Uber wants people to go out and vote in the 2018 elections. The company’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that Uber wants to do its part in supporting the country’s democratic process. So it’s thus helping voters register and get to the polls come Election Day. Uber will be deploying its resources to make it easier for Uber riders in the country to get to their polling place.
It has teamed up with nonprofit organizations to register voters before state deadlines and will be providing free rides to the polls on November 6th. On November 6th, anyone in the United States will be able to find their polling place quickly and book a ride to go there and vote with a few tabs in the Uber app. They have to ensure that they are using the latest version of the app to access this feature.
Uber is partnering with #VoteTogether and Democracy Works to provide free rides to the polls. This is meant to help the millions of Americans who say that transportation barriers prevent them from voting.
To aid voter registration efforts, Uber has teamed up with When We All Vote to provide its users with easy-to-use voter registration tools through its app.