In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, September 17, Hamilton and Ham4Progress are unveiling a new voting anthem urging American citizens to register for the upcoming Presidential Election on November 5, 2024. "The Election of 2024," performed by members of the Broadway cast —viewable [HERE]—was created in partnership with When We All Vote. This national, nonpartisan initiative is dedicated to transforming the culture around voting and increasing participation in every election, with a focus on closing the race and age gaps.
Featured in the video are Hamilton Broadway cast members Amanda Braun, Chloë Campbell, Marc delaCruz, Jared Dixon, Julia Estrada, Alexander Ferguson, Tamar Greene, Johanna Moise, Willie “Tré” Smith, Gabriella Sorrentino, Ebrin R. Stanley, Cherry Torres and Morgan Anita Wood. Lyrics for the anthem are written by Kurt Crowley to the tune of the original music from Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also serves as a When We All Vote Co-Chair.
Hamilton is also releasing a new collection of merchandise, the Hamilton Vote Collection, which will be available September 17 at the Broadway Merchandise Shop and at theatres where Hamilton is performing. A portion of the proceeds will be equally distributed between When We All Vote, VoteRiders, and Vote Forward. The collection includes t-shirts, hats, stickers, buttons and bags featuring the phrases "I'm not throwing away my shot to vote” and “History has its eyes on you.” Selena Saldívar, a graphic designer, lettering artist, and illustrator based in South Texas was commissioned to create the designs.
Ham4Progress is a community highlighting social justice causes and a platform for organizations we want to support. Run by a diverse collective of Hamilton cast members and staff, the group hopes to inspire the community, Hamilton fans, and themselves to action.
Concrete ways people can take action before November 5th include:- Registering to vote; - Checking your voter registration status;
- Ensuring you have an accepted form of ID to vote;
- Requesting an absentee/mail-in ballot; and
- Spreading the word to others. ABOUT
KURT CROWLEY
As music director and keyboard player, previous work includes Hamilton (Broadway, The Public Theater, Disney+, and Diamond-certified Original Cast Recording), Freestyle Love Supreme (Broadway and off-Broadway), Bring It On (Broadway). He also supervised the translation of Hamilton into German and recorded and produced Hamilton: The German EP. Executive music producer of tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix), supervising vocal producer of upcoming Mufasa (Disney) and The Twits (Netflix). He also was vocal supervisor of Encanto (Disney), Wish (Disney) and Moana 2 (Disney), as well as In the Heights (Warner Bros) and The Color Purple (Warner Bros), and served as vocal coach on Thelma the Unicorn (Netflix), the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) and Patriots (Broadway). As music arranger, he contributed to Carmen La Cubana (Europe and Havana, Cuba) and the bilingual musical AZUL (EP available to stream). He has written and performed arrangements for the Vail Dance Festival, the Kennedy Center Honors, "Sesame Street," and the Bolero Juilliard.
WHEN WE ALL VOTE When We All Vote is a leading national, nonpartisan initiative on a mission to change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. We empower our supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.
In 2020, When We All Vote ran a robust, multifaceted campaign and reached more than 100 million people to educate them about the voting process and get them registered and ready to vote. The initiative also led in voter education, registration, and volunteer engagement and as a result, 512,000 people started or completed the voter registration process, and nearly 500 media, corporate, and nonprofit partners joined its efforts.
Michelle Obama launched When We All Vote in 2018 and is joined by fellow Co-Chairs Stephen Curry, Becky G, Selena Gomez, Tom Hanks, H.E.R., Liza Koshy, Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Janelle Monáe, Chris Paul, Megan Rapinoe, Shonda Rhimes, Bretman Rock, Kerry Washington, and Rita Wilson. When We All Vote is an initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization, and works with Civic Nation Action, a 501(c)(4). Learn more here.
VOTERIDERS VoteRiders is the country's leading voting rights organization focused on the crucial issue of voter ID. Our mission is to ensure that no eligible voter is prevented from casting a ballot that counts due to voter ID laws, either directly from lack of ID or indirectly because of voter confusion. With over 12 years of on-the-ground experience helping voters with their ID and empowering them to vote with confidence, our work has never been more urgent.
VOTE FORWARD Vote Forward is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that empowers grassroots volunteers to send handwritten letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote. Vote Forward’s flagship voter contact program trains and supports volunteers writing personal, heartfelt letters to potential voters with an easy-to-use online platform. The majority of our letter-writing campaigns are nonpartisan campaigns, supporting our core 501c(3) and 501c(4) social welfare mission, which focus on mobilizing potential voters in communities that have historically been marginalized in the political process—such as people of color, women, and young voters. We also support 501(c)(4) partisan campaigns to encourage likely Democratic voters to turn out in strategic states and districts. |
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