[blindLaw] FW: Opportunity to Partner on an Important Election Initiative

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Hey Everyone, I thought some of you might be interested in this.  It would
be great to have some of us out there.

 

Best,

Scott

 

From: Windsor, Pedro <Pedro.Windsor at americanbar.org> 
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 9:12 AM
Subject: Opportunity to Partner on an Important Election Initiative
Importance: High

 

Friends,

 

I am asking that you please consider partnering with the ABA, National
Association of Secretaries of State, and National Association of State
Election Directors by encouraging and sharing an opportunity with your
affiliates, members, and networks to serve as nonpartisan poll workers for
the upcoming 2020 election.  Depending on the jurisdiction, tasks may range
from staffing polling places to processing returned ballot envelopes and
more.  This is strictly a nonpartisan effort designed to help people vote
and to help local officials ensure a safe and accurate election.

 

Please see the email below, which provides much more details and information
about this important initiative.  

 

Thank you in advance for your consideration and please don't hesitate to
share the opportunity with others or contact me with any questions.  Best,
Pedro

 

 

Pedro Juan Windsor Jr., Esq.

Managing Director

 

ABA Center for Diversity and Inclusion in the Profession

American Bar Association | 321 North Clark Street | Chicago, IL  60654

T: 312.988.5279 | M: 312.841.6900 |
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/> ambar.org/diversity

 

Pronouns: he, him, his

 

 

Message on behalf of ABA President Trish Refo and ABA Standing Committee on
Election Law Chair Estelle Rogers:

 

Dear ABA Entity Chairs:

 

We are writing to let you know about an exciting new project called Poll
Worker, Esq. and to ask for your help. The American Bar Association is
partnering with the National Association of Secretaries of State and the
National Association of State Election Directors to encourage lawyers, law
students and other legal professionals to serve as nonpartisan poll workers
for the upcoming 2020 election. Depending on the jurisdiction, tasks may
range from staffing polling places to processing returned ballot envelopes
and more. This is strictly a nonpartisan effort designed to help people vote
and to help local officials ensure a safe and accurate election.

 

We are reaching out to you to urge your members, colleagues and networks to
volunteer for this effort.  Serving as a poll worker is integral to assuring
a free and fair election this November, and lawyers are especially suited to
help. With the added obstacle of a pandemic this year, finding people who
are at lower health risk to assist as poll workers is even more important.
States across the country are predicting a shortage of workers to serve for
the November 3 General Election. Even states that vote primarily by mail
recognize the particular challenge this year. This is an opportunity for
lawyers, and soon-to-be lawyers, to step up and serve. 

 

We need your help. We hope you will utilize all means of communication at
your disposal to reach out to your community and urge lawyers and law
students to give their time and talent to Poll Worker, Esq.

Interested poll workers can sign up on www.canivote.org
<http://www.canivote.org>  and click on the "Become a Poll Worker" tab to
find out how to serve in their jurisdictions. Poll worker training for
lawyers may be eligible for Continuing Legal Education credit.

Details are available at  <http://www.ambar.org/vote>
ambar.org/vote-including a video that encourages lawyers and law students to
become poll workers and explains how to sign up as a poll worker. 

 

We recently launched a social media campaign that will run through September
on the ABA's Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. The hashtag for the
effort is #PollWorkerEsq. Please share the ABA posts linked to below on your
entity's social media platforms or create your own posts.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6704417474978304000

 

https://twitter.com/ABAesq/status/1300871124251742224

 

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBarAssociation/photos/a.10151587460154669/1
0159002879664669

 

The ABA's Standing Committee on Election Law
<https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/election_law/>  is
dedicated to developing and examining ways to improve the federal electoral
process to permit the broadest, least restrictive access by all eligible
Americans to the ballot box and to ensure all those votes are counted.
Please let us know how the Committee can help you participate in this
important initiative.

 

 

Thank you.

 

Trish Refo, President, American Bar Association

Estelle Rogers, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Election Law