Reyna Walters-Morgan has the experience, vision, and time to lead the DNC forward.

Democrats need quick, decisive action in order to pick up the pieces and move forward from the 2024 election. As your next Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, Reyna will be able to step into the role and start fighting on day one and implement a transformative vision for how our party engages with voters—and as an activist, she’ll be able to give 100% of herself to her position rather than splitting time between other offices. Click on any platform plank below to expand it and learn more about Reyna’s vision.

Emerging technologies, such as large language models (also called AI), create infinite opportunities for Democrats to take our voter education efforts to the next level. As Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation, I’ll prioritize Democrats keeping up with the pace of technology. Utilizing AI chatbots and virtual assistants for voter education can help Democrats reach voters!

Democrats have great data tools—for example, IWillVote.com had 21 million unique hits in 2020 and National and State Voter Assistance Hotlines have helped hundreds of thousands of voters. But data shows that our tools are failing to reach critical portions of the electorate. Less than 2% of voters between 18-24 called hotlines in 2022, and a little more than 2% of all hotline callers were members of the AAPI community (despite making up more than 7% of the US population). We need to meet voters where they are—and social media can help close some of those gaps.

We have the opportunity to expand our reach by utilizing our network of experts and influencers for regular, virtual programming. YouTube Live, IG Live & FB Live can be used for low-cost, potentially high-impact events, and more authentic content on all platforms will help us build trust with young people and other underrepresented communities.

We don’t have the luxury of an extended rebuilding period this cycle—there are critical 2025 elections that we need to support now. Democrats were successful in 2020 and 2022 because we started building the infrastructure early, and we need to hit the ground running on day one.

  • Year-round voter protection organizing and advocacy. 
    There is only one person on the CEVP staff at the DNC overseeing a handful of voter protection directors on the ground. Rebuilding state and national staff must be a top priority—if we’re going to succeed, we need the people power to sustain that strategy every year.
  • Work with state parties to maintain sustainable voter protection programs. Democrats have had a 57 state party and territory voter protection strategy for several years. Slowly but surely, more state teams are utilizing DNC voter protection resources and tools. The strategy is working. But states need resources to maintain those programs between cycles. VoPro programs are infinitely scalable. The DNC can and should be a leader in helping states scale programs in a way that makes sense for that state.

Cross-collaboration with partners will be key to getting our message out and driving participation. We need more engagement at every level to increase voter participation.

  • Engage with DNC Caucuses and Councils beyond DNC meetings. There are key opportunities to collaborate with Caucus and Council leaders in their communities. We need to take our message out of the meetings and get into the communities that make up our party’s base to be responsive to their needs and ensure that they’re receiving the resources they need to exercise their rights.
  • Work with key external partners to be a force multiplier in the voter education and participation space.
    Civil rights, advocacy, labor, and other political organizations have been key partners in our efforts and will be critical as we rebuild trust with our voters and forge new connections in places where we’re expanding Democratic power. We can and should continue to collaborate with these groups to the extent allowed under the law.

The collaboration between Voter Protection & Data/Technology has been a fruitful one. Democrats need to continue collaborating in innovative ways to educate voters, protect the vote, and advocate for good voting policies and programs. We’ve seen great successes with projects like the voter registration & purge tracker and improvements to LBJ, and it’s time to double down and build on that work.

DNC members give significant amounts of their time to the important work of improving the Democratic Party. They should always feel their time is being used productively, and to that end, every meeting should double as an educational or organizing opportunity. Reyna will work to create a Vice Chair working group to focus on ways to bring voter engagement, participation, and protection into our conversations on a regular basis.