. NLCHP would also like to acknowledge and thank Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director, and Catherine Bendor, Acting Legal Director, for their editing assistance.

NLCHP also thanks the Oakwood Foundation, Anonymous Donors, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Paige Family Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for their financial support.

NCH and the NLCHP would like to thank the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Elisa Ortiz for their valuable assistance and authoring of the Sample Media Advisory and Sample Media Release sections.

A historical thank you goes to the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness (LACEHH) and its voting rights staff person, Nancy Berlin, for putting together the first voting rights manual geared toward homeless people (first published in 1992). This 2006 manual continues to use many of the ideas and suggestions in LACEHH’s first manual.