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*NEW Download and distribute a flyer
for National Homeless and Low Income
Voter Registration Week, September 26-October 2. The Week
is cosponsored by NCH and the National Low Income Housing
Coalition.
Pamela Wynn wrote the winning essay for this
year's "You Don't Need A Home to Vote" campaign.
The essay question was: Why Homeless/Low Income People
Should Vote in the 2004 Election? Click
here to read the essay.
The Right to Vote
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Homeless
people have the right to vote. If you witness discrimination
based on an individual’s lack of housing, please
contact the "You Don’t Need a Home to Vote"
project.
call (202) 737-6444 x19
or e-mail us at
mstoops@nationalhomeless.org
Please
click here to download the 2004
Voting Rights brochure and spread the word about
voting rights. (click here to download the
brochure in Spanish).
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Under the United States Constitution, every
American citizen- — without regard to personal property
— has the right to vote. The fact that people who are
homeless have no permanent residence should not be used to
disenfranchise them. Many homeless people, however, while
qualified to vote, are unable to register due to the many
policy and legal barriers placed before them.
"You Don’t Need a Home to Vote" Campaign
The National Coalition for the Homeless is gearing up for
the 2004 elections with the "You Don’t Need a Home
to Vote" national voting rights and registration campaign.
The campaign seeks to protect and promote a homeless person’s
right to vote, ensuring that people who are homeless maintain
an active role and voice in shaping their future.
Since the inception of the campaign in 1992, thousands of
homeless citizens have been registered to vote. The campaign
uses a five-pronged strategy of registration, education, get-out-the-vote,
state and federal legislation, and litigation.
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Dates
to Remember in 2004:
September
26-Oct. 2: National Homeless and Low Income Voter
Registration Week (click
here to download a flyer)
November 2: Election Day!
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