, /PRNewswire/ -- On the Fourth of July, American Independence Day, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) announced the rapid success and growing impact of its 2024 non-partisan registration drive. On , Flag Day, AAKP kicked off its 2024 drive, titled As the largest and oldest fully independent kidney patient organization in the nation, AAKP's non-partisan voter registration program engages all people impacted personally and professionally by kidney diseases, kidney failure, and kidney transplant concerns. For 2024, AAKP has set a target of engaging over 500,000 KidneyVoters , building on the success of its 2020 goal of engaging over 100,000 KidneyVoters .

As a part of the " initiative, AAKP has already engaged a record number of kidney community members through grasstops and grassroots efforts across , , , , , , and . Interest in the nonpartisan effort has accelerated among kidney patients, organ donors and donor families, kidney care professionals, researchers, and employees of start-up and well-established companies across the medical industry. Over 37 million people are impacted by kidney disease in , nearly one in seven adults, almost 600,000 people receive life-saving kidney dialysis, and over 90,000 people are awaiting a kidney transplant.

AAKP will soon engage kidney community members in the states of , , , , , , and . AAKP utilizes a sophisticated suite of digital and grassroots targeting tools and leverages data gained from online education programs and.