Get Loud Arkansas!

Get Loud Arkansas! is an advocacy organization that seeks to register individuals, engage and mobilize voters, and oppose alleged voter suppression. Get Loud Arkansas! calls for same-day registration and voting, opposes voter ID requirements and signature match verification, and advocates reduced parole times for criminals to allow more people to vote. To expand voter rolls, Get Loud Arkansas! relies on regional coordinators and volunteers for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, phone calls and texting to voters, and community forums.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Elections Policy
Website: www.getloudarkansas.org
Founded:

2021

Executive Director:

Joyce Elliott

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    History

    Get Loud Arkansas! was launched in December 2021 by Arkansas State Senator Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock). 1 Get Loud Arkansas! was modeled on former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’s left-of-center Fair Fight in Georgia. 2 The mission of Get Loud Arkansas! is to make voting easier, educating citizens on voting requirements, registering new voters, engaging with low propensity voters, fighting against perceived voter suppression, and mobilizing voters

    Issues and Programs

    State Senator Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock) has stated that “Arkansas does a really good job of making it difficult to vote.” 3 Elliott said that requiring voter ID is an unnecessary barrier for people to vote. 3 Elliott also questions a matching signature requirement for voters stating that poll workers are not handwriting experts. 3 Elliott advocates for same-day registration and voting on election day. 3

    Get Loud Arkansas! states that voices are being silenced by a coordinated effort to restrict access to voting. 4 Get Loud Arkansas! seeks donations to provide voter information cards, register voters, host community forums, mobilize voters, and expand an online presence. 5 Joyce Elliott stated it is not enough to register voters, but the group attempts to get people to the polls. 3

    Get Loud Arkansas! engages voters through phone calls, a texting program, and staff and volunteers in communities. 6 For the 2022 election, Get Loud Arkansas! hired a director of civic engagement and three regional coordinators. 1 In 2022, Get Loud Arkansas! targeted and attempted to re-register over 104,000 Arkansas that had been removed from voter rolls for inactivity. 7 Get Loud Arkansas! states that it works within the LGBTQ community to make sure people transitioning are properly registered to vote. 3 Get Loud Arkansas! recruited poll watcher volunteers for the 2022 election. 8

    Leadership

    Democratic politician Joyce Elliott is the executive director of Get Loud Arkansas!. 7 Elected to the Arkansas state Senate in 2008, Elliott was term limited after the 2022 session. 9 She was previously the Democrat Senate majority leader. 10 From 2003 to 2010, Elliott was director of government relations for the Southwestern region for the College Board. 11 From 2001 to 2007, Elliott was a member of the Arkansas state House of Representatives. 11 Previously, Elliott spent 30 years as a high school teacher. 12 Elliot has twice ran unsuccessfully for Congress. 13

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    1. “Get Loud Arkansas Names 3 Regional Coordinators.” Talk Business & Politics. June 16, 2022. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://talkbusiness.net/2022/06/get-loud-arkansas-names-3-regional-coordinators/.
    2. Bailey, Austin. “Joyce Elliott Launches Get Loud Arkansas to Juice Civic Participation and Hit Back on Voter Suppression.” Arkansas Times. December 2, 2021. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/12/02/joyce-elliott-launches-get-loud-arkansas-to-juice-civic-participation-and-hit-back-on-voter-suppression; Johnson, Abby. “Senator Joyce Elliott Announced as Speaker for SAU Tech’s 2023 Black History Celebration.” Myarklamiss.com. November 29, 2022. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/top-stories/senator-joyce-elliot-announced-as-speaker-for-sau-techs-2023-black-history-celebration/.
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    4. “About Us.” Get Loud Arkansas!. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://getloudarkansas.org/about/.
    5. “Support Get Loud Arkansas!.” Get Loud Arkansas!. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://donate.fundhero.io/get-loud-arkansas.
    6. Nugent, Desmond. “Get Loud Arkansas Hopes to Re-Register More Than 100,000 Inactive Voters.” KATV-ABC7. September 21, 2022. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://katv.com/news/local/get-loud-arkansas-hopes-to-re-register-more-than-100000-inactive-voters-getting-ready-for-election-season-voter-turnout.
    7. Smithpeters, Jeff. “Get Loud Arkansas to Attempt to Re-Register 104,000 Voters Purged from Rolls.” Southwest Arkansas Today. September 14, 2022. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://swark.today/get-loud-arkansas-to-attempt-to-re-register-104000-voters-purged-from-rolls/.
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