September 24 is National Voter Registration Day

More than 800 organizations have planned voter registration events across the nation to register voters in time for Election Day 2013.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, millions of Americans will again celebrate National Voter Registration Day, the largest one-day effort to register voters and get them involved in the American political process.

In honor of this national day of action, more than 800 participating organizations have planned over 650 events nationwide to register Americans to vote in time for Election Day 2013.

The theme for this year's National Voter Registration Day—Millions of people will vote this year. Will you?—reminds Americans that every year is an election year, and an estimated 1,500 statewide and local political races and ballot initiatives will be decided in 2013.

As a non-partisan celebration, National Voter Registration Day is supported and recognized by the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and falls on every third Tuesday of September.

What Will Happen Today, Sept. 24:

• #CelebrateNVRD will be used on all social media platforms to create awareness for National Voter Registration Day. A national Twitter rally will also be held at 2:00 p.m. EDT using #CelebrateNVRD.
• A network of 800 national and local organizations and their volunteers will engage and register eligible voters at transportation hubs, retail locations, concerts, and other events and venues. For a listing of more than 650 events, visit http://www.nationalvoterregistrationday.org/event.
• A coordinated national online effort will encourage millions to easily register through the coalition's online voter registration tool at http://www.nationalvoterregistrationday.org/register-to-vote.

To learn more about National Voter Registration Day, visit www.NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org. National Voter Registration Day can also be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CelebrateNVRD and on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/CelebrateNVRD.

About National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a one-day effort of coordinated field, technology and media initiatives to create pervasive awareness for voter registration. Led by thousands of national, state and local organizations and their volunteers, National Voter Registration Day is to civic engagement what Earth Day is to environmental awareness. National Voter Registration Day, which started in 2012, is held every third Tuesday in September—before voter registration deadlines nationwide—and is designed to remind and encourage eligible Americans to prepare to exercise their most basic civil right, their right to vote.

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