Seasonal Voting Information Project Fellow

Location: Remote within the US

Pay Range: $22.50- $25.00/hour

Offers will vary based on location-based cost-of-living calculations.

• Supervisory role: No
• Classification: Non-exempt, Full-time; Temporary
• Union role: No
• Target Start Date: April 2026
• End Date: November 2026

About our organization:

Democracy Works provides Americans with the guidance they need to vote in every election, every time.

Our tools, including TurboVote and the award-winning Elections API, reach millions of voters annually. Our data and technology are used by some of the largest platforms in the world, hundreds of civic organizations across the country, and election officials at every level. We also lead the Voting Information Project and the Civic Alliance to expand our impact through collaboration with election officials and the business community.

The impact you’ll make:

Our Voting Information Project team coordinates with state and local election offices to publish nationally-standardized information about where and how to vote—data that powers everything from Google’s polling place search to our text message and email reminders to TurboVote users. The Seasonal Voting Information Project Fellows will work with our team for the 2026 election cycle, assisting with collecting, cleaning, and ensuring the accuracy of a nation’s worth of election data.

As a Seasonal Voting Information Project Fellow, you will:

• Collect accurate, up-to-date election information by researching online and conducting phone and email outreach to local election offices
• Perform data entry and quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy and completeness of the information
• Collaborate with teammates in meetings and asynchronously to work through sticking points and help us continuously improve internal processes 
• Research partner and user-reported errors
• Assist the team with other tasks as they arise 
• Investigate and verify location details, ensuring the pinpoint accuracy of addresses on a map
• Support the training of additional team members who may assist in this work as the November election approaches

You are:

• Extremely attentive to details
• Proficient at working with data
• Excellent at communicating by telephone and email
• Able to organize non-centralized, non-standard information into a coherent format
• Knowledgeable on a basic level of American politics, elections, and/or election administration
• Skilled at managing competing priorities and problem-solving
• Happy to pitch in wherever help is needed
• Able to work effectively within a remote team

You have experience:

• Conducting concise, clear phone and email outreach with a specific ask
• Communicating across different areas of expertise and working in teams
• Working on tight deadlines and quickly turning around deliverables
• Working with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or other data management software

How we work

Because elections take place everywhere, our employees work from all across the country. We embrace working remotely as the default. Our positions require regular, daily use of a computer (including the use of G-Suite and Slack) to conduct work and communicate with colleagues. We also have regular operating hours (10 am to 6 pm Eastern, Monday to Friday).

For those who prefer to work from an office, we are headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. We are happy to share more details about the office, including accessibility information, as on-site visits are planned. 

To Apply

Applications submitted by February 18th will be prioritized. Please attach your resume and answers to the following questions:

• How did you find this job listing?
• Why are you interested in this role and working at Democracy Works?
• Briefly describe your experience working with data.
• Briefly describe your level of comfort working with Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets
• This role will involve making unsolicited phone calls to government officials. Is this something you’d be comfortable doing?
• Will you be available to work full-time from April through November 2026?
• Are you authorized to work lawfully in the United States for Democracy Works?

Our Commitment to Equitable Hiring

Democracy Works is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. 

As part of our application, you’ll see an optional form used to collect U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) demographic information. Please note the categories used in this survey are set by the EEOC and may not reflect all existing categories. The data collected in this form is anonymized and is used in our EEOC reporting and in ongoing assessment of our recruitment practices. 

Democracy Works follows the I-9 requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position, and you must possess your own work authorization in the U.S. now and in the future to continue working in this position.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions about our process or if you need an accommodation for a medical condition during the hiring process.