Encourage voter registration by Oct. 14 deadline

Posted on: 10/7/22

The 2022 elections are important … and it’s equally important that health care employees’ voices are heard through voting! The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 8 midterm elections is Friday, Oct. 14. 

The American Hospital Association’s “We Care, We Vote” website provides sample materials hospitals can use in their own organizations, including get-out-the-vote email messages and social media posts to raise awareness of the importance of voting. 

Listed below are suggested activities to encourage voter participation in the 2022 midterm election among your employees.

• Hold a voter registration drive at your hospital. Post links on your employee intranet to non-partisan voter registration sites, such as www.vote.org and www.nass.org/can-I-vote. The Oklahoma voter registration portal is here. 
• Publish an article in your employee newsletter or blog from your CEO encouraging employees to register to vote by Oct. 14 and vote on Nov. 8. 
• Employ recorded messages and emails from your CEO encouraging employees to register to vote and vote on Election Day. 
• Use your hospitals social media channels, like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, to encourage your employees and community to register and vote.
• Communicate to employees information about local voting. They can find information here. These websites – www.vote.org and www.CanIVote.org – also have information. Consider posting voting registration deadlines on your intranet site.