Tech for Civic Engagement
Here to Serve All Your Voter Engagement Needs
In 1999, Rock the Vote built the first-ever online voter registration tool to make it simpler for young people to vote. Ever since, our tech team has worked to develop cutting edge civic engagement tools. Rock the Vote’s fully customizable and rigorously tested technology helps to register, educate and mobilize voters.
Rock the Vote offers Online Voter Registration, Voter Registration Status Lookup, Absentee Ballot Request, and Pledge to Vote tools to partner organizations.
Online Voter Registration Platform
Rock the Vote’s Online Voter Registration platform makes voter registration easy for third-party organizations and has processed over 14 million voter registration applications to date.
Exclusively recommended by the 2014 Bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Rock the Vote’s OVR Platform is rigorously and continuously tested, and the only nationwide platform with seamless integration in eligible states – significantly increasing success rates.
The platform is mobile-friendly, available in 13 languages, and streamlines pre-registration for 16 and 17-year-olds in available states. An API is also available for developers to build a custom interface.
Voter Registration Status Lookup
Rock the Vote gives voters from all states a one-stop location to check on their voter registration status. Voters enter their information and the tool checks against up-to-date third party information to see if the user is active on the voter rolls with their current address. If a likely match is found, the tool displays the record’s information for the user to review and confirm. If a voter record is not found, or if users need to update their address, users are directed to register to vote using Rock the Vote’s Online Voter Registration Platform.
Pledge to Vote
Rock the Vote’s Pledge to Vote tool enables users to pledge to vote, a proven tactic to increase the likelihood they will vote. Users enter their contact information and select whether or not they’d like to subscribe to SMS in addition to email.
Users are enrolled in Rock the Vote’s Election Reminders Program, which provides timely, localized election information via email, SMS, or both. These reminders include step-by-step guidance for all steps of the voting journey in clear, easy to understand language. The information is thoroughly fact-checked and comprehensive, covering relevant dates and deadlines for all federal and state elections as well as local elections in large cities.
Absentee Ballot Request Tool
The Absentee Ballot Request tool identifies the most streamlined way for each voter to request their absentee ballot and guides them through that process. If applicable, voters can select the election they’d like to request a ballot for and can repeat the process as many times as necessary to generate a request for each election. The interface is designed to prevent forms from being denied by election officials.
The interface functions the same way as the Online Voter Registration tool. Users begin by entering their name, email address, and zip code, just like when registering to vote. Depending on the zip code the user provides, they will go through the corresponding state flow to request an absentee ballot.
Featured Civic Technology Partners
We’re proud to power the civic technology and voter registration efforts of many organizations in the civic engagement space. We invest in our technology, ensure it’s the very best for our own programs, and make it available to partners who are also committed to registering and turning out new voters.
AAPCHO
AAUW
AAUW
ACCE
Accelerate Change
ACLU San Diego
Actors’ Equity Association
Adrian College SGA
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Alliance for Public Schools
Alpha Phi Alpha Inc.
Alzheimer’s Association
Amalgamated Bank
America’s Voice
America’s Youth
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Nurses Association
American Pakistan Foundation
Americans for Safe Access
ApHA-ASP (American Pharmacists Association)
APIAVote-MI
APIOPA
Arab American Civic Council
Arab American Institute
Armenian National Committee of America
Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles
Asian Law Alliance
Asian Pacific American Labor Allian
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Asian Pacific Islander American Vote
Associated Students
Associated Students Incorporated
Associated Students San Diego State
Athletes For Impact
Atlanta Greek Picnic
Atlantic Records / Janelle Monae
BallotView
Barron Studios
Battle Born Progress
Battleground Texas
BeWoke.Vote
Be Ready To Vote
“bebe Stores, Inc”
Black Adventists Youth Directors Association
Black Ladies Unite
Boost Your Voice
Boston Mobilization
Brown Girl Collective
Brown Girls Awareness
BruinsVOTE & Vote for Our Future
Bryant Field Hockey
Bully Pulpit Series
CAIR California
California Calls
California Charter Schools Association
California Community Colleges Civic Impact Project
California Planned Parenthood Education Fund
California State Student Association
CALPIRG Students
Campus Advantage
Campus Vote Project
Cannabiz Media llc
CareLikeCrazy
Carlos Rosario School
CASA in Action
Cascadia College
Caygua Community College
CBCAC
Cengage Learning
Centennial Votes
Center on Policy Initiatives
Centrist Project
CHAS Health
Children Over Politics
Chinatown Community Development Center
Cia Siab Inc.
Citizen Physicians
Civic Eagle
Clark Kent County
Clemson University LEAD THE WAY
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
Coffee Party USA
Collective Conscience
College of the Redwoods
Columbia College
Common Cause
Communities United
Community Associations Institute
Community Health Vote
Complex Media
ConnPIRG Students
Cosmopolitan
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Council on American-Islamic Relations
“Council on American-Islamic Relations, California”
“Council on American-Islamic Relations, SF Bay Area Chapter, (CAIR-SFBA)”
Countable
CountMore.org
Courage Campaign
CSUF ASI and CALPIRG
cwiser
David DeGraw
Davidson County Community College
Dominicanos USA
DoorDash
DoSomething.org
Drug Policy Project of Utah
Earth Day Network
East Greenbush Community Library
Election Protection
electionreminders.com
Emerge America
EMPOWERING PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES
Every Voice
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund
Fair Immigration Reform Movement
Faith in Action Bay Area
Family Health Center
Fantasy Sports for All
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fordham University
Forward Montana
Fractured Atlas
Funny Or Die
“Furman University, James B.Duke Librry”
Future of Bexar County
“Gelman Library, GWU”
Generation Latino
GirlTrek
Golden State Warriors
Doritos
Grace Church International
Graduate Studies at TCU
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church
Grindr LLC
Gwynedd Mercy University
HeadCount
“Health Policy and Legislative Affairs, SNMA”
Helix Charter High PTSA
High Point University
Hip Hop Caucus
Hmong United for Justice
Human Rights Campaign
Humane Society Legislative Fund
iAmerica
ICNA Council for Social Justice
Iconixbrand Inc
iHeartRadio
IKAR
Illinois College
Illinois Valley Community College
Independent Weekly
Innovate Your State
“International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers”
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
ivote16
Japanese American Citizens League
JCC Manhattan
Junior State of America (JSA)
Katy Perry
Kenneth Cole Productions
Kinky Boots
Korean American Coalition
Korean Resource Center
LA TImes
LA Youth Vote
“Lambda Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.”
Larkin Street Youth Services
Latino Action Network
Latino Victory
Laugh The Vote
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Leadership for Educational Equity
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Texas
League of Women Voters San Diego
Let Us Register You
LIM College
LIPolitics.com
Little Tokyo Service Center a Community Development Corporation
Los Angeles Times High School Insider
LPAC
LULAC
LWVC
LWVCEF
Make the Road PA
March for Science
March For Truth
Marijuana Majority
MassVOTE
Mastery Charter School
Melone Advertising
Microsoft
Mid-City CAN
Middlesex Community College; Center for Leadership & Engagement
Midwestern University
Millennials Registered to Vote
millennialsrockthevote.com
Miss Wayne County Scholarship Organization
mitu
MOBBUNITED
MomsRising
Mount Holyoke College Association of Pan-African Unity (APAU)
MTV
My Vote Matters Now
NAACP National Headquarters
NACURH Inc
NALEO Educational Fund
National Association of Realtors
National Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty
National Congress of American Indians
National Council of Jewish Women
National Iranian American Council
National Parks Conservation Association
National Priorities Project
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
National Voter Registration Day
NCLR and the League of Conservation Voters
Nevada Jobs Coalition
New Era Colorado
New Voices Pittsburgh
Newseum and AAUW
NextGen America
Nielsen
NOH8 Campaign
Nonprofit VOTE
NORML
North Central Jersey Association of REALTORS
NVM and Education Fund
NYSACAC
OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates
OCAPICA
Off The Sidelines
OK Votes
Orange County Congregation Community Organization
Our America Initiative
Out.Vote
Pakistani American Culture Center
Parent Teacher Alliance
Parents Together
Participant Media/TakePart.com
Paul Mitchell the School Las Vegas
Pearl Jam
Pearson Education
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
People Acting in Community Together San Jose
Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
“Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc.”
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Phone2Action
PICO National Network
Pittsburgh United
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood PA Advocates
PollVault
POPSUGAR
PredElection
Prince George’s Community College
Priorities USA
Professional Beauty Association
ProGeorgia
ProgressHive
Project Vote
Providers’ Council
PushBlack
Reform Immigration For America
Register Blue
Revolution Messaging
RISE
Sacramento ACT
San Diego LGBT Community Center
San Diego Organizing Project
San Joaquin Valley College
Save The Day
SCAD Residence Life
SEAMAAC
SGA
Shia Muslim Council
Shriver Media
Sigma Phi Society
Silver Creek Leadership Academy
Simon Gratz-Mastery Charter
SMART
“Social Work Helper, PBC”
Somos Independents
Southwest Solutions
Speak UP
SPU Political Union
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Voices
Student Assembly of the State University of New York
Student Government Association
Student Osteopathic Medical Association TCOM Chapter
Student PIRGs
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
SwingLeft
TechVotes
The Andrew Goodman Foundation
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life
The Climate Reality Project
The Do LaB – Lightning in a Bottle
The Electoral College: A Political Party
The Harry Potter Alliance
The Lion King
The NCA Group
The Rouge Collection
“The San Antonio Alumni Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity”
The Voter Participation Center
theSkimm
Tinder
TOMS
Touchlab
Townsquare Media El Paso
Trenholm State Community College
U-Vote
UFCW Western States Council
UnidosUS
United Farm Workers
United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania
United Steelworkers
United We Dream
University of Central Arkansas
University of South Florida Student Government
UpVote
UrbVote
Urthworx Inc.
USA TODAY Network
USC Undergraduate Student Government
Vevo
Video Game Voters Network
VietLead
Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation
Virgin America
Vision 2020
Vision Media Marketing Inc.
Vital Docs LLC
Voice Your Vote
Vote To Count
Voter
Voterise
Voto Latino
VPIRG
Wesleyan Student Assembly
Western Carolina University
WeWork
Women Count
Women’s March Michigan
Women’s March SLO
Womens March
Womens March LA Foundation
WPSU TV/FM
York College
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Premium Tools
Hundreds of organizations trust Rock the Vote’s Premium tools for their registration and GOTV programs. Our tools are fully customizable and provide detailed insights so that you can run large-scale, data-driven programs with ease.
Reach out to civictech@rockthevote.org to become a Premium Partner.
Premium Partners can:
- Customize the look and feel of their tools to seamlessly match their organization’s branding
- Capture opt-ins and access nonsensitive registrant data to perform GOTV efforts and match back to the voter file
- Power complex programs, including digital ads, with real-time insights and tracking options
- Segment data and track impact across various campaigns, sources, mediums, and tactics
- View and sync data via API and a unique Partner Portal
- Access Premium features like print-and-mail assistance