Press call on December 13 at 1:00 pm ET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Election Protection will hold a press call at 1:00 pm ET on December 13, 2018 to announce the findings of its newly released report on the 2018 Midterm Election. Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. According to Election Protection’s report, voters in 2018 faced widespread attempts at voter suppression and disenfranchisement across the country – obstacles that made voting more difficult or impossible.
In the 2018 primary and general elections, more than 75,000 voters contacted the Election Protection hotline (866-OUR-VOTE) for assistance. This includes more than 31,000 on Election Day alone, a record number for a midterm election. Today’s report will identify reported problems and questions to the hotline on election day, including top barriers to the vote in 2018, which included: long lines due to poor staffing, insufficient materials and faulty voting machines problems; aggressive voter registration purges or failure to process applications; poor poll-worker training; restrictive voting identification requirements; and failure to receive or count absentee ballots.
WHO: Kristen Clarke, president & executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 2018, 1:00 p.m. ET
HOW: Must RSVP to press@lawyerscommittee.org. Dial in number will be provided.
