The deadline to apply for the first phase of voter engagement funding provided by King County Elections and the Seattle Foundation is fast approaching. Proposals are due Tuesday, May 24. Phase one funds are for the County’s mandated languages, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. A second round of funding will be released in June to support voter engagement with other immigrant, refugee and indigenous communities – such as East African, Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and European.
The goals of the project include registering more voters in these communities and helping voters who are already registered receive their ballot in one of the other languages offered by the County – English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. Through this pilot project the Department of Elections and Seattle Foundation also hope to learn what works best in reaching limited-English speaking voters, as well as to identify other barriers that they may be facing.
Organizations interested in applying for phase one funding can submit their proposal online. The deadline for proposals is May 24, 2016 and awards are expected to be announced in June.
