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The Election Protection App

The Election Protection App. #866ourvote #Catalist2012. Election Protection App. The app was created to empower voters and to ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots and have them counted this Election Day. 

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The Election Protection App

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  1. The Election Protection App #866ourvote #Catalist2012

  2. Election Protection App The app was created to empower voters and to ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots and have them counted this Election Day.  One of the most important features of the app is the ability to ask questions or report any type of voting problem directly to a team of highly trained volunteers and tap into a coalition of attorneys and legal experts at the national and local level to immediately answer questions and pursue remedies.

  3. Election Protection App “The development of this app was a true collaboration of organizations that are each focused on helping all eligible Americans vote and determined to put the power to protect voting rights directly in the hands of voters.” - Eric Marshall, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

  4. Election Protection App Text “OURVOTE” to 90975 You’ll receive a link to download the free App

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  7. Election Protection App • Look up: • Your or a friend’s voter reg info • Your nearest polling place • Each state’s voting rules and regulations • Report any problems or obstruction issues you see – you can even take and send a photo right from your phone

  8. Election Protection App • The mobile app allows users in real-time to: • Report problems and issues of obstructing voters rights through live hotline directly to the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and use an easy to upload form to geo-tag the location if the problem using smartphone GPS, and even add a photo to the report • Verify voter registration status using links to Catalist's continuously updated national voter database  • Submit voter registration forms through Rock-the-Vote • Look up polling locations through Google's "VIP" service • See key voting rules & regulations for each state compiled by New Organizing Institute • Review what type of machines are used at each polling place compiled by Verified Voting

  9. http://rev.ms/866ourvote

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