The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but it’s pretty clear his flock at the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta are fired up. Volunteers in the congregation are part of a nationwide team that’s texting a million voters in Georgia to remind them to vote. This blog describes how NAACP Atlanta and Reclaim Our Vote …
Voter suppression has evolved. The systems used to track and respond to it need to keep pace. How can voters be empowered to report incidents of voter suppression easily? How can the incidents reported be screened and escalated quickly? How can the data collected be shared as a community resource to reduce future voter suppression? …
How to map voter turnout and votes cast by Georgia county to hone your get-out-the-vote efforts.
Which counties have the most unregistered voters? How does a county’s racial composition impact how many residents get to vote? Where should organizers focus to increase voter registration and turnout? Savvy organizers create maps with U.S. Census, voting data and county specific information to decide where to focus their voter mobilization efforts. What is the …
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Photograph poll tapes at polling places on election night and check the vote totals against the official vote totals to catch any errors.
Voters become citizen reporters with SeeSay2020 to spotlight incidents of voter suppression making it easier for voting right advocates and the media to react quickly.
Federal law prohibits voter intimidation. The right of each voter to cast his or her ballot free from intimidation or coercion is the foundation of a free and democratic society.
Photograph poll tapes at the polling place on election night. Check the vote totals against the official vote totals to catch erroneous election results.
How do you tackle rampant voter suppression? Thousands of citizen reporters exposing voting issues and getting them quickly to the press, officials and voting rights advocates. Inside Edition, The Lincoln Project and billboards encourage voters to report obstacles they face with SeeSay2020. Inside Edition Inside Edition with Deborah Norville is a news broadcasting newsmagazine distributed …
This year, voter suppression is taking many forms, some conspicuous—from intimidation and long lines at polling places to strict ID requirements—and some hidden in the disaster that is the absentee/mail-in ballot scene.
