[History_students] Volunteer to Protect Voting Rights

[Judy Ossello]

Interested in becoming involved in this year's presidential election?

At www.ElectionProtectionVolunteer.org  you can:
*  Find out how you can volunteer in a state at "high risk" for voting =
rights violations so you can make travel plans now.
*  Sign up to volunteer with a friend so you can be deployed to a precinct =
together on election day.
*  Plan to attend a training now led by experienced civil rights groups =
who will be leading efforts in the field on November 2.

Poll Monitors
Perform on-site poll monitoring, offer immediate voter assistance, report =
evidence of problems to same-day legal assistance Voters' Hotline.  =20

Bill of Rights Canvassers
Hand out state-specific Voters' Bills of Rights in key neighborhoods where =
voting rights are at risk. Encourage voter participation at the polls on =
election day.   =20

Legal Advocates
Specially trained lawyers work telephone Voters' Hotline and get dispatched=
 to election day trouble spots to address problems at the polls. =20

ElectionProtectionVolunteer.org was created by Working Assets to support =
the work of People for the American Way Foundation and the nonpartisan =
2004 Election Protection coalition, including Lawyers Committee for Civil =
Rights Under Law, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and =
NAACP National Voter Fund. For a complete list of coalition partners, =
click here: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=3D15307.