#WeAreProjectTexas.
Project Texas is you. How are you making your community better? Are you planting a community garden? Volunteering with your church or school? Picking up trash? Or selling lemonade?
Hold our lemonade. Here’s how we’re doing it:
Let’s start here: Cost of Voting Index
The cost of voting index calculates a single measure of the relative difficulty of voting for a state — the amount of barriers that make it hard for you to get engaged.
Texas? We’re last.
Want another example? Hold your horses:
You want to sell lemonade to raise money for your new cowboy or cowgirl hat. The ingredients: sugar, water, and lemons (freshly squeezed).
You have sugar and water, but there are barriers to getting lemons:
You can’t find a grocery store near you that sells lemons,
There’s 40 different types of lemons grown, with little to no research on which lemon is the best for your lemonade,
It’s illegal to have lemons delivered to your address.
We’re making it easier, darlin’.
Step 1:
QR Codes, y’all.
We’re using QR codes to bring voter registration into the 21st century. We’ve registered and checked over 6,000 Texas voters both in and out of the Texas heat: NBA/WNBA* games, coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants, nightclubs, churches, concerts, parks, and schools. Where y’all are, we’re there.
It’s easy and quick — quicker than you can pronounce “Sjolander.” (Exit 795 near Houston).
(It’s show-land-er)
*Project Texas is the official Civic Engagement partner of the WNBA Dallas Wings.
Now, we’re drivin’ in the fast lane (Texas’ version).
Step 2:
Do you remember the cost of voting index? (The lemon example).
In Texas, out of 17.7 million registered voters, only 8 million turned out in 2022 — 45%. Turnout is significantly lower for local/municipal elections.
We’re investing in state-of-the-art technology to dismantle barriers that prevent you from being civically engaged.
Exclusive only to Project Texas.
Here’s a taste:
That tasted like a honey butter chicken biscuit from Whataburger (with extra honey butter, of course).
Whatavoter! Yes? No?
Ok, we’ll leave the jokes to TXDOT signs.
“Whatavoter” thingamajig and more coming soon.
Next step.
Step 3:
You.
Your tax-deductible donation is what allows us to work in Texas for Texans.
We’ve hosted nonpartisan candidate debates, powerful community forums, town halls, media events, and established strategic community and corporate partnerships — with the goal of making the good people of Texas stronger.
Every donation made allows us to continue the work we’ve mentioned above, and heighten neighborhood security, improve healthcare, strengthen the workforce, and secure housing for Texans — all by us investing in revolutionary technology and the power of Civic Engagement.
