State Reform Partner
In Partnership with: Better Ballot North Carolina
State Leaders are on-the-ground advocates for election innovations in their home states. The situation on the ground is different in each state.
Join other volunteers in this state and advance the mission
We believe that military veterans can play an out-sized role as leaders and organizers in this movement to enact structural reforms and restore American’s faith in their Democratic Republic.
Volunteer Testimonials
I am excited about volunteering with VAV because our democracy desperately needs common sense ideas and leadership brought to the forefront in our political discourse. We have lost the ability to talk about, much less apply common sense solutions to our collective political decisions because of the polarized political environment we live in. As a trusted group, I believe it is my duty as a veteran (and of other veterans) to protect American's freedom by getting people to look past their ideological differences to simply apply common sense to get American Democracy back on track."
Eric Templeton
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
"Using a non-partisan approach to improving voter experiences and outcomes. My state (NC) needs change and I believe VAV is working to make elections more representative for voters. As an "unaffiliated" voter, I feel a bit disenfranchised during our election process. I'm forced to choose a specific party's ballot, even though I don't belong to that party. There must be a better way."
James Hardaway
U.S. Army Veteran
"Several years ago, I was having a conversation with an Irishman (in a pub, of course). He told me he was grateful to America "for democracy and all that," but wondered why we were still practicing democracy 1.0. "Here in Ireland, we're on democracy 3.0." He then explained rank-choice voting. I think this could save the Republic. The headwinds against this kind of change, however, are strong. I'm happy to lend a hand to fight those headwinds."
Roger Herbert
U.S. Navy Veteran
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