The Providers’ Council is turning 50 in 2025! In celebration of this milestone, the Council will be running a series of Throwback Thursday posts throughout the year commemorating some of the Council’s most important milestones in its first 50 years. This week, the Council wants to highlight the founding of CareVote, the Council’s nonpartisan voter registration initiative, launched in 2000.
CareVote was created to empower human services workers and the people they serve by making voter registration more accessible. Today, it provides organizations with resources to set up voter registration tables, promote civic engagement and help individuals register or update their information — right at their workplace or program site.
CareVote began as a one-time campaign ahead of the 2000 presidential election. Known then as CareVote 2000, the initiative was spearheaded by Stan Connors, executive director at Bay Cove Human Services, and Gary Lamson, president and CEO of Vinfen. Following its initial success, CareVote returned in 2004 and again in 2006 for the midterm elections. From there, it became a recurring and now permanent Council initiative — helping to sustain voter engagement every election season.
In recent years, CareVote has expanded its tools and resources, allowing human service organizations to run their own voter registration drives in addition to hosting Council-organized tables.
For more information or to get involved with CareVote, please contact carevote@providers.org.
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