This article is applicable to our immigrant citizen community, too. Many do not vote or even register to vote because they are not sure of the procedure. I will be a poll worker for the first time on election day. After many years as a poll watcher, I decided that I should have a closer look. Mind you I have never observed anything nefarious while poll watching.
If any of the nonprofits or groups in your area are trying new ways to make voting more comfortable and less confusing for immigrant citizens, please consider writing about how it's going for The Connector.
Excellent post. I’m going to forward this to my friend here in Montana who lives in Salt Lake. She said she and her friends feel isolated because Utah is so Republican.
Good article but it leaves out useful links and numbers: state website yes but also: Iwillvote.com and state and national voter protection hotlines: 866 OUR VOTE. 866 687 8683. Several major languages offered. Or search for “voter protection.” There are many amazing resources, and volunteers are needed. You don’t need to be a lawyer: training is provided. Protectthevote.net
In the Virginia Redistricting campaign back in April, the Republicans put out waves of disinformation, which reportedly confused seniors (at our local seniors center) and black folks working too many jobs to sift through the competing claims. Confusion is something Republicans are very good at, and the redistricting campaign lent itself to targeted confusion campaigns (like saying redistricting would bring back Jim Crow, and Obama opposed it).
The midterms might see targeted confusion campaigns about Medicare and Social Security --just enough to keep D voters at home.
This article is applicable to our immigrant citizen community, too. Many do not vote or even register to vote because they are not sure of the procedure. I will be a poll worker for the first time on election day. After many years as a poll watcher, I decided that I should have a closer look. Mind you I have never observed anything nefarious while poll watching.
If any of the nonprofits or groups in your area are trying new ways to make voting more comfortable and less confusing for immigrant citizens, please consider writing about how it's going for The Connector.
YAY! Thank you for being a poll worker, Laurie! That makes you a heroine in my book!
Excellent post. I’m going to forward this to my friend here in Montana who lives in Salt Lake. She said she and her friends feel isolated because Utah is so Republican.
Good article but it leaves out useful links and numbers: state website yes but also: Iwillvote.com and state and national voter protection hotlines: 866 OUR VOTE. 866 687 8683. Several major languages offered. Or search for “voter protection.” There are many amazing resources, and volunteers are needed. You don’t need to be a lawyer: training is provided. Protectthevote.net
I'll add all this to the website version. Thanks, Adelia!
Seniors can also:
Serve as pollworkers or pollwatchers (kudos for Laurie below for her writing about being a pollworker)
Help document and report suspected voter intimidation through the appropriate election officials or nonpartisan election-protection organizations.
In the Virginia Redistricting campaign back in April, the Republicans put out waves of disinformation, which reportedly confused seniors (at our local seniors center) and black folks working too many jobs to sift through the competing claims. Confusion is something Republicans are very good at, and the redistricting campaign lent itself to targeted confusion campaigns (like saying redistricting would bring back Jim Crow, and Obama opposed it).
The midterms might see targeted confusion campaigns about Medicare and Social Security --just enough to keep D voters at home.