Scare out the vote.

Trick or Vote is the nation’s largest get-out-the-vote effort … in costume. Founded in Oregon in 2004, Trick or Vote is a vehicle for engaging young volunteers to increase voter turnout.

According to a 2001 Yale study, face-to-face interaction is the single best way to get someone to vote. Knocking on doors increases voter turnout by a whopping 8-12%, more than any other method.

If knocking on doors is the best way to get out the vote, what is the one day each year people expect a knock on their door? Halloween.

And when does Halloween happen to fall on the calendar? Always a few days before the election.

So, while you may be too old to Trick or Treat, you’re never too old to Trick or Vote.

Lovers o’ democracy in Oregon have been getting their fright on with Trick or Vote for years through the Bus’s signature events that have drawn thousands of volunteers to premier venues like the Crystal Ballroom and Wonder Ballroom. They’ve knocked tens of thousands of doors and then danced the night away to Portland’s ghoulest bands: the Lifesavas, Blind Pilot, March Fourth, DJ Beyonda, and more.

And in 2010, aspiring Trick or Voters in 80 cities got in on the haunted action. Over 90 Trick or Vote events scared out the vote all the way across the country in 2010, working with acts like OK Go and Passion Pit to make Trick or Vote into not only the nation’s largest costumed get-out-the-vote effort but an all around throw-down for democracy.

And it was awesome. Don’t believe us? Hear what our pals at CNN had to say.

To learn more about Trick or Vote, head to trickorvote.org