that everyone's voice deserves to be heard and that "transportation should never be a barrier."
Voters walk into a polling location in Cherry Hill, N.J., November 8, 2022. More than 700k people cast early ballots in N.J. as of Nov. 6. The company noted that roughly 15 million people who were registered to vote in 2016 didn't do so because they faced transportation issues.says its discounting rideshare, bikeshare, and scooter rides for voters who have preloaded the code VOTE22.
The code is available during voting hours in every time zone, for a discount of up to $10, according to the company. Meanwhile, Uber is covering rides for poll workers. Poll workers who registered with Power the Polls will get vouchers of up to $200 to and from their assigned location, according to the outlet.
Power the Polls is a first-of-its-kind, nonpartisan poll worker recruitment initiative which launched in 2020, and has recruited over 125,000 potential poll workers this year alone.