Sign Up for Election Protection

Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far to serve as an Election Protection poll monitor on Election Day. Your next step is to take a required training session. Find a session that fits your schedule here.

LWVMA is sponsoring one of the trainings, on October 7 at 3:00 PM, but League volunteers can attend any session that works for them.

And it’s not too late to register to be a poll monitor. You can sign up at the LWVMA Protect the Vote link. Signing up is not a firm commitment but will put you on the list for information about training programs and, later on, the polling places and shifts to be covered.

The job is a minimum of one three-hour shift on Election Day, Nov. 5, covering a polling location. You will be able to choose both the shift time and the polling location. The Election Protection poll monitors watch for problems with access to voting, and also ask voters who have been turned away if they need assistance. Volunteers do not need any special qualifications, though if you are fluent in a non-English language, you are especially needed. Volunteers will have to complete a mandatory training session that details what to look for and how to react. 

More complete details are available at Protect the Vote.