Uber and Lyft offer free and discounted rides to voters

Orlando, Fla. — Ride sharing services Uber and Lyft both say they will offer free or discounted rides to polling places Tuesday.

As part of a larger effort "to drive the vote" with groups like ‘Voto Latino’ and ‘Democracy works to provide free rides to the polls’  to help get undeserved communities to their polling stations.

According to a Lyft blog post,  it was estimated that over 15 million people were registered but didn’t vote in 2016 because of transportation issues.

Lyft is providing fifty percent off or up to $5.00 off across the country and free rides to people in under-served communities.

The uber app is also featuring a special election day button that riders can use to find their polling place and a book a ride.  Uber is also offering political groups the chance to purchase promo codes they can give to workers.