Planned Parenthood Launches Voter Registration Campaign

Planned Parenthood will begin a nonpartisan campaign to register voters at its clinics, on college campuses and online to help marginalized populations participate more in this election cycle, the women’s health provider announced to the Huffington Post Friday.

The voter registration campaign titled “My Vote, My Voice” will have volunteers in 45 states set up tables outside of Planned Parenthood clinics and other spots in communities to educate people about their state’s voter ID laws while helping them register to vote. Two weeks before the general election, volunteers will also remind people to vote.

“If we can’t all participate in our government, we all get cheated,” said Anna Keene, a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman, to the Huffington Post. “We’re launching the ‘My Vote, My Voice’ campaign to help ensure that every voice is heard and every vote is counted in communities across the country. No matter what your political beliefs are, if you don’t or can’t vote, then you can’t elect officials who will keep your best interests in mind.”

Planned Parenthood also announced the campaign in tangent with the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to break down legal barriers for African-American voters.

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