As we celebrate Civic Health Month, we are excited to welcome Lindsay Ford, Executive Director of the Voter Network, to the Health Fund’s Pioneers in Health podcast.

In episode five, we explore the importance of voting to a healthy democracy and building healthy communities. At the nonpartisan Voter Network, Lindsay and her team provide effective tools and resources to increase voter participation and make voting easy. 

At the Health Fund, increasing voter engagement and the work of the Voter Network is important because increased voter participation is associated with better health outcomes, reduced unemployment and lower recidivism rates. We also know that people who vote are more likely to volunteer, stay informed, interact with their neighbors, and contact their elected officials.

Lindsay also shares that relational organizing, work supported by the Voter Network’s Voter to Voter Program, is the most effective way to increase voter participation. Voter to Voter helps Kansans talk to their friends and family about voting. This trusted voter to voter outreach is one of the best ways to make a big impact on voting participation.

We hope you’ll enjoy this great conversation with Lindsay Ford and use the Voter Network’s tools – including ballot guides – to help encourage your friends and family to vote.

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Please see the Pioneers in Health page on our website for more information on our podcast series and links to other episodes.  

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