US: The Minnesota Participation Project Nonpartisan Nonprofit Voter Mobilization Provides a variety of methods and strategies to work with other in-state non-profit organizations seeking to increase voter mobilization depending on the group’s capacity, experience and resources. The main components are: Information Exchange; Education and Training; Coaching; Organizing; List Enhancement; GOTV teams.

US: Project Vote Registers new and infrequent voters in low-income and minority communities through door-to-door canvassing and by placing volunteers at high-traffic sites; educates people about issues that are important to them so they will have a reason to vote. Project Vote also works with local groups and individuals to build Voter Mobilization Networks, permanent coalitions dedicated to getting out the vote each election year.

US: The Youth Vote Coalition The Youth Vote Coalition is a national nonpartisan coalition of diverse organizations dedicated to engaging youth between the ages of 18-30 in the political process. The Youth Vote Coalition has over 100 national members who represent young people across the country.

Slovakia: Rock Volieb (Rock the Vote) Originally modeled on the US Rock the Vote campaign, Rock volieb is a broadly-based, non-partisan coalition that intends to increase voter turnout by targeting specific groups (particularly voters under 25, namely the more than 250,000 first-time voters), focusing on political agendas rather than emotions, and contributing to Slovakia's integration aspirations by informing voters of what is at stake. Clever slogans, flashy brochures, connections, and media support cannot take the place of people being approached by other young people face-to-face. With this in mind, Rock volieb reaches out to NGOs, local clubs, artists, local personalities and opinion-makers, media, youth groups, bands, and volunteers to join the coalition as partners. These groups offer inspiration, motivation, ideas, contacts, and direct assistance to the effort.

Canada: Vote for a Change Encouraging voter participation in federal elections by emphasizing the need to use the power of voting and voicing issues. They provide many suggestions of how to make your voice heard, an action kit to get you started, as well as campaign materials that you can purchase from them or download to make your own (postcards, buttons, stickers, flyers, lawn signs, billboards, etc.).

Canada: Elections Canada: Young Voters This initiative by Elections Canada specifcally targets young and first time voters. Studies show that voter turnout among Canadians is at an unprecedented low. In fact, it's been declining since the late '80s. Elections Canada, however, is even more concerned about the low rates of young voter turnout because today's youth are the future of this country. According to Elections Canada's research, in the federal election in 2000, young voter turnout was approximately 25%.

US: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund Runs the Voces del Pueblo campaign, which focuses on those Latinos who are least likely to vote. Voces del Pueblo holds voter forums to identify areas of concern for under-represented Latinos, hosts debates and radio town halls with candidates, and employs phone banks and door-to-door canvassing to get out the vote.

UK: The UK Electoral Commission: Participation Over recent years, there has been a decline in the level of participation in elections across the UK. Turnout at the 2001 general election was only 59.4%, and is even lower at local elections. This trend is reflected in other western democracies, but that does not mean it is inevitable or irreversible.