With 73 million citizens eligible but not registered to vote, it is critical to help women and men from all walks of life, regardless of party, have a voice on Election Day,” said Page Gardner, President and CEO of the non-profit Voter Participation Center (VPC).

The VPC and partners including the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) have mailed four million official voter registration applications, along with information and instructions that have been reviewed by the election officials in each of the 28 states. Eligible voters can fill in, sign the applications and mail them straight to election registrars’ offices in pre-addressed envelopes to be certified by government officials.

More than one third (37%) of eligible African American voters, and nearly half (48%) of eligible Hispanic Americans, over half of young people (18-29) and approximately a third of unmarried women are not registered to vote, according to 2010 Census data.