If you have a problem at the polls on Tuesday
The presenters at the No Kings training on Thursday night titled “Know Your Voting Rights,” were from the American Civil Liberties Union. They said:
“If there is a problem at the polls, do not assume your only option is to leave without voting.
• Try to resolve the issue at the polls so you can cast a regular ballot
• Call the Election Protection hotline at:
866-OUR-VOTE, 866-687-8683 and 866ourvote.org (English), administered by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
888-VE-Y-VOTA, 888-839-8682 (Spanish/English) administered by the NALEO Educational Fund
• Ask for a provisional ballot.”
Here is the video of the training. And here are the slides.
Related Knowledge Center: Voting rights
As Republicans move to restrict voting rights, and Donald Trump appears to be preparing for another confrontation about election results, a wide range of organizations are pushing back.
Top guidance in the run-up to Election Day
- Ben Wikler, a political organizer who was chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2025 says, “The very most powerful thing you can do as a volunteer in politics is to talk to your actual friends and family who are fence-sitters.”
- He quotes Abraham Lincoln, who wrote in a letter to a campaign committee in 1840: “Keep a constant watch on the doubtful voters, and from time to time have them talked to by those in whom they have the most confidence.”
- The place to put our energy, Wikler says, is on the people whose votes will matter most because they live in a place with high-stakes, very close elections, as well as the people where we live.
- ACLU: Know your voting rights | How the ACLU is safeguarding the election
- Report intimidation, at the polls or elsewhere, immediately to the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE or 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (en Español).