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Project ID + Spread The Vote
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A nonprofit organization helping people get government-issued photo ID, including required documentation such as birth certificates, since 2017. Our service is free. #IDsForLife
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Ever felt like your ballot is written in another language? You’re not alone. That’s why we’re launching Encyclopedia Politica, a resource to make govt understandable & connect people to the power they already hold.

Learn more at an upcoming Lunch & Learn!
10/10: bit.ly/epOct10
10/14: bit.ly/epOct14
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October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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An ID should never stand between someone and their right to vote.

When a person loses their ID, they often lose access — to housing, healthcare, and the ballot box.

We’re here to make sure that doesn’t happen. #IDsForLife

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September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This is exactly why in addition to helping people obtain #IDsForLife, we also help them obtain all required documentation and cover all costs.

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When people are forcibly displaced, they often lose critical documents — driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, birth certificates, and more. Without these records, another barrier rises: no job, no assistance. Even the irreplaceable — sentimental photos, a family Bible, a loved one’s ashes — can be destroyed without a second thought. The message is unmistakable: if you are poor enough to lose your home, the state will take your dignity with it.
September 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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To hear the full conversation our Executive Director recently had with @qasimrashid.com, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFjd....

You can support our work getting #IDsForLife at spreadthevote.org/donate.
August 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Check out this clip of our Executive Director's conversation with @qasimrashid.com where he talks about why voting is a necessity but not enough.

Watch or listen to the full discussion at www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFjd....

Support our work at spreadthevote.org/donate.
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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We met Brian and Pascual at one of our partner organizations, The Midnight Mission, and were thrilled to take them to the DMV and help them get their licenses! #IDsForLife

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August 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We met Sandy, Christopher, Lydia, Robert, and Charles through our partner organization, The Midnight Mission, the oldest continuously operating human service organization in the LA region. Here they are outside of the DMV, where we helped all of them get IDs! #IDsForLife

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August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Great news from NYC! We work extensively with returning citizens for this very reason: "Individuals leaving DOC custody often do not have photo identification, impeding their ability to reenter easily into the community & access critical assistance programs." #IDsForLife

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CITY TO ENROLL PEOPLE IN CUSTODY INTO IDNYC PROGRAM TO EASE TRANSITION BACK TO COMMUNITY IDNYC Helps New Yorkers Access the City’s Social Safety Net, Connect to Critical Services Including Gateways to Affordable Housing, Educational Pathways, Immunization Records, Libraries
August 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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#IDsForLife

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Daily “caravan sweeps” in places like Louisville’s Portland neighborhood give people five minutes to gather their only possessions — medications, documents, court papers, — before bulldozers and police trucks roll in to destroy their shelter and take what little they have to a dump. Legal identification, birth certificates, prescriptions, everything they have managed to hold on to, discarded without compassion. Without ID, people cannot get housing, cannot get services, can’t get help. This is active harm. This is active cruelty. This is an active cycle. This is the truth about HB5.
July 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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here is a great deal of suffering in the United States. The Census Bureau estimates that 36 million Americans live under the absurdly low level of income known as the poverty line. And according to a study from 2019, about 30 million Americans who work at full-time jobs don’t make what’s called a living wage, a salary that provides for basic needs and something more for life’s inevitable contingencies. A rich country with such a harsh economy needs to supply some palliatives, at the very least.
July 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Happy voting, NYC! Polls are open until 9pm!

Visit www.nycvotes.org to check your registration, look up your poll site, or fill out a sample ballot.
Today is Primary Election Day! Polls are open 6am-9pm. Vote for Mayor, City Council, and more. Meet the candidates and look up your poll site at nycvotes.org. Bottom right corner shows the NYC Votes logo.
June 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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"“Sweeps can happen when people aren’t there, and are either going to their program, using the bathroom, getting something to eat. And they come back and their stuff is gone, their whole life is gone,” said Graciela Razo, director of the drop-in center at ‪@vocal-ny.bsky.social‬."‬
Razo said she works with many street homeless individuals who need help getting new identification cards because their old ones were tossed during sweeps. She said she didn’t know the city offered people vouchers to store their items — and many of the homeless people she helps don’t know either. Homeless advocates say the low number of vouchers underscores the fact that most people’s things are often thrown in the trash. They say it demonstrates how destabilizing sweeps are to homeless people who can lose identification cards, personal mementos, clothing and other items.
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This is why we do what we do. This is also why we refer to IDs as #IDsForLife.
A significant complicating factor for Sliwa is the paperwork. He lost his ID a few months ago while living at Old Tent City, and he was born at a military base in Germany. Obtaining a replacement birth certificate could take nearly a year. Without that, work and housing will be hard to secure through formal routes.
June 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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It’s Election Day somewhere! Specifically Virginia, Georgia, and Marlboro County, SC.
June 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Congratulations to our founder and executive director, Kat Calvin!
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June 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Announcement for our partners and clients in LA:
Project ID will no longer be at the ReFresh Spot in Los Angeles on Wednesdays. Stay tuned for our new weekly schedule!
June 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This is why we do what we do. #IDsForLife

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Almost two thirds (62%) of Latine Californians mentioned not receiving help from a case manager or housing navigator as a major barrier to regaining housing. Several barriers to housing were more commonly cited by Latine Californians than white Californians, including lacking documents and facing discrimination. Sixty percent of Latine Californians cited lacking documents (e.g., proof of identification or income) as a major barrier, slightly higher than Black non-Latine Californians (48%), non-white non-Latine Californians (47%), and white non-Latine Californians (50%).
June 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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New London shelter remains positive amid CT homelessness crisis after 20 years helping others | www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-05...
The help center, located on the first floor of the shelter dorms, provides medical care, connects clients to employment opportunities and acts as a mailing address. The center also helps clients track down their birth certificate or secure a new driver’s license for free. The help center’s work is particularly rewarding to Jose Colon, the outreach coordinator. “There's people out there that haven't seen the doctor for 30 years,” Colon said. “They get to get their IDs, their license, social security, we find them help, all this kind of stuff.” These acts can help people get a fresh start on life, Executive Director Catherine Zall said. “If somebody had access to information and $25 to get a new birth certificate, they could get a job, they could get back on their feet,” Zall said. “I can't even imagine what it must be like to know that you could move forward, but you have no money, you have no access. So that's what the help center is doing.”
June 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Earlier this week, our Los Angeles team helped these teenagers get their IDs so they can attend a leadership forum in the state capital! #IDsForLife

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June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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We've been getting #IDsForLife for 8 years. Complementing our work is our sister organization, Project ID Action Fund.

Check out the IDs for an Inclusive Democracy Act: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The best way to help us celebrate 8 years of getting #IDsForLife is to ensure we can keep doing it! Every dollar counts❤️

You can donate at spreadthevote.org/donate

You can purchase our merch at www.bonfire.com/store/spread...

You can sign up for our newsletter at idsforlife.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Can you donate $8 to help us celebrate 8 years of getting #IDsForLife? Every dollar makes a difference in our clients' lives.

If you donate $20, we'll send you an exclusive sticker!

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May 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Help us celebrate 8 years of getting #IDsForLife in style!

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May 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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From our latest newsletter: idsforlife.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Help us continue to get #IDsForLife by donating $8 to celebrate 8 years of Spread The Vote + Project ID: spreadthevote.org/donate
Since then, we’ve helped thousands of people across the country obtain the IDs they need to work, vote, find housing, access healthcare, and so much more. We’ve stood side by side with folks left behind by broken systems, and we’ve done it with determination, love, and the unshakable belief that every person matters.
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Time flies when you're changing lives!

Today officially marks *8️⃣* years of Spread The Vote 🥳🥳🥳!

Help us celebrate with an $8 donation so we can keep getting #IDsForLife: spreadthevote.org/donate
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May 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM