NAACP to monitor elections in ten states

[journalist3072]

NAACP to monitor elections in ten states

Primary provokes effort to ensure Nov. 7th 'comes and goes smoothly'

Updated: 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

BALTIMORE - The NAACP will monitor voting in 10 states next month, sending observers to polling places, taking citizen complaints and notifying the Justice Department of any serious problems, the civil rights organization announced Monday.

The states were chosen because of pivotal elections, concentrations of black voters, or a history of polling problems, the Baltimore-based organization said.

President Bruce Gordon said the organization intends to be proactive "to ensure that Nov. 7 comes and goes smoothly and that every citizen across this country, and particularly in the state of Maryland, who has an interest in voting, in fact is able to vote."

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Election Day command center
The NAACP will run an election day voter command center at its headquarters and take calls from concerned citizens at (866) OUR-VOTE. The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and People for the American Way will work with the civil rights organization to monitor complaints of voting irregularities and advise voters, the NAACP said.

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NOTE TO DU MODERATORS: Could we please bookmark this thread, because of the NAACP Election Day Command Center telephone number that is provided?

People may need that telephone number come election day! Thanks for your consideration of this.

[Jamastiene]

1. If I know racists like I think I know racists...

A Bluey living in a red state here with some good advice: they should probably monitor all 50 states. I wouldn't trust racist election workers as far as I could throw them. After the horror stories from Florida in 2000, I definitely wouldn't trust them especially.

[flamingyouth]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2564391