A new way to participate in Vanguard Investor Choice

Vanguard believes that equity index fund investors should have a greater say in how their portion of the Vanguard equity index funds they own vote on public company proxy matters. Through Investor Choice, we are empowering individual investors, their advisors, 529 plans, and retirement plan sponsors to direct how their portion of participating equity index funds vote at company shareholder meetings through a single policy selection.

Tens of millions of individual investors already use ProxyVote.com to cast their proxy ballots for their individual securities. In March 2026, Broadridge enhanced the platform to support index fund proxy voting programs, offering a simplified way for investors to participate in Investor Choice regardless of their brokerage platform.

“We are excited to be the first asset manager to use this new digital experience. The platform will make it easier for even more Vanguard fund investors to participate in Investor Choice,” said David Reiner, head of Vanguard Investor Choice. 

With the program’s latest fund expansion in 2026, Investor Choice is now available in 32 Vanguard funds and to approximately 22 million eligible investors, representing nearly $4 trillion in Vanguard assets under management.²

Each program iteration has focused on streamlining the experience for eligible investors, enabling them to select a straightforward, clear voting policy aligned with their preferences—regardless of the brokerage platform used to hold their Vanguard funds. Integrating Investor Choice into ProxyVote.com is a significant step toward expanding proxy voting access to our distributed base of individual equity index fund investors.

• Simplified participation. Individual investors holding Vanguard funds through third-party brokerage platforms can select a voting policy on a single platform using their email address, enabling a simpler and more streamlined experience.

• Removed friction. Integrating Investor Choice into ProxyVote.com removes friction by meeting investors where they vote individual securities.

• Improved corporate governance ecosystem. We believe that investor participation in proxy voting is the keystone of a healthy corporate governance ecosystem. Simplifying this process enables investors to express their perspectives more easily, benefiting the entire ecosystem. 

Whether you hold a Vanguard fund directly through a Vanguard brokerage account or at another firm, participation is simple.

For Vanguard brokerage clients, log in to your Vanguard brokerage account and choose a voting policy that aligns with your perspectives on the factors that drive long-term returns. Your policy selection will be applied to the funds in your Vanguard brokerage account that participate in Investor Choice.

For investors who hold Vanguard funds in an external brokerage account, visit the ProxyVote platform and use your email address to create or sign in to an existing account. Choose a voting policy that aligns with your personal preferences. Your policy selection will be applied to the funds in your external brokerage account that participate in Investor Choice. 

No matter how you access Investor Choice, your policy selection will automatically be applied as additional Vanguard funds are added to the program.

For more information, please visit Vanguard Investor Choice.

Select a voting policy option aligned with your personal preferences.

Vanguard brokerage accounts

Vanguard funds held in an external brokerage account¹