Transform Houston Hosts a Voter Registration Drive-Thru This Saturday
Voter registration typically spikes ahead of presidential elections, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new registrations are way down leading up to November 3. To make a difference in the LGBTQ community, Transform Houston has partnered with the Montrose Center to host a socially-distanced voter-registration event in the heart of the city’s gayborhood.
Voter Registration Drive THRU occurs between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 26 at the Montrose Center. Transform Houston’s Brad Pritchett says the group decided to use a drive-thru model for the event so people would feel safe while getting registered to vote.
“We thought of the best practices we’ve seen around the country during the pandemic, and we kept coming back to this idea of a drive-thru,” Pritchett says. “We’ve seen [successful] drive-thru food drives, curbside pickup at grocery stories, and even drive-thru COVID testing. We’re borrowing some of those ideas so folks feel comfortable and confident while registering.”
Voter registration will take place outside in the Montrose Center’s parking lot. The partner organizations will ensure safety by enforcing COVID-19 prevention guidelines such as social distancing and requiring everyone to wear masks. Attendees will wait in their cars while volunteers provide them with sanitized pre-packaged registration cards, pens, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
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