I forgot to mail my absentee ballot. I don’t know enough about the issues or candidates. I spaced on the registration deadline. “Microbarriers” like these too often get in the way of turning out to vote. And they’re a big reason why young Americans vote at rates lower than any other group.
motivote is the first peer-to-peer platform using gamification, group accountability and real-life rewards to engage and turn out young voters.
motivote’s 18-29 year-old active users were almost 3X more likely to vote in the midterms than their peers nationwide. 84% of active motivote users verified their vote with us, versus an average of 31% for young people nationwide.
Though young people now represent America’s largest voting bloc, we have the least say in policy choices that will affect us the longest. That means government doesn’t reflect the constituents it’s meant to serve.
Traditional voter engagement strategies like direct mail, phone-banking and door-knocking are time-consuming and cost-ineffective. And they don’t reach young people at all.
On top of that, politicians rarely prioritize young voters, since turnout is traditionally low. It fuels a vicious cycle of unequal participation and unequal influence.
motivote helps individuals and organizations activate their networks while making sure would-be voters get informed and follow through.
motivote fills a critical gap in the voter mobilization landscape. With simple behavioral nudges, we make voting fun, boost turnout, and build better government.
Privacy Policy
From time to time, motivote may send you messages about partner organizations
we think you might like to learn more about, or may share your contact
information — including your mailing address, email address and telephone
number — with individuals and organizations we think you'd like to hear from.
By providing this information to us, you consent to receive communications from
us, you give us permission to share it with others, and you consent to receive
communications from them too. We'll require anyone we share your contact
information with to give you the option of opting out of receiving further
communications, and you can change or update your contact information or
preferences with us at any time by [clicking here or some other similar option]
Terms and Conditions
TERMS OF SERVICE
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OVERVIEW
This website is operated by motivote. Throughout the site, the terms "we",
"us" and "our" refer to motivote. motivote offers this website, including
all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user,
conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices
stated here.
By visiting our site and/ or purchasing something from us, you engage in our
"Service" and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions
("Terms of Service", "Terms"), including those additional terms and
conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These
Terms of Service apply to all users of the site, including without limitation
users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/or contributors of
content.
Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or using our
website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be bound by
these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all the Terms of Service, then
you may not access the website or use any services. If these Terms of Service
are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms of
Service.
Any new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also be
subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the
Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update,
change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and/or
changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page
periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website
following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce
platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
SECTION 1 - ONLINE STORE TERMS
By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the
age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age
of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your
consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may
you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction
(including but not limited to copyright laws).
Due to restrictions in voting laws, you may not use motivote in connection with
elections in the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,Tennessee, Utah, West
Virginia, Wisconsin.
Additionally, your use of motivote, and others' use of motivote, is and must
be purely voluntary. You may not coerce, threaten or intimidate any individual
to use motivote, to join a voting team, to vote or to refrain from voting, or
to vote for or against a particular candidate, political party or ballot
question. Users who violate these voluntariness requirements will be suspended
from motivote, in motivote's sole discretion, and may be referred to law
enforcement authorities for potential prosecution.
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate
termination of your Services.
SECTION 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may
be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks;
and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting
networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during
transfer over networks.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any
portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any
contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express
written permission by us.
The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will
not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.
SECTION 3 - ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION
We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not
accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for
general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole
basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more
complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on
this site is at your own risk.
This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information,
necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve
the right to modify the contents of this site Privacy Policy
From time to time, motivote may send you messages about partner organizations
we think you might like to learn more about, or may share your contact
information — including your mailing address, email address and telephone
number — with individuals and organizations we think you'd like to hear from.
By providing this information to us, you consent to receive communications from
us, you give us permission to share it with others, and you consent to receive
communications from them too. We'll require anyone we share your contact
information with to give you the option of opting out of receiving further
communications, and you can change or update your contact information or
preferences with us at any time by [clicking here or some other similar option]
Terms and Conditions
TERMS OF SERVICE
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OVERVIEW
This website is operated by motivote. Throughout the site, the terms "we",
"us" and "our" refer to motivote. motivote offers this website, including
all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user,
conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices
stated here.
By visiting our site and/ or purchasing something from us, you engage in our
"Service" and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions
("Terms of Service", "Terms"), including those additional terms and
conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These
Terms of Service apply to all users of the site, including without limitation
users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/or contributors of
content.
Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing or using our
website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be bound by
these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to all the Terms of Service, then
you may not access the website or use any services. If these Terms of Service
are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms of
Service.
Any new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also be
subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the
Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update,
change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and/or
changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page
periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website
following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce
platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
SECTION 1 - ONLINE STORE TERMS
By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the
age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age
of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your
consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may
you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction
(including but not limited to copyright laws).
Due to restrictions in voting laws, you may not use motivote in connection with
elections in the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,Tennessee, Utah, West
Virginia, Wisconsin.
Additionally, your use of motivote, and others' use of motivote, is and must
be purely voluntary. You may not coerce, threaten or intimidate any individual
to use motivote, to join a voting team, to vote or to refrain from voting, or
to vote for or against a particular candidate, political party or ballot
question. Users who violate these voluntariness requirements will be suspended
from motivote, in motivote's sole discretion, and may be referred to law
enforcement authorities for potential prosecution.
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate
termination of your Services.
SECTION 2 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may
be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks;
and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting
networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during
transfer over networks.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any
portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any time, but we have no
obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your
responsibility to monitor changes to our site.
SECTION 4 - MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICE AND PRICES
Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any
part or content thereof) without notice at any time.
We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price
change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
SECTION 5 - PRODUCTS OR SERVICES (if applicable)
Certain products or services may be available exclusively online through the
website. These products or services may have limited quantities and are subject
to return or exchange only according to our Return Policy.
We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors and
images of our products that appear at the store. We cannot guarantee that your
computer monitor\'s display of any color will be accurate.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products
or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise
this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to limit the
quantities of any products or services that we offer. All descriptions of
products or product pricing are subject to change at anytime without notice, at
the sole discretion of us. We reserve the right to discontinue any product at
any time. Any offer for any product or service made on this site is void where
prohibited.
We do not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or
other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or
that any errors in the Service will be corrected.
SECTION 6 - ACCURACY OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole
discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or
per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same
customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing
and/or shipping address. In the event that we make a change to or cancel an
order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing
address/phone number provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the
right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be
placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.
You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account
information for all purchases made at our store. You agree to promptly update
your account and other information, including your email address and credit
card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions
and contact you as needed.
For more detail, please review our Returns Policy.
SECTION 7 - OPTIONAL TOOLS
We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither
monitor nor have any control nor input.
You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools "as is" and
"as available" without any warranties, representations or conditions of any
kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability whatsoever arising
from or relating to your use of optional third-party tools.
Any use by you of optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your
own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and
approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party
provider(s).
We may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the
website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features
and/or services shall also be subject to these Terms of Service.
SECTION 8 - THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Certain content, products and services available via our Service may include
materials from third-parties.
Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are
not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the
content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or
responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other
materials, products, or services of third-parties.
We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of
goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in
connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the
third-party\'s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before
you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions
regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.
SECTION 9 - USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest
entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions,
proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail,
or otherwise (collectively, \'comments\'), you agree that we may, at any time,
without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise
use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be
under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay
compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.
We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we
determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening,
libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or
violates any party\'s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.
You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party,
including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or
proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain
libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any
computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of
the Service or any related website. You may not use a false e-mail address,
pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or
third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for
any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume
no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.
SECTION 10 - PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your submission of personal information through the store is governed by our
Privacy Policy. To view our Privacy Policy, click here.
SECTION 11 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS
Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that
contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to
product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges,
transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors,
inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders
if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at
any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your
order).
We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the
Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing
information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date
applied in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate
that all information in the Service or on any related website has been
modified or updated.
SECTION 12 - PROHIBITED USES
In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you
are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful
purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful
acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state
regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or
violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights
of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage,
intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion,
ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or
misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type
of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the
functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other
websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information
of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j)
for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent
the security features of the Service or any related website, other
websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of
the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited
uses.
SECTION 13 - DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our service will
be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the
service will be accurate or reliable.
You agree that from time to time we may remove the service for indefinite
periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you.
You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the service is
at your sole risk. The service and all products and services delivered to
you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided \'as
is\' and \'as available\' for your use, without any representation, warranties
or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied
warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness
for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.
In no case shall motivote, our directors, officers, employees,
affiliates, agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, service providers or
licensors be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect,
incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind,
including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings,
loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in
contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise,
arising from your use of any of the service or any products procured
using the service, or for any other claim related in any way to your use
of the service or any product, including, but not limited to, any errors
or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred
as a result of the use of the service or any content (or product) posted,
transmitted, or otherwise made available via the service, even if advised
of their possibility. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow
the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or
incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, our liability shall
be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
SECTION 14 - INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless motivote and our parent,
subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents,
contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers,
interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including
reasonable attorneys\' fees, made by any third-party due to or arising
out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they
incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a
third-party.
SECTION 15 - SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined
to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless
be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the
unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of
Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
SECTION 16 - TERMINATION
The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the
termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all
purposes.
These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by
either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by
notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services, or when you
cease using our site.
If in our sole judgment you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to
comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may
terminate this agreement at any time without notice and you will remain
liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination;
and/or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part
thereof).
SECTION 17 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these
Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision.
These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us
on this site or in respect to The Service constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the
Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements,
communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us
(including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of
Service).
Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not
be construed against the drafting party.
SECTION 18 - GOVERNING LAW
These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide
Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 19 - CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE
You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any
time at this page.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or
replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes
to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website
periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website
or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of
Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.
SECTION 20 - CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at
info@motivote.us
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for the motivote website, application, and services (motivote Services). This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by motivote Services. It will notify you of the following: The personally identifiable information potentially collected from you through motivote Services, how it is used and with whom it may be shared. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email and through direct contact from you.
We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us, and for the purposes of providing the services offered by motivote Services.
We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, except as necessary to provide you service. In particular, third parties may be utilized by motivote to provide logistical, technical, or customer support. Any such third parties will themselves be required to enforce this notice or otherwise explicitly provide their own notice or equivalent.
As part of the game experience, motivote will share your email address and phone number with your Team Lead and other Players on your team only as a means for them to communicate directly with you.
If you select a partner organization (ie. campaign or nonprofit) when you join motivote or at any time during the election experience, then motivote will share your email address and phone number with that organization only.
Unless you ask us not to, we may in future contact you via email or text regarding motivote services and regarding changes to this privacy notice.
Aggregated Data
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. Cookies We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Third-Party Cookies We may utilize third-party technical service providers which may use cookies on our site for payments and analytics. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
Third Party Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information. Surveys & Contests From time-to-time, our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Your Access to and Control Over Information You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:See what data we have about you, if any. Change/correct any data we have about you. Have us delete any data we have about you. Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via email.