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WASHINGTON-With early voting, registration and absentee deadlines looming, Election Protection launched its 2008 general election efforts today. The nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, representing more than 100 organizations and the full spectrum of American citizens, will undertake the most comprehensive effort ever undertaken to empower voters to make sure their vote counts this November 4. On a conference call for reporters and bloggers, leaders from major civil rights organizations including the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Rock the Vote, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and the National Congress of American Indians unveiled an extensive voter outreach program.
"This historic election deserves a historic election protection effort," said Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "This major coalition will offer comprehensive resources with one simple goal - to ensure all eligible voters are given the opportunity to exercise their rights."
The centerpiece of those efforts are the free and nonpartisan hotlines (1-866-OUR VOTE for English speakers and 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA for Spanish speakers) which connect voters with questions or problems to legal experts that can offer impartial and confidential advice. Fully trained volunteers have already started answering voters' calls and are helping resolve voting issues nationwide, now and through Election Day.
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"This historic election deserves a historic election protection effort," said Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "This major coalition will offer comprehensive resources with one simple goal - to ensure all eligible voters are given the opportunity to exercise their rights."
The centerpiece of those efforts are the free and nonpartisan hotlines (1-866-OUR VOTE for English speakers and 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA for Spanish speakers) which connect voters with questions or problems to legal experts that can offer impartial and confidential advice. Fully trained volunteers have already started answering voters' calls and are helping resolve voting issues nationwide, now and through Election Day.
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From TPM: Huge Voter Protection Effort To Be Launched Today
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A group of civil rights lawyers is launching what it bills as the largest voter-protection effort in American history, planning to raise and spend millions of dollars to station hundreds of lawyers and thousands of volunteers at polling places across the country to help voters having trouble with the polls on Election Day.
The non-partisan group, called Election Protection -- to be announced at a press conference later this morning -- is being headed up by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a legal group established in 1963 in the heat of the Civil Rights Movement.
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The non-partisan group, called Election Protection -- to be announced at a press conference later this morning -- is being headed up by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a legal group established in 1963 in the heat of the Civil Rights Movement.
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