May 6 2008 Primary Election Protection for North Carolina & Indiana

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Watch the Vote 2008

With Voter Action

Voter Action will be conducting a pilot Watch the Vote Program for the Indiana & North Carolina presidential primaries on May 6th, 2008 in preparation for our overall election monitoring work in the November election.

CALL 1-866-MyVote1 to document your voting experience.

The information we receive contributes to our election protection work by allowing us to identify, document, report and address important voting issues.

Learn more about the Indiana Primary here
Learn more about the North Carolina Primary here

Get Help On Election Day or Find your Polling Place

Call 1-866- MY-VOTE-1 to report deceptive robo calls or voting experience/problems or to find your polling place.
Voter Action is monitoring.

Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you experience any problems voting on Election Day. You will get a live person who can assist you. 1-866-OUR-VOTE is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters.

Deceptive Robo Calls Alert

Robo Call investigation: An estimated 182,236 illegal robo calls have been made in North Carolina on 4/24 and 4/25 during NC's early voting period. These calls lead the voter to think they are no longer registered to vote. The pattern of complaints indicate that African Americans are being targeted. North Carolina is one of 11 states targeted with misleading robo calls.

Chris Kromm Facing South reports that...the NC NAACP has filed a formal complaint. N.C. residents have reported receiving peculiar automated calls from someone claiming to be "Lamont Williams." The caller says that a "voter registration packet" is coming in the mail, and the recipient can sign it and mail it back to be registered to vote and then they can vote....

See "Facing South" for more on the investigation
and
see Voter Action to use their online form to report one of these robo calls, or for more information.

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