Joel Partridge

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Fundraising Manager

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Join date: Sep 20, 2025

About

Joel is an experienced project manager and grant writer who specializes in innovative fundraising solutions for nonprofits, schools, and small businesses across the U.S. At VoteMate, he leads all fundraising and development efforts—building donor relationships, securing grants, and forging strategic funding partnerships to fuel the organization’s national expansion.

With a background spanning conservation, education, arts and culture, and civic tech, Joel brings a versatile approach to development work rooted in both creativity and compliance. He has supported organizations like The Worldview Project while also consulting with a wide range of nonprofits on growth-oriented campaigns.

Passionate about making civic engagement more accessible, Joel ensures VoteMate has the resources and partnerships needed to deliver on its mission of empowering voters through AI.

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Sep 20, 2025 ∙ 4 min

The Confidence Gap: What Our Survey Reveals About How Americans Vote

78% of voters acknowledged making at least one voting decision without feeling fully confident. That’s nearly 4 out of 5 voters casting ballots while second-guessing themselves. What these numbers tell us is simple but urgent: America has a ballot problem. People want to vote. They show up at the polls, they fill out what they can, but the structure of our ballots and the lack of accessible, clear information leaves them underprepared.