Get Involved

Join the National campaign to stop unfair practices and voter intimidation in America. NOW is the time to let your voice be heard by supporting the Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007. Act now. It only takes a moment.

1. Register to vote and encourage others to do so as well.
You can register at your local post office, county elections office or library. Confirm your registration ahead of Election Day by looking for notices in the mail, visiting your Secretary of State's website or calling your local election official. If you are registered, offer to help someone else register by taking them to register or picking up a registration form for them.

2. Sign up as a poll worker
on Election Day with your local board of elections and recruit your friends to join you. Most communities pay poll workers for the day's work. To learn more, visit the Election Assistance Commission website's Become a Poll Worker page.

3. Volunteer to observe a polling place
with a nonpartisan monitoring group, such as Election Protection. You can also often observe the vote counting.

4. Ensure Machine Accuracy
Work to ensure that election officials conduct an audit of their election equipment to make sure that the tally was accurate.

5. Investigate poll worker training
as well as election board members and others who facilitate elections. Share suggestions for ways that the training might be improved.

6. Attend public meetings
of your local board of elections to find out about the allocation of resources in your community on Election Day. Come up with a list of questions to ask, which may include: Will there be enough staff and machines at busy locations? Will there be enough regular ballots available? Are translated materials easily accessible? Are there emergency paper ballots available if machines fail?

7. Change ex-felon voting rights
Find out what the policy is in your state about ex-felons being able to vote. If what you find doesn't conform to your views, work to change the policy.

8. Research proposed legislation
that would affect how elections are run, at both a state and federal level. Bills are often filed to deal with Election Day voter registration, voting by mail and election equipment. Call, write or email your state or U.S. representatives to express your support or opposition to pending bills.

9. Learn more
about unfair voting practices at www.stopdeceptivepractices.org.

Check out links below for our partners. And stay tuned for more opportunities to take action!

Spencer Overton
Election Day advisor, author of Stealing Democracy

Demos
Non-partisan public policy research and advocacy

Common Cause
Vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
A non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.