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This research is motivated by the formation of the Democratic Volunteer Program by the Election Commission in increasing voter participation in legislative elections in 2014 in the city of Padang. Volunteers Democracy is a social movement intended to increase voter participation and the quality of the voters in the voting. Volunteers Democracy consists of 5 groups of voters strategic group of voters, religious groups, women's groups, disability groups, Group Fringe. Volunteers Democracy referred to in this research is the existence of volunteers of democracy amongst the people which includes knowledge about the role of volunteers democracy, Impact Volunteer of the volunteers of democracy, as well as the constraints faced by volunteers of democracy in increasing voter participation in legislative elections in 2014 in the city of Padang. Research type is descriptive. The instruments used are interviews and documentation. The results showed, the existence of Democracy Volunteer to assist the Commission in order to regrow positive awareness of the importance of the elections in the life of the nation in order to decrease the level of abstentions. From these results it can be concluded, the volunteer role of democracy in increasing voter participation in legislative elections in 2014 in the city of Padang is to regrow public awareness of the importance of the elections in the life of nation and state in order to decrease the level of abstentions.Keywords: role, volunteering democracy, voter participation, pileg.