Membership
We use a service called Zeffy to process our payments, which gives 100% of your purchase price to IVI-IPO. This service is FREE to us as a non-profit, but will ask you to make an optional donation to them at check out to help cover their costs. Either way, 100% of your membership will go to IVI-IPO.
Why Be a Member?
Being a member means:
1) You get to vote in the IVI board elections,
2) You get to vote in our candidate endorsements, and
3) Gives us the resources to put on programs, register voters, researching candidates, and keep doing the work of improving democracy in Illinois!
You now have the option to make your membership automatically renew! Take the guesswork out, and mark the box at checkout.
Remember to enter the name and e-mail of the 2nd person in a joint account when prompted. If they live at a different address, then e-mail us with their name and address after you enter their name and e-mail in the form. Without this information we are unable to send them ballots for elections.
If you would like to purchase multiple memberships, please make each membership a separate purchase. This is so we can get accurate information for each member. You must enter the other person's information, or we will not be able to send them ballots for elections.
If you want to support our work, or help someone who can’t afford a membership, please consider adding a donation. There is an empty square to the left, at the very top of the Membership Options list, for you to put in whatever amount you would like. There is a prompt to the left of the empty square stating "Add a donation for Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization." 100% of the funds listed in this box also go to IVI.
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Your support allows IVI-IPO to do our work, including:
Joined with two statewide coalitions – Promote the Vote IL and CHANGE Illinois - to work on Redistricting
Held a successful Voter Education Drive for the November 2020 elections
IVI-IPO volunteers distributed almost 9000 walk cards to explain how to vote in the November 2020 election
Held statewide endorsement sessions, interviewing dozens of candidates from all over Illinois
Launched a CAN-TV political talk show called IL-Luminated, where we work to hear different perspectives, and explore topics that normally might not be heard.
Hosted a series of town halls with experts on various topics, including: Promote the Vote, The Fair Tax Amendment, Affordable Housing, The Myths of Carjacking, Criminal Justice Reform, and Climate Change & Clean Energy
Held our first virtual IVI-IPO Trivia night
Had success in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Shakman case
We have been featured as guest speakers at the College of Complexes
And that is just in 2020-2021!