HELP US PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN LOUISIANA!

The Louisiana Voting Rights Network is seeking volunteers to serve as non-partisan legal observers and poll monitors in New Orleans on Election Day, Saturday, May 20th, 2006.

The Network, which includes both local and national civil rights organizations and advocacy groups, launched an unprecedented effort to monitor polling place activity during the primary election on April 22nd of this year. Monitors played a crucial role in ensuring that Orleans Parish voters, many of whom traveled great distances to cast their ballots, had the opportunity to exercise their voting rights in this historic election. The monitors were strategically positioned in polling locations throughout the City and were able to spot numerous problems, which Network coordinators addressed throughout the day. In light of this successful effort, we are recruiting more volunteers for the general (run-off) election.

We prefer volunteers who can serve the entirety of the day 5am - 9pm, but we also welcome those who can only help in one of the following two shifts: 5am - 1pm or 12pm - 9pm.

No previous experience is necessary. However, TRAINING IS MANDATORY. The training sessions include information on issues to watch for. If you were already trained and served as a Network monitor on April 22nd, no additional training is necessary.

If you have any questions, you can send an email to nolavote@gmail.com or call 504.899.1889 to leave a message.

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Friday, May 12th

2pm - 4pm

Hilton Riverside Hotel

2 Poydras St.

(Dillard University Post-Katrina Campus)

Sat, May 13th

6pm - 8pm

Ashe Cultural Arts Ctr.

1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd

Tues, May 16th

6pm - 8pm

Call-in training

1.800.351.6810

passcode: 314406#

Wed, May 17th

9am - 11am

Call-in training

1.800.351.6810

passcode: 314406#

6pm - 8pm

Tulane Law School

6329 Freret St. Weinmann Hall

Room 151

Thurs, May 18th

6pm - 8pm

Dryades YMCA

2220 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 1st Fl.

Friday, May 19th

2pm - 4pm

Hilton Riverside Hotel

2 Poydras St.

(Dillard University Post-Katrina Campus)

The Louisiana Voting Rights Network: ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, ACORN, Advancement Project, African American Leadership Project, Common Cause, Greater New Orleans Urban League, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of Women Voters of Baton Rouge, League of Women Voters of Louisiana, Louisiana Unity '06 Coalition, NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy Center, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP of Louisiana, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, National Urban League, People For the American Way Foundation, and VOTE (Voice Of The Ex-offender).

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