Get Out the Vote

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Get Out the Vote

About How to Submit Explore the Galleries More Ways to Engage Register + Vote Visit Past Galleries

Get Out the Vote

Every four years since 2000, AIGA has activated its community of designers across the U.S. and beyond to Get Out the Vote. The campaign is part of Design for Democracy, an AIGA initiative to increase civic participation through design.

In 2020, AIGA recognizes the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920 with a special edition of Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote. It commemorates the first legislation for women’s voting rights. Not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 were voting rights of all women protected and enforced.

GOTV identity by studio of Christine Wisnieski + Empowering the Women's Vote identity and timeline designed by Kelly Salchow MacArthur and Nancy Skolos

Special thanks to the Design for Democracy Committee, chaired by Frances Yllana, for organizing the 2020 Get Out the Vote effort, as well as Kelly Salchow MacArthur and Nancy Skolos for initiating the Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote project. View the Key Moments in Voting Rights + Women's Fight for Equality Timeline.

AIGA members–submit your posters today until election day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and help us get out the vote! Posters received by National Voter Registration Day (September 22, 2020) and Vote Early Day (October 24, 2020) will have the greatest impact.

There are two opportunities. Please see below for the submission portals and galleries:

Submit to: AIGA Get Out the Vote 2020
Submit to: AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote

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By submitting a poster, you certify that you created or have ownership of the work—including the right to distribute stock images and fonts used in your design. You retain the copyright and agree to distribute under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. You grant to AIGA the right to use accepted work for reproduction in posters for the Get Out the Vote initiative; in publications; in exhibitions; on its website and partner websites; and for educational and AIGA-related noncommercial promotional purposes.

View submissions: 2020 AIGA Get Out the Vote
View submissions: AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote

Hang or share a poster and help Get Out the Vote in your community!
AIGA Get out the Vote posters are available for download, printing, and distribution by anyone interested in supporting AIGA’s mission. Thank you to the AIGA Membership for providing free artwork to the general public to increase impact and advocacy for voting. These designs show the power and value of design within communities and across the nation.

- Designs are scaled at 11x17 inches to suit personal color printers (as well as commercial printing presses).
- When sharing on social media, please tag the designer and @AIGADesign with the hashtags #AIGAVote and #GetOutTheVote.

Access Resources!
For nonprofits interested in sharing accurate election information, visit Nonprofit VOTE’s Nonprofits Countdown to the Election Calendar and pair your messaging with graphics from AIGA Get Out the Vote 2020.
Participate in online and in person events!
- Webinar: Effective Get Out the Vote Campaigns, June 23, 2020, presented by AIGA Arizona
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, August 22–November 15, 2020, presented by Miller Institute for Contemporary Art in Pittsburgh, PA
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, August 27–November 21, 2020, presented by The Printing Museum in Houston, TX
- Artist Panel: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, August 28, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Central, presented by The Printing Museum (watch the recording)
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, September 9–November 3, 2020, presented by San Diego State University School of Art and Design, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), Bread & Salt Gallery and Art Produce Gallery in San Diego, CA
- Webinar: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, September 16, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, September 15–December 4, 2020, presented by STAMPS University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI
- Webinar: Less of the Same: Reconsidering the Design of GOTV Campaigns, September 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA
- Webinar: This Is What Democracy Looked Like, September 30, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA NY + AIGA Wichita
- Webinar: Signs, Slogans, and Slideshows: Design for Protest and Political Engagement, September 30, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA
- Exhibition: October 2020, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD
- Exhibition: October–December 2020, MSU Union and SCENE (Metrospace) in East Lansing, MI
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, October–November 2020, presented by Chance Lobby, Rhode Island School of Design Museum Chance in Providence, RI
- Webinar: Data Journalism and Design in an Election Year, October 7, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA
- Exhibition: Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote, October 2020, at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AR
- Virtual Screening: And She Could Be Next (abridged), October 7, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA Pittsburgh
- Webinar: Defense Against Disinformation , October 14 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA
- Virtual Panel Discussion: AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote, October 15, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Central, presented by AIGA Northwest Arkansas
- Webinar: Activating Type and Imagery for Advocacy Workshop, October 17, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA Design Educators Community
- Virtual Panel Discussion: Empowering the Women’s Vote, October 28, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Pacific, presented by GATHER San Diego
- Virtual Panel Discussion: AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote Exhibition, October 29, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by STAMPS University of Michigan
- Webinar: Designing Campaigns, October 29, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern, presented by AIGA Boston
- Collaboration: Voice Your Vote
- Activation: Mail Out the Vote
Learn more about AIGA’s Design for Democracy initiative!
Learn how you can further design’s impact in the democratic process beyond the four-year election cycle through Design for Democracy.
View recordings from AIGA’s webinar series! Design for Democracy: Get Out the Vote collection

Visit the League of Women Voter’s election information website, VOTE411.org, to find out about upcoming elections in your community, check your voter registration, and find out what’s on your local ballot.

Program partners

For 100 years the League of Women Voters has worked to empower voters and defend democracy. With active Leagues in all 50 states, dedicated League members and volunteers conduct non-partisan voter registration, education, and mobilization year-round. We believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy.

Founded in 2005, Nonprofit VOTE partners with America’s nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote. We are the leading source of nonpartisan resources to help nonprofits integrate voter engagement into their ongoing activities and services.