Privacy Policy

This website privacy policy was last updated on June 6, 2024.

Vote4America has established this privacy policy to explain how Vote4America (or “we”) use information that we collect from you while you visit the Vote4America website, currently located at https://www.vote4america.org/ (the “Site”), or while you use a Vote4America tool that is embedded on another website (the “Services”). Vote4America may modify this policy from time to time, so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting the Site. The date of the most recent revision is listed above.

How we use your information

When you register to vote, check your registration status, order your absentee ballot, donate, join our newsletter, or take any other action on this Site, we may ask you to give us contact information, including your name, address, email address, and telephone number. We may also obtain information about you from outside sources and combine it with the information we collect through this Site. We use this information to operate this Site, to send you news and information about Vote4America and issues concerning voting, to measure the effectiveness of our programs, and to send you timely election reminders via email and SMS/text message. You may opt-out of receiving email messages from Vote4America by sending any email to info@vote4america.org and asking that you not receive future email messages or by following the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

By providing your mobile phone number on Vote4America's website, you agree to receive recurring text messages from Vote4America to the mobile phone number with which you enroll. You certify that your mobile number provided is true and accurate and that you are authorized to enroll the designated mobile number to receive such text messages. You acknowledge and agree that the text messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system and that standard message and data rates apply. You may unsubscribe from text messages at any time by replying “STOP” to any text message you receive from Vote4America. For help, text “HELP” to any text message you receive from Vote4America. You consent that following such a request to unsubscribe, you may receive one final text message from Vote4America confirming your request.

If you register to vote, check your registration status, order your absentee ballot, or sign up for election reminders through an embedded version of Vote4America's tools on a third party's website, any information you provide in doing so may be made available to the third party through whose site you accessed Vote4America's tools. This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site which embeds Vote4America's tools. Any third party's use of your information is subject to its own Privacy Policy, and we encourage you to consult the third party's website for those terms.

After you mail in or electronically submit your voter registration application form to local or state election officials, it generally becomes a matter of public record. This means it will be available for inspection and use by candidates for public office and their campaign organizations as well as by others who satisfy the requirements of the state law governing its use.

Security

Vote4America uses industry standard security measures to protect the information collected by this Site, but we cannot guarantee complete security.

Use of services by minors

Vote4America is committed to protecting the privacy of children who visit this website and does not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifying information from children under 13 years of age. We will promptly remove any personal information from children under 13 upon notice to us. We instruct children under the age of 13 not to enroll in Pledge to Register and do not allow any child under the age of 13 to do so. Children under the age of 13 should ask their parent or legal guardian for assistance when using Vote4America and should not submit any personally identifying information to Vote4America.

Advertising

We may place online advertising with third-party vendors, including Google, which will be shown on other sites on the internet. In some cases, those third-party vendors may decide which ads to show you based on your prior visits to the Site. At no time will you be personally identified to those third-party vendors, nor will any of the personal information you share with us be shared with those third-party vendors. If you prefer to opt out of the use of these third-party cookies on the Site, you can do so by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.

Cookies and data tracking

In order to better serve our supporters, we use cookies and periodically analyze web logs. Some cookies are used to pre-populate forms for you so that on repeat visits to the Site you don't need to re-enter certain information. You can set your browser to disable cookies, but then you would not have the advantage of having certain sections of forms being pre-populated for you, and you may not be able to access certain parts of the Site. We also may use third-party services such as Google Analytics. This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with our Site. We also may use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to Vote4America supporters.

The information generated by a cookie about your use of our Site (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where Google is legally required, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google can combine your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this Site, you consent to the processing of data by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

URLs contained in emails may contain an ID that enables us to correctly identify the person who takes an action using a web page. We use these URLs to simplify the process of signing petitions and filling out surveys. We may occasionally present a shortened URL that references a longer URL which you can see in the browser's address bar when you access the page.

Links to other sites

This Privacy Policy does not apply to ANY external links or any website not owned and operated by Vote4America. Third party sites will have their own policies which may be different from ours and we recommend that you check the privacy policy of each site that you visit.

Disclosure of information

We may disclose your information to our partners and affiliates for direct marketing purposes. We may also disclose your personal information to certain third parties that engage in nonprofit political or policy advocacy for their direct marketing or advertising purposes. You may choose to opt out of our sharing your personal information with these third parties for these purposes, which may be done by sending an email to info@vote4america.org.

We may disclose your personal information and usage information to government authorities and to other third parties when compelled to do so by government authorities, at our discretion, or otherwise as required by law, including but not limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas. We may also disclose your personal information and usage information when we have reason to believe that someone is or may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other users of this website, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We will independently object to any requests for access to information that we believe to be improper.

Our website and the Services are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By providing us with any information through our website or the Services, you consent to this transfer.

Amendments and consent to this privacy policy

By using and/or visiting our Site, you understand and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site or the Services.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by sending an e-mail at info@vote4america.org