Our democracy is counting on you, do you have your plan to vote?
Make sure you:
✅Confirm your voter registration
✅Find your polling place
✅Know what identification you need to vote
✅Stay safe: PPE, hand sanitizer, social distancing
Voting laws and identification requirements can vary state by state. Be #PreparedToVote and find out what you need in your state. Our #PTV campaign focuses on targeted jurisdictions and has non-partisan voter education materials for those states here: voting.naacpldf.org/voting-rights/…
As we do every year, we are identifying, monitoring, and responding to voter suppression efforts to protect voting rights and dismantle barriers to the ballot box. Report potential voter suppression here: bit.ly/ReportSuppress…
Being #PreparedToVote means knowing how to spot voter suppression and reporting it.
What to look for at the polls:
✖️Polling place changes or closures
✖️Long waits to vote
✖️Faulty machines
✖️Voter roll purges
✖️Voter intimidation or harassment
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THREAD! We need to count every vote. If you voted by mail, absentee ballot or cast a provisional ballot on Election Day, you might need to “cure” your ballot to make sure your vote is counted. AL, FL, GA, MS, TX and SC, this is for you!
ALABAMA! If you voted by provisional ballot, TOMORROW Friday Nov. 6 is the deadline to cure your ballot of any issues, including a missing photo ID. You can fix any errors at your local Board of Registrars. Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you need help!
FLORIDA! You have until 5pm TODAY, Nov. 5 to make sure your provisional or mail-in ballot is counted! Check the status of your ballot and how to fix any issues here: bit.ly/2TYXXi2
Don’t wait! Call 866-OUR-VOTE if you need any help.
.@Sifill_LDF on our #USPS suit: We focused on the transportation decisions that the new Postmaster General made. We wanted to make sure every ballot would be delivered...We're still fighting to get every ballot delivered even after the process.
"There was an order that was presented by the Judge that required the Postal Service to do sweeps throughout the day...In the evening, the Postal Service let it be known that they had not done the sweeps...Obviously, we were very distressed about this."
"I have talked for some time about what I call the regime of impunity that protects police officers, and the entire apparatus, from accountability and we’re seeing some of that today...One area of impunity is the ability of unfit officers to go from department to department."
"I want to see the grand jury transcripts. I want to know how this case was presented to the grand jury. The idea that they would come forward with only one set of charges, none of them having to do with Breonna Taylor herself is quite alarming..."--@Sifill_LDF
"Black and Latinx people are 3X more likely than whites to contract COVID. They are 2X more likely to die from COVID. So, we must look at how we can enable that population of voters to exercise...their right to vote in a way that doesn't put their health at risk."--@JNelsonLDF
WATCH: @JNelsonLDF explains the Eleventh Circuit Court's decision to uphold #SB7066, a law that requires returning citizens to pay all outstanding fines and fees before they're allowed to vote.
COMING UP: In the 12 o'clock hour, President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF will join @mitchellreports and @NinaTotenberg to discuss Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy, how she changed women's rights, and her role in civil rights. Watch live!
.@Sifill_LDF on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall: These are lawyers who literally transformed the direction of American democracy, and we accept the landscape they created like air...This is a woman of tremendous heroism and just a trailblazer in every way.
"Justice Ginsburg was a fundamentally decent person...She's the last civil rights lawyer who was on the United States Supreme Court...We've lost someone who had that authority. And the authority came from her experience as a civil rights litigator."
WATCH: In under one minute, @Sifill_LDF gives a quick history lesson on LDF's founding and deep roots in the civil rights movement.
"...not only is the federal government not a recourse...they actually have a program to roll back civil rights and they also are some of the biggest instigators of a kind of anti-civil rights and...white supremacist ideology..."