Trying to be useful on Election Day and after--any resources?

Post date: 2020-10-21 06:51:38

Are there organizations--either affiliated with the Democratic Party or with external groups--that need volunteers to help ensure that voters are able to vote on election day, and that all the votes are counted, and re-counted if necessary, in November?

I live in California, so much of my pre-election activity has been focused on local campaigns and some phone-banking in FL and PA. But like many registered Democrats, I want to do more. I've done my fair share of reading on the President's 12th Amendment election strategy, and on the likelihood of voter intimidation at the polls, and so on -- this kinda stuff. I'm wondering if there are organizations I can connect with that are specifically trying to defend the integrity of the vote during balloting and during counting. Examples of things I'm talking about:

** poll-watching and right-wing voter intimidation de-escalation on polling day and at early voting locations

** participating somehow in vote counts and recounts (do the parties get to play some role in monitoring this from both sides)

** preventing/countering/monitoring the next Brooks Brothers riot

Basically, I'm a privileged person who is concerned about formal and informal voter disenfranchisement, and I am able to fly somewhere and be there for several days before, during, and/or after the election.

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