posted Sep 16, 2008 12:51 PM by Jaya Vasandani
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under
Law ("Lawyers' Committee") and its coalition
partners seek volunteer New York City attorneys,
paralegals and law students to assist in
Election Protection on Tuesday, November
4, 2008.
Election Protection is the country's largest
non-partisan voter protection program and is
supported by a national coalition that works
throughout the year to break down barriers to
the ballot box for traditionally
disenfranchised voters.
To that end, the Lawyers' Committee and its
partners are seeking legal volunteers in the New York City area to staff the 1-866-OUR-VOTE
hotline and provide live assistance to voters
who have questions or need to report problems
with voting. While the voter hotline serves
all voters across the country, it targets
traditionally disenfranchised communities,
including African Americans, Asian Pacific
Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and
other racially and ethnically diverse
communities, seniors, young people,
low-income voters and individuals with
disabilities.
In addition, volunteer attorneys, paralegals
and law students are needed to serve as
Mobile Legal Volunteers ("MLVs"). MLVs work
in teams of two, monitoring zones of 4-10
polling places, responding to incidents
reported through the hotline and assisting
voters at the polling place.
Potential
problems include dissemination of misinformation by poll workers,
problems associated with voting machines (including new electronic
ones) and potential intimidation of voters.
To volunteer, please sign-up directly here.
Volunteers must attend a 1 ½ hour in-person training session
and are asked to sign up for
a 4-5 hour shift. Materials will be provided. Volunteers will receive
an e-mail in late September or early October with a link to sign up for
specific trainings and shifts. For more information, please visit the Election Protection website.
Election Protection is a non-partisan effort and is not affiliated in any way with any candidate or political party.
As an organization, ACS does not lobby, litigate or take positions on specific issues, cases or nominations.
The American Constitution
Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is one of the nation's
leading progressive legal organizations. Founded in
2001, ACS is a rapidly growing network of
lawyers, law students, scholars, judges,
policymakers and other concerned individuals.
Our mission is to promote the vitality of the
U.S. Constitution and the fundamental values
it expresses: individual rights and
liberties, genuine equality, access to
justice, democracy and the rule of law. For more
information about the organization, which has
established student chapters at more than 160
law schools around the country and lawyer
chapters in 30 cities, please visit
www.acslaw.org |
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