WEBVTT 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.000 Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 Webinar Series – Know Your Rights: Vote 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Protection During Election Season – October 7, 2024 Live captioning by 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.000 AI-Media COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Hi, everybody, 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.000 welcome. 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.000 Feel free to start introducing yourself in the chat 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.000 as you come in from the waiting room. We will get started 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:53.000 in just a minute or two. 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:59.000 Welcome, everybody. Feel free to introduce yourself. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:05.000 Your name and where your calling in from in the chat. I see Joy, hello, Joy. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:11.000 I see Carrie from Minnesota. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000 Julian, storm bird, Virginia. 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:23.000 I see Farah. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:30.000 From Georgia, Gregory from Houston. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 Lisa from Michigan. Coming in pretty fast, apologize if I 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:34.000 miss you, 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:47.000 but thank you all for being here. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:52.000 Still seeing a flow in from the waiting room so we will give it another 00:01:52.000 --> 00:02:06.000 30 seconds or so before getting started. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.000 Alright, I think we have got a good group, 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.000 let's go ahead and get started. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:19.000 Hi, everybody, I am Courtney Cooperman, I use she/her pronouns, 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:24.000 I lost my voice a little bit. I'm the project manager of the Our 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.000 Homes, Our Votes campaign at the NLIHC. 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:32.000 Thank you so much for joining the webinar, it is the 13th webinar 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:37.000 in our series and the topic today is total Mac Know Your Rights: Vote 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.000 Protection During Election Season. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.000 Feel free to keep introducing yourselves in the chat, as we are 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:48.000 getting started. We can go to the next slide. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000 As you all know, housing and homelessness organizations have a very 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:59.000 important role to play in voter protection., Ensuring that every 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:04.000 voters right is respected and their ballot is counted. The webinar will 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.000 focus on resources and created strategies you can all employ to ensure 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:13.000 that voters know their rights and can overcome obstacles to have their voices 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.000 heard. Today's webinar will feature Nicole for 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.000 Burns, Executive Director of Patient Voting, Amirah Noaman, 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.000 executive director of PETA to the coal and 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.000 Kimiya Factory 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.000 , 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.000 senior national coordinator for election protection, lawyers committee 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:42.000 for civil rights. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.000 This is being recorded. We will distribute the slides and the 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:51.000 links in our Friday email newsletter, the Connection and it will be posted 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:56.000 on the NLIHC YouTube channel by the end of the week. We have closed 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:00.000 captioning, thank you to the captioner for being here today. Ask questions 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.000 using the Q&A feature during the webinar for that there's a lot of 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:10.000 people attending and it's hard to catch questions in the chat so we are likely 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.000 to notice them in the Q&A. Speaking of the chat, we ask everybody 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:20.000 engage thoughtfully and respectfully in the chat Ñ by the platinum rule: treat 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.000 others -- treat others the way they want to be treated even if it's 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:30.000 different than the way you want to be treated. Our Homes, Our Votes is 100% 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.000 nonpartisan, meaning that we do not endorse or favor specific candidates or 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.000 political parties. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.000 Our goal is to build the voting power of low-income voters to begin hold all 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.000 elected officials accountable to prioritizing housing justice. With that 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:49.000 I will hand it over to the first speaker Kimiya Factory to get us 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.000 started. KIMIYA FACTORY: Thank you, 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.000 my name is Kimiya Fac 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 tory, 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.000 pronoun she/her, I'm the senior national coordinator for the election 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.000 prediction, 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.000 lawyers committee for civil lights under law. I worked pacifically in 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:11.000 Texas and Arizona but I also speaker -- spearhead the national campaign 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:19.000 (unknown term) Black woman answer the call. 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:25.000 I'm excited to get into what we do and what election protection is. This is a 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.000 resource that everybody can use, and the lawyers committee is a nonparty -- 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:34.000 -- nonpartisan organization to our goal is to ensure that voters have an 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:39.000 old opportunity to cast their vote safely and they feel supported in doing 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.000 so. The lawyers committee for civil rights 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.000 under Law, who are we? 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.000 The name is a bit prestigious, we do have 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.000 an awesome 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:51.000 history but the lawyers committee for civil rights under law 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.000 is a nonprofit 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:59.000 voting rights organization comprised of attorneys and 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:03.000 organizers like myself, who are fighting for voting rights, litigation 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:09.000 across the country and ensuring that our elections are 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.000 protected. We emerged out of the civil rights 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:16.000 movement, John F Kennedy actually founded the lawyers committee for civil 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.000 rights under law, when he saw the need for the future of voting rights 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.000 to be protected. That is when the organization was 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 formed. We are comprised of like I said, civil 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.000 rights attorneys and national coordinators and we are the national 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.000 convene or of election protection hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.000 , 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:40.000 if you have not heard of this, I'm excited to share this with you 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:41.000 , 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:46.000 the reason for the call, this is a resource that voters can tap into 365 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.000 days a year, which the lawyers committee is blessed to convene. 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:56.000 Finally, we partner with 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.000 fund estate led efforts for election protections respected to their 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.000 coalitions, so we facilitate working groups and steering committees geared 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.000 towards making sure that election protections is funded 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:13.000 in the national network of on the ground organizations across the country. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.000 What is selection protection? 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.000 I'm excited to get into that, 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:21.000 it sounds 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:27.000 straightforward but I like to call it an and farm of folks that are dedicated 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:33.000 to preserving the future of 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:37.000 democracy, and having an awesome experience voting. It's a very sacred 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.000 act 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:43.000 of civic engagement and engaging with our democracy, and so we believe that 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:47.000 elections are something to be protected and upheld by 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:52.000 folks who really want to get into this work and protect our communities. Next 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.000 slide, please. Election protection 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.000 is the largest nonpartisan voter protection program 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:01.000 in the country. 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.000 We have 300+ participating, diverse organizations like I said. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:07.000 We really pride ourselves in 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.000 partnering with organizations whose boots are on the ground, in the weeds 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.000 of this work 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:18.000 who represent their marginalized communities and really want to make 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.000 sure that 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:25.000 they have a wonderful experience, before, after and during election day. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:30.000 We also have thousands of volunteers for the hotline, that we are trying 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:31.000 -- 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.000 spoke about before, and social media programs to ensure that election 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:38.000 disinformation is not being facilitated, and that 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:45.000 voters have a streamlined, active communication with factual 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:49.000 based direction, depending on the state and local municipality. Finally, 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.000 we have 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.000 fieldwork programs, this is extremely important to election protection 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:58.000 organizing 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:04.000 and we want to ensure that voters have that experience in the field and that 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:08.000 our volunteers have that experience in the field because mass mobilization is 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:13.000 what makes our program drive. What we do, like I said, we ensure all 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.000 voters can cast a ballot freely, fairly insecurely, and we power\ empower and 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.000 support voters that have been 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:25.000 historically disenfranchised and under represented in democracy. I'm calling 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:29.000 in from Texas, Borden reads Texan, so this work is very 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.000 personally. Me. Texas has been a blueprint for 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.000 oppressive 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:39.000 barriers to voters. Set up L1 made it extremely hard for 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.000 voters to cast their ballot in disenfranchised communities 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:52.000 . 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:57.000 Before voters get to the polls. Growing up as a Texan it's important to 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:00.000 make sure that election protection is heard about, 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.000 that it is supported in that it is widely broadcasted across the country 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:10.000 because I never, ever want to see the voter suppression that I have grown up 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:15.000 with witnessing in Texas, continue to spread across the country. Next slide, 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.000 please. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.000 Our election protection steering committee are comprised of the 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:21.000 organizations that you see here: 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:24.000 verified voting, state voices, common cause, dumb 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:29.000 -- 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:33.000 the National Disability Rights Network, NAACP, these are stakeholders 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.000 in ensuring that 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 election protection as a national entity is upheld and protected 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:38.000 . 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:42.000 The organization that you also see here have an amazing history 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.000 of making sure that they fight alongside us 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:51.000 in the fight for voting rights, and ensuring that election protection lives 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.000 on. 866 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.000 -OUR 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.000 - 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.000 C 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.000 VOTE 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:57.000 S 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.000 , 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:01.000 it's exciting to talk about. It's the national hotline. 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.000 Voters can't -- 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.000 can 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:10.000 contact us 355 days a year, 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:15.000 to ask questions about the voting process or report problems at the 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.000 polls. You can call, text, even a Facebook 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:20.000 messenger. If you have any questions 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:31.000 or any experiences that you feel need reporting at the polls. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:36.000 We have a national network of trained legal volunteers to man the hotline and 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:40.000 support people at any stage of the voting process. When I say legal 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:44.000 volunteers, that means we have a network of attorneys specialized in 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:49.000 local state legislation to ensure that activities that are occurring at the 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:53.000 polls are legal, and within state guidelines to protect voters as they 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:57.000 cast their ballot. There are more severe issues and calls 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:01.000 that indicate systemic issues that are escalated to our state partners and 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:05.000 command centers. If you can think of and and-- an ant 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.000 farm, there's many components. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.000 We have command centers, our partners in the field convening person in 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:17.000 virtually and we have illegal volunteers like we said, attorneys that 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:21.000 are present in the room and we are actively looking at tickets. 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:26.000 Tickets are reports, real-time reports across the country of calls that are 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.000 coming into the hotline that might warn us, like I said, of voter 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.000 disinformation that is being spread, 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:37.000 to steer voters away from making it to a polling location on time. We have 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.000 seen everything from 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:43.000 election workers who are participating in partisan conduct. That is illegal., 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:52.000 in a lot of states. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.000 This hotline is a way for us to document these reports in real time, 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:01.000 but not only document these reports, follow-up with the voters. If a voter 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:06.000 calls and they have a concern or question, we have a network of 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:10.000 volunteers that document this response, called the voter back, and check back 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:15.000 in with that information or ensure the voter made it out of an intimidating 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:19.000 situation safely. Like I said, we are national network of 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:23.000 nonpartisan volunteers, not there on behalf of any candidate or party, 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:28.000 ensuring that voters have access to the hotline but also have access to 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.000 pertinent information like when they're pulling location my clothes,-- 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.000 -- they are polling location my clothes, and other pertinent 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:36.000 information they need. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:43.000 A voter would call in, this is how it works. What does a hotline look like? 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:47.000 What does that mean? How does it work? This is a broad 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.000 overview. There's a lot of tools in the toolbox 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:53.000 of election protection, but here's a general consensus. 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:58.000 Of voter would call in, and a hotline volunteer would take the call. Like I 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:02.000 said we have volunteers waiting for voters to make the calls. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:07.000 The hotline volunteer would write the ticket down, and they create a ticket 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:12.000 about the voters concerns, or their experience at a polling place or even a 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.000 question they may have. From there, trained legal volunteer 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.000 will document how the voter received access in our vote live, the data beat 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.000 -- base, where we take real-time tickets. The attorneys make sure that 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:29.000 this ticket is sought through, and the voter has access to the create 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.000 – my correct information. 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.000 The outcome of the ticket, the outcome 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 , 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:42.000 whether that is voter intimidation or question or a roadblock or barrier that 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:46.000 they may have found. The common issue we see in Texas is 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:52.000 polling location closing early. Earlier than they were 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.000 promoted on the County website. Even down to voters being purged from 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.000 voting lists, these are real-time scenarios and dilemmas that we see. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.000 I specifically can give an example of Harris County, I'm not sure how many 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.000 folks have heard of Harris County, a county in Texas. 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:18.000 There were a number of voters that were purged from Black and Brown 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:21.000 ZIP Codes. What do we know about Black and Brown 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.000 ZIP Codes historically? Comprised of elderly voters, 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.000 also are competitive voters with lower incomes. 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:30.000 Taking these real-time reports gives us access to 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.000 very valuable data that we can then flag 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.000 for the state and flag even for 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.000 the government and say come "Hey, 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.000 there are serious concerns about exactly where voters are being 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.000 disenfranchised, 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:48.000 and how exactly voters are experiences being purged from voter lists. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.000 " 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:54.000 I can tell you right now, we see a higher percentage of voters being 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:57.000 purged from 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:03.000 ZIP Codes that are lower income than we see in wealthier ZIP Codes and that 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.000 is an issue. Our hotline operation is a direct 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:10.000 necessary correlation to data that we can then follow up on 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.000 to represent our communities and in -- 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:18.000 ensure we have a fair and safe and secure shot at casting are valid 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.000 -- our ballot. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:27.000 In the name of accessibility limited the nation's extreme a diverse 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:31.000 . 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.000 We have different language lines, partner with different organizations 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.000 nationally to ensure that language 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:40.000 is not a barrier when it comes to cashing about and seeking information 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:47.000 or reporting the issues at the porting places – I polis -- 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:50.000 polling places. We have a Spanish hotline, and Arabic 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.000 caught- 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.000 and we understand that multiracial democracy is a language democracy. 00:16:55.000 --> 00:17:03.000 We are 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.000 happy to help voters have access in the language they speak. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.000 Those are the hotline for the different languages. 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.000 I also were 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:18.000 -- 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:23.000 will report in 2020, a pivotal year for a lot of us, we saw 200,000+ calls 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:26.000 received. This is a huge deal. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:31.000 That means there's a lot of voters very likely calling in with real 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.000 reports of discrimination at the polls, 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.000 or even lack thereof of access in their state. 200,000+ 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.000 calls means we likely can see the number doubled for the 2024 election. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.000 I'm sure you are all 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:51.000 gearing up for the general election which is less than a month away. 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:55.000 Super excited, please call into these hotlines, and I'm sure that they will 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:59.000 share information about the hotlines after my presentation today. Next 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:04.000 slide, please. How to get involved? Next slide, please. 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:09.000 We have grassroots field programs in the green states that you see here. 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.000 We also have general support programs in the great 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:27.000 – Mike Ray states you see. In 2020 the field programs 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:31.000 had over $40,000 volunteers at polling locations across the country. It's very 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:35.000 likely to see 80,000 volunteers in 2024 for the general election. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:40.000 The grassroots programs are the meat and cheese, the soul of election 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.000 protection, and we cannot do the work without the volunteer whose boots 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:48.000 around the ground and hot summer months, cold winter months, making sure 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:53.000 that people have access to our hotline. Next slide, please. These are some 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.000 examples. I want to emphasize election protection 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:58.000 looks different in every single state. 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.000 Every state has the autonomy of directing and coordinating airfield 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:06.000 program according to what their voters need. These are some examples of our 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000 outreach toolkits. Digital toolkits that we used to 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:14.000 recruit pole monitors for the general election. We also let people know about 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.000 deadlines that are coming up. We also have Po 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.000 ll 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:25.000 monitor training we offer three times a week. It's important that we do the 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:29.000 outreach and ensure that our voters are keeping up with 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:34.000 the updates and making sure that they are registered to vote, all of the 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.000 things. Most of poorly, we want to recruit as 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:51.000 many Poll monitors as possible. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:56.000 We want as many in Texas as possible. Grassroots volunteering are awesome 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.000 part is that partner with the lawyers committee. You can learn an 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.000 introduction to your state election law and rules for best practices for 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.000 election protection. What is important about our volunteers 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.000 who engage with our election protection program is we discover common issues 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:16.000 and challenges that voters face and how to solve them. It is word-of-mouth, 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:19.000 boots on the ground. Our volunteers are our communication 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.000 with what is happening in real-time. Interface with voters to learn about 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:28.000 the voting problems and help remedy the problems. We really like for our 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:32.000 volunteers to help us by recruiting volunteers, or even volunteering, like 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:37.000 I said, yourself if you're on the call and interested in becoming the pole -- 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.000 poll monitor. The more people we have, the larger 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:45.000 impact we create. I'm excited to see the data from the 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.000 upcoming election. Next slide, please. Our hotline 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:49.000 volunteers... Real quick tidbit, our hotline 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.000 volunteers help answer questions about any stated the 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.000 voting process, 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.000 providing support to voters. No matter what state you are in, we 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:05.000 have a hotline volunteer equipped with the resources you need 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:10.000 to vote in your county and also, like I said, real-time reports of voter 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:13.000 intimidation. If you think of an emergency hotline 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:18.000 for an emergency, think of this as an emergency hotline for voters. This is 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.000 active 365 days per year. You can help but telling neighbors, 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.000 friends, coworkers, 866-OUR-VOTE 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:31.000 you can call this number literally right now for help because election 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.000 protection is a program that 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:37.000 I truly believe and have seen preserve the future of our democracy. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:44.000 That is all for me, that is my email. Please contact me 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:49.000 if you need more information and thank you for having the lawyers committee 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:53.000 present on election protection. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much, 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:57.000 866_OUR-VOTES 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.000 is incredible and we appreciate the work that you're doing to make sure 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:06.000 elections are accessible for all. I'm going to pass it on to 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.000 Nicole Burns 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.000 from 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.000 Patient Voting, 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.000 if you are 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.000 - 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:17.000 - 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:22.000 who is going to present on if you are hospitalized during election day need 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.000 help casting your ballot. Election who is going to present on if 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:30.000 you are hospitalized during election day need help casting your ballot. 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:35.000 NICOLE BURNS: My name is Nicole Burns, not the founder but I have been 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:41.000 directing it for the past two years. Really excited to talk to you all about 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:46.000 how patients can vote from the hospital because a lot of people do not know 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:51.000 that that is a right they have. Patient Voting was founded by Kelly 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:55.000 Wong and Heidi (unknown name), an emergency medicine resident and in 2016 00:22:55.000 --> 00:23:01.000 she saw her patients in the emergency room trying to leave to go to the polls 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.000 and vote., here, in Rhode Island. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:08.000 This is something that comes up, and people on the front lines such as 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:12.000 healthcare workers in the emergency room noticed. When she started looking 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:16.000 into it, she saw that most states have a process called 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:19.000 emergency mail and, emergency absentee, something of that effect, 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.000 that allows patients to vote after the regular absentee ballot deadline. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:26.000 I became involved in 2020, as a student, 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:31.000 a now medical student, 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:37.000 and get to help people vote from the hospital and try to spread the word 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:42.000 that this is a right that people have. Patient Voting has a website that has 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:47.000 information on emergency voting in all 50 states. Last year, we merged with V 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:49.000 OTE ER, which does primarily 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:52.000 healthcare based voter registration. They have cool badges 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:54.000 , which I will show you here, 00:23:54.000 --> 00:24:00.000 so there is a QR code 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.000 and healthcare workers can use that during their visits to check patient 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 voter registration, 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.000 get them resources on absentee ballots, and also find out about 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:13.000 emergency voting. Next slide, please. 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:16.000 Why is this 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:18.000 an important topic? There are over 600,000 people 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.000 , 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:23.000 on average, in the hospital every day in the US. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:25.000 Who ends up in the hospital? 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.000 Lots of people, 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:29.000 83% of people 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.000 have interacted with the healthcare Center 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:34.000 every year. 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:40.000 It is especially people experiencing 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:45.000 chronic illness in people living with disability that end up in the hospital 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:50.000 more frequently and for longer periods of time. A study from Georgetown found 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:55.000 that low income citizens in poor health are around 10% more likely to cite 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:59.000 sickness as an impediment 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:04.000 to voting compared to high income citizens, also in poor health. That is 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:09.000 part of the reason I'm here talking to you all today. Next slide, please. 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:14.000 We are really trying to come into this cycle and mobilize healthcare workers 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:18.000 to have these conversations about voting. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:24.000 We are also nonpartisan, and that is how we do the work we do. That is how 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.000 we get approval from hospitals, admin when next-- 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.000 necessary and the cycle feeds into 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:35.000 itself and we can create a positive feedback loop. 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:40.000 We have seen success as many of you know, 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.000 . 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:49.000 People are more likely to turn out to vote if they are contacted 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:53.000 by a nonprofit institution. Such as this. And also, people trust 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.000 healthcare workers, 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:58.000 and that is what makes this field unaffected touch point to mobilize 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:07.000 because a trusted 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:09.000 touch point, and 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:12.000 how voting can 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:16.000 impact on 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:21.000 schools, local environment, and other things that have an impact on health. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:25.000 How does emergency voting usually work? 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:29.000 It is kind of complicated when you look at all 50 states, 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.000 but narrowing it down to a general process here. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.000 The patient is hospitalized. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:42.000 They, then, complete emergency absentee ballot application. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:46.000 We can help by printing applications when they are available, and just 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:53.000 letting people know., that that is an option for them. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:58.000 The application has to be delivered to the local board of elections. Some 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.000 states is called the local board of canvassers. 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:06.000 In a lot of states, volunteers can serve as agents to do that, and they 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:11.000 can shuttle that application to the Board of elections. Then, the board of 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:15.000 elections gives the ballot back to the patient, either through a bipartisan 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:19.000 delivery team, or back with that same agent. 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:25.000 Sometimes, the agent also has to be a family member, and that varies by state 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.000 and he can find all that information on Patient Voting.com. Then the patient 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.000 can vote. 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.000 Exercise that right, and that the ballot is returned either by the 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:39.000 bipartisan delivery team, 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:45.000 if there is time, by mail, but usually there is not time even though they list 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:49.000 that is an option, we try and think realistically about timelines here. 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.000 Sometimes that 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.000 agent can also drop the development off. 00:27:52.000 --> 00:28:00.000 Next slide, please. 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:05.000 These arrows that you can keep clicking is where we can help out, as 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:07.000 an agent. OK, next. 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:09.000 This is just a bit of the variation 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.000 . 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:14.000 We see, we collect 50 variables 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.000 , 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:19.000 things like deadlines, who can handle 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:22.000 the applications. If this process 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:26.000 applies to people other than the patient, in some case 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.000 s, it can also 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:32.000 apply to 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:36.000 healthcare workers. It can also apply to anybody who missed 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:40.000 the regular absentee ballot deadline. It is important for everybody to know 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:44.000 about this process. Next slide, please. 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:49.000 This is just an example because I am in Rhode Island, 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:53.000 Rhode Island has a very long emergency voting period because 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:55.000 their absentee ballots are due early, 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:58.000 so it begins October 15 year. 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:02.000 The application is due the day before the election. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:08.000 , 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:17.000 at 4 PM, and the ballot itself is due on 8 PM on election day. 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:22.000 What is cool in Rhode Island as anybody qualifies for emergency ballot. 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:27.000 You don't need to be hospitalized. You can use it if you are ill at home, 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:33.000 and you can also use it if you are stuck at work, or anything like that. 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:38.000 The forms are easily available on the website, which is not true in every 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:41.000 state. Next slide, please. Here are just a few 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.000 states were anyone can use emergency voting. Our website is being updated 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:50.000 for the general election firm all the primaries, in the next two days 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:53.000 . 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:59.000 If it looks funky in the next two days that is why. Here's a few key examples 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:04.000 where anyone can use emergency voting. Next slide, please. Just like to 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:07.000 reiterate if there's pushback on this, 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.000 we are allowed to be doing this work because of the national voter 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:16.000 registration act of 1993, which also covers things like 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:21.000 the DMV being able to do voter registration. One tactic I like to use 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.000 when people are confused or unaware of 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:27.000 the legality is I like to say, "It is 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.000 similar to how the DMV can register people to vote 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.000 . 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:34.000 " 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.000 We are doing the voter education and the get out to vote 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.000 education and it is nonpartisan, which is key. 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.000 Next. 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:49.000 I just would like to highlight Wisconsin real quick. 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.000 Wisconsin, we have an organizer from 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:58.000 Vote ER 00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:01.000 who made a coalition, including the Wisconsin election commission and would 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:05.000 like to work closely with Secretary of State's offices and 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:10.000 commissions to make sure that if we are communicated if we are bringing in 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:14.000 200,000 patient applications, we should let them know. They are very 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:20.000 supportive of our work, I would say in our experience, calling all 50 states 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.000 about how to vote from the hospital. Disability Rights Wisconsin 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:27.000 is also a great partner, and they have been successful in 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.000 convincing the Wisconsin Elections Commission 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:34.000 to put this information on their website. 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.000 Not every state has information for hospitalized voters on their website. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.000 Next slide, please. 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:43.000 Yes, thank you so much 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:48.000 for listening to me speak about this topic. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:54.000 If you walk away with anything, just know that you can vote from the hospital 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:56.000 . It is possible. 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:00.000 In 38 states, there is a specialized process called emergency voting 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:06.000 , some permutation of that, that allows you to do that. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.000 Thank you so much. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much, 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.000 Nicole. 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:14.000 Really appreciate your knowledge and leadership in the time you have taken 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:16.000 to present this information. 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:19.000 I personally did not know anything about Patient Voting procedures until 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:22.000 we connected. I truly appreciate all of this 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.000 knowledge. 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:29.000 I see some questions and comments coming in for you in the chat, so we 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.000 will circle back to those after Amirah's 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:36.000 presentation to take questions for all three panelists and I encourage people 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:41.000 to keep putting comments into the chat and directing questions into the Q&A 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:46.000 because it will make it easier to pull those out. With that, I am going to 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.000 pass it over to Amirah. AMIRAH NOAMAN: 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:53.000 Thank you so much. I am Amirah Noaman, I'm the Executive 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:57.000 Director for Pizza to the Polls. I am based in Los Angeles. 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.000 We are a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:05.000 that was created in 2016, initially to feed people waiting in long lights to 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.000 vote for free. 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:12.000 Our flagship program is called the on-demand platform where we feed anyone 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:16.000 and everyone around a polling location, regardless of if they are voting, 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:21.000 or not, if they are poll worker or passing by. This program is available 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:27.000 in all 50 states, regardless of what town or city you are in, you can make a 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:32.000 report to our website at polls.pizza and once it's vetted by volunteers we 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:35.000 will send pizza. We primarily work with Sliced, an 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:39.000 independent P3 that platform -- pizzeria platform that connects us to 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:41.000 pizzerias around the platform. 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:46.000 If slices are not available we go to another change. We send donuts in the 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:55.000 morning for those waiting in long lines. 00:33:55.000 --> 00:34:00.000 This was in response to the pandemic, we did not know if we can safely get 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.000 pizza to lines and we want to provide 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:08.000 alternative slowed up this program in 2020 operated in 29 cities across the 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:13.000 city with 78 tracks on the road between early voting and election. 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:17.000 The partnership with Ubereats 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:22.000 allowed for a large variety, hot food or shelfstable snacks and rings that we 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:29.000 can customize based on city. 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:35.000 For example you are in Nashville you can get hot chicken or if you are in 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:40.000 New York City, you may get any squared pizza. There's a lot of variety and 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:46.000 allowed us to tap into every city we were into. It also allowed us to pivot 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:52.000 quickly as we would get reports of the long lines, so we can send the trucks 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:57.000 in, and we can also be in compliance with a lot of the newly formed laws. 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:03.000 For example, in Georgia there's SB 202, so we can no longer deliver directly to 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:06.000 the lines. The trucks help astilbe and compliance, 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:11.000 and be outside of the polling bubble and serve the folks. We were able to 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:15.000 put $1 million into independent pizzerias. This is important because so 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.000 many businesses were in the verge of closing during the pandemic. Continuing 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:24.000 on the route in 2021 we notice that lines were starting to format some of 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:29.000 the key vaccination sites for COVID-19, to be created a program called Vax and 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:34.000 Snacks, and allowed us to feed people in mind, specifically in Georgia, and 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:39.000 North Carolina, and we partner with the relief agency as well as Slice, and 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:44.000 Wetzel's pretzels, to make sure we fed folks in these lines. We created one 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:49.000 more program in 2019 – 2022 called the preorder program which allows it to 00:35:49.000 --> 00:36:12.000 partner with other nonpartisan nonprofits working year-round. 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:17.000 An example is tomorrow we had over 100 events with student athletes around the 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.000 country and that is in partnership with the team. 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:25.000 They engage student athletes year-round as they register to vote and 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.000 turn out each election season. 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:30.000 Also in 2022, we created a community college program 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:35.000 that was in partnership with Levi's that we continue to this day, where we 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.000 send our 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:40.000 custom wrap trucks with snacks and pieces to community colleges around the 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:45.000 country, encouraging 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:50.000 them to vote, register to vote, vote early. We realize a lot of the 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:54.000 community college students were lagging behind therefore your counterparts in 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:56.000 terms of registering to vote. 00:36:56.000 --> 00:37:05.000 They are important to support and engage during the civic engagement 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:09.000 journey. This year we will have all the same 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:13.000 programs, whether people are registering to vote or voting early, or 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:18.000 encouraging others to do the same, we want to make sure we feed people for 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:21.000 free doing that. We have sent over 1.5 million snacks 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:26.000 around the country with all of these programs. We have serviced nearly 5000 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:31.000 individual pulling stage's -- stations, and 49 states, we will close the loop 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:36.000 on the last date this year, which is Vermont, they tend not to have long 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:41.000 lines, so we have a special partnership with the state on election day this 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:44.000 year. I appreciate you putting all of the 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:47.000 stats. We have so many sort I want to make 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:53.000 sure that I can answer all of this information at the end during the Q&A, 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:56.000 as well. And how we can all partner together. 00:37:56.000 --> 00:38:02.000 Our main goal, really at Pizza to the Polls, is to make sure that people feel 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:07.000 they are supported as they are going to vote, feeling like this is actually 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:13.000 something fun, and it is not a chore, it is not like going to the DMV, to 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:18.000 provide free food and show people that we really appreciate their efforts and 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:22.000 that we are making democracy fun again. I look forward to getting some 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:28.000 questions from you all and I can share some toolkits and information on how we 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:32.000 can partner with each of you. Thank you so much. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.000 Think you so much. We are seeing a lot of interest in 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:39.000 sending some pizzas to People's local communities. I'm sure you will get a 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:42.000 lot of follow-up and appreciate you sharing the information about how to 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:45.000 get in touch. I will invite all of the panelists to 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.000 come back on. We are getting fantastic questions for 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.000 all of you. Some of the questions are directed 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:54.000 specifically and some of you if you feel like jumping in, you can 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.000 definitely do so. One question for Amirah, does your 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.000 program consider people who are gluten-free 00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:01.000 or other inclusivity for people with other dietary restrictions? AMIRAH 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:03.000 NOAMAN: 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:07.000 When we have – most of it comes down to funding. When we have the funding, 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:15.000 we always send plain pizzas, 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:18.000 vegetarian, gluten-free photo we also try and customize to cities. Say you're 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.000 in Detroit and he went to trade style pizza, certain toppings 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.000 . 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:28.000 When we have the funding we always do that. That was a 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:31.000 huge thing in 2020 to send off 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.000 options. 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:38.000 Pizzas are a lot more extensive than we use today and we 00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:40.000 -- 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:46.000 -- used to be and we pride ourselves in tipping the delivery drivers, 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.000 we send plane. We try to accommodate 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:54.000 dietary restrictions. When we do preorders with boots on the 00:39:54.000 --> 00:40:00.000 ground, we can take into consideration those restrictions. 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:04.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: I like the dual focus on empowering the vote and 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:09.000 supporting local businesses. That is a fantastic model. On that note, 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:14.000 someone asked a question about embedding into websites for local food 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:17.000 trucks. Do you have any cross promotion from 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:20.000 local businesses? Did the local businesses your partner 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:25.000 with, did they do anything to encourage voting as well. AMIRAH NOAMAN: 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.000 Occasionally, but generally when we do the training with staff that are on the 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:34.000 truck, we try to just keep it about the food. 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:39.000 In our work, it's easy to get partisan accidentally. We really try and make it 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:45.000 about this next and-- the snacks and somebody on our team if they are on the 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.000 ground they can give information. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: That make sense, 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:54.000 keeping it to the trusted partners that are trained in this work. I see a 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:58.000 question, 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:01.000 really great question, about encouraging low income renters in our 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:05.000 community to increase registration and turnout and specifically, how to engage 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:11.000 low-income renters in doing this work which is a big priority for us at Our 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:15.000 Homes, Our Votes. Can any of you speak to the way that 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:19.000 you engage directly affected people, to be entrusted messengers, and getting 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:23.000 their communities out to vote? KIMIYA FACTORY: I can share. 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:27.000 I am excited to share about (unknown name), our national voting rights 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:31.000 campaign, actively recruiting pull monitors. One of my personal beats -- 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.000 beefs as a organizer, 00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:39.000 is asking to do work without compensating to do work. We are 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.000 offering $50 stipends to pull members volunteering with us, 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:44.000 and I think across 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:47.000 the board, equity is imperative with access 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:52.000 , 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:57.000 to making sure that folks that are, like I said, compensated for their 00:41:57.000 --> 00:42:00.000 time. Folks that are volunteering have to 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.000 evaluate childcare, 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.000 maybe even time off that they were be in the field. That is something that we 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:07.000 definitely try to 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:14.000 help her volunteers with, stipends for their time. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:17.000 Thank you. That is core to what we believe that 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:22.000 NLIHC, and Our Homes, Our Votes, in terms of making sure that 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:27.000 people who are not being paid a salary for doing this worker compensated just 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:31.000 like those of us who are because everybody's time and expertise is 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:33.000 valuable. Really appreciate that. NICOLE BURNS: I 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:39.000 can speak to that little, too. Since merging with Vote ER 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:43.000 we are able to have a grant program for community health centers, federally 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:48.000 qualified health centers, giving them five to $10,000 to implement 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:52.000 voter registration and get out the vote tools, like Patient Voting and 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:55.000 emergency voting. And community health workers are really 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.000 some of the most effective people 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:01.000 in the healthcare profession to get this information out because 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:04.000 they are often from the communities they are serving. 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:06.000 Focusing our efforts on 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.000 that has been really excited\ 00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:09.000 -- 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:13.000 exciting this year. 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:18.000 Cordy my things, Nicole. Our related question we got in the chat 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:19.000 , 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:24.000 people experiencing 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:29.000 crisis in the hospital or turned off from messaging about voting. How do you 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:36.000 navigate the tension became -- between people 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:41.000 who made up prioritize voting in the moment and the fact that people want to 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:46.000 make their voting voices heard and the procedures are available in the 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:53.000 messaging and wrote reached you do to youo earn people trust? 00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.000 NICOLE BURNS: We try to make this 00:43:55.000 --> 00:44:00.000 process in waiting rooms where people are 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.000 filling out paperwork and unfortunate experiences in long wait times. If 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:12.000 someone is in critical condition, we are not going to be asking them about 00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:17.000 if they are registered to vote and if they want to vote. This is something 00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:21.000 we're trying to work into hospitals and health centers with appropriate 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:24.000 ness. 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:29.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: ICU shared in the chat but I'm not sure everybody can see 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:35.000 this 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:39.000 specifics about states. Can you elevate this for the whole 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:42.000 group? NICOLE BURNS: Yes, we had a question 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:47.000 about different kinds of disabilities and how voting works for that. I would 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:49.000 recommend going to the national disability Rights Network 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:57.000 resources and local chapters of that 00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:02.000 because a very state to state about how voting with mental and physical 00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:04.000 disabilities, who is qualities -- 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:12.000 qualified and the support resources for that state to state. 00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:17.000 Also if you are formerly incarcerated, you sometimes have to 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:22.000 reenter the polls and there's a lot of specific with that, that Patient Voting 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.000 also does not cover on our website. 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:28.000 What were the other parts of that question? 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:30.000 Nursing homes and long-term care facilities often have 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:34.000 , 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:41.000 I'd say, less of an emergency response, and there's opportunities 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:45.000 to plan voting opportunities for folks in those places in advance. Often they 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:48.000 send a multiparty sin assistance team 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:49.000 -- 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:51.000 multi- 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:57.000 partisan team for assistance. 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:01.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: We have a question about the role of 501(c)(3) nonpartisan 00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:02.000 nonprofits 00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:06.000 and what they can do to assist people in hospitals, without crossing any 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.000 lines. 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:14.000 I think that raises a great point. How can people on this call, in a 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:18.000 nonpartisan way, get involved with Patient Voting and support people who 00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:28.000 may be hospitalized in exercising their right to vote? 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:36.000 We can speak about a little bit from the Our Homes, Our Votes perspective. 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:40.000 Being here, you are a trusted messenger in your community. Everyone 00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:45.000 here is passionate about voting. A lot of friends and neighbors may be 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:47.000 either skeptical about participating in the process, 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:57.000 or not sure how to make a voting plan and navigate the logistics of voting. 00:46:57.000 --> 00:47:01.000 Really just talking to your neighbors or if you work for a 501(c)(3) 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:05.000 nonprofit, that directly serves the community, make that information about 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:09.000 voting available. As long as you are not doing these 00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:13.000 activities in a way that benefits a certain Canada or political party or 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:17.000 tries to convince people to vote for a candidate or political party, 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:22.000 helping people making a plan to vote is nonpartisan and encouraging voter 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:25.000 turnout is nonpartisan. We have resources on the website, Our 00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:31.000 Homes, Our Votes website, that can help to guide. I will pass it to Kimiya to 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:38.000 answer. KIMIYA FACTORY: This 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:43.000 is just like our hotline, and boaters that are in hospitals or in jail all 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:53.000 deserved the right and the access to have their questions answered. 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:59.000 I hate to see a scenario that a nurse or someone who is in the jail may 00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:10.000 disenfranchise a builder and tell them they may not have the right to vote. 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:15.000 Voter apathy, it's import for us, in this work, specifically voting rights 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:19.000 were, to lean into voter apathy and understand the voters that are system 00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:23.000 impacted and voters who have health problems have every reason 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:27.000 to be critical, and hesitant about engaging with our electoral process. 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:29.000 We, as people doing this work, 00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:32.000 have a duty to restore that autonomy 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:37.000 and a power and engage with voters and help them understand that every 00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:46.000 question that they have is relevant and necessary question or concern. 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:50.000 That is how I feel about both of those questions. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:53.000 you. We always talk about how housing is 00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:57.000 always on the ballot. Elections at every level will have an 00:48:57.000 --> 00:49:01.000 impact for housing justice. For those of us who are involved, and 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:04.000 mobilizing renters, or directly impacted renters, 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:08.000 we know the issues on the ballot are directly impacting communities and 00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:13.000 making sure that we make our voices heard on the policies that will govern 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:18.000 our own lives is really critical. I am seeing some more good questions. 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.000 We've got a question about 00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:23.000 our notary for Patient Voting. Nicole, 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:26.000 are there states that require a notary? NCIL yes, 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:28.000 they are decreasing 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:32.000 are there states that require a notary? NICOLE BURNS: Yes, they are 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:41.000 decreasing. In Rhode Island exit, 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:46.000 for an example, a notary was required in 2020 and they change the law because 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:50.000 of COVID. It's hard enough to vote in getting a 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:55.000 notary in COVID, I mean just imagine. That change has stuck. Now we don't 00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:59.000 need a notary, anymore. Most places, it is a notary or two 00:49:59.000 --> 00:50:02.000 witnesses. That you have that requirement, but is 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:05.000 not too many states anymore. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Great, thank you. 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:10.000 Love to hear when voting laws become more accessible especially when it 00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:14.000 happened in the wake of COVID and people realizing, we can make these 00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:19.000 changes permanent, there is no reason why voting needs to have so many 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:22.000 obstacles. I see a question about, can people with 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:26.000 permanent resident status vote? To vote in federal elections and nearly 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:32.000 all state and local residents, you must be a US citizen. There's a handful of 00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:37.000 places that are allowing for immigrants to vote in local elections, but it's a 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:42.000 very small select number of places. I would also say that voting is not the 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:46.000 only way to be cynically engaged, so people who are permanent---'s civically 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:48.000 engage, there's many ways to be 00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:51.000 involved in the 00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:58.000 voting process. 00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:02.000 There's questions related to current events, and many people in our network 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:05.000 are directly impacted by the current hurricanes. 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:09.000 Are any of your organizations working in disaster impacted areas? Is there 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:12.000 anything in particular you are doing in this moment 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:17.000 to support people that may face increased obstacles to voting due to 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:18.000 the hurricanes? NICOLE BURNS: 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:22.000 Vote ER 00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:25.000 has specific organizers. For example, in North Carolina's. 00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:27.000 /. 00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:31.000 I'm not privy to exactly what is happening there, but 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:33.000 we do have on the ground organizers 00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:42.000 so that is how we are 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:45.000 coping at the moment. COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thanks, Nicole. If 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:49.000 you or someone in an area that is affected by disasters, inorganic, 00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:52.000 please reach out to that. 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:57.000 We have a disaster recovery coalition that is effective working with partners 00:51:57.000 --> 00:52:01.000 on the ground, and we can get you connected with resources there. 00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:05.000 I am seeing a great question a chat about AI. Kiniye, 00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:09.000 is there anything the lawyers 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:14.000 network or hotline are doing specifically about AI and its role in 00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:16.000 the election? v KIMIYA FACTORY: Absoltut 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:17.000 ely, yes. 00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:22.000 AI is something we are 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:25.000 equipping ourselves with combating this general elections. 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:26.000 866-OUR-V 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:27.000 OTE 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:33.000 , 00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:37.000 we offer training to our hotline volunteers on how to receive and 00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:41.000 respond to certain complaints of AI disinformation. 00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:46.000 Really, we pride ourselves and take a goal and making sure that the hotline 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:48.000 is advertised digitally as much as possible, 00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:53.000 so voters who are encountering AI issues are reporting that in real time 00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:57.000 for the hotline. Since early voting has started, we have 00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:59.000 seen a very high call volume 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:03.000 percentage specifically pertaining to AI. We are actually working very 00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:05.000 closely with the Department of Justice 00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:10.000 as well as making sure that our legal attorneys are up to date on 00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:14.000 specific, any AI specific legislation, that are coming to play 00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:16.000 in their specific states. 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:21.000 Really, the biggest thing is making sure that the hotline is a resource and 00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:23.000 encouraging voters to report 00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:27.000 any disinformation they may be experiencing with AI, because I don't 00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:32.000 think what a lot of people understand is that AI can be synonymous with voter 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:36.000 disinformation. AI can be a literal form of making sure 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:39.000 that 00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:44.000 – well, ensuring that a boater is discouraged or dissuaded from partner 00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:54.000 that information to the polling location or county. 00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:58.000 Making sure that this hotline is broadcasted as much as possible. 00:53:58.000 --> 00:54:03.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much. Appreciate that. 00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:06.000 We had another question about funding opportunities and specifically for 00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:10.000 survivors of domestic violence. Are there anything that your 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:18.000 organization is dismissively to empower survivors of domestic violence to vote? 00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:23.000 We can also look into that further, and share more resources on a future 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:25.000 webinar. There's a lot of specific sensitivities 00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:28.000 around privacy, and making sure that survivors 00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:32.000 can balance their privacy rights to their right to participate in the 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:36.000 political process. That is something we can share more 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:38.000 resources about in a future week. 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:42.000 We also had questions about funding opportunities, more generally. I know 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:43.000 that 00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:48.000 we are very close to election and voting is underway, so there may not be 00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:52.000 funding opportunities available right now. To any of your organizations have 00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:56.000 funding opportunities that people should look out for in future election 00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:57.000 cycles? 00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:59.000 NICOLE BURNS: 00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:01.000 As I mentioned before, 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:04.000 Vote ER 00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:08.000 has a grant program for federally qualified healthcare centers 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:09.000 . I would expect 00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:12.000 the next cycle would be 00:55:12.000 --> 00:55:16.000 leading up to the midterms in 2022, 00:55:16.000 --> 00:55:20.000 but who knows, there could be one before that, as well. 00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:24.000 They will probably give preference to 00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:28.000 certain states, based on what is on the ballot, and if 00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:37.000 things impacting health, specifically, are on the ballot. 00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:43.000 COURTNEY COOPERMAN: Thank you so much. I also see a comment in the chat about 00:55:43.000 --> 00:55:46.000 registering for your states address confidentiality program for survivors 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:49.000 of domestic violence. This is a really important resource to 00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:53.000 know about. Wonder question that I see in the Q&A 00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:55.000 is about 00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:59.000 sharing this information on social media platforms. We encourage you to 00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:04.000 share all of this in this information about the election protection hotline, 00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:08.000 a Patient Voting, about Pizza to the Polls. We put social media 00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:13.000 links and websites in the chat for a few organizations. 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:19.000 I think we can drop them in the chat will more time, and I will also include 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:23.000 them in the follow-up notes. Please follow all of these 00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:27.000 organizations and share their resources widely. We have three minutes left, and 00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:33.000 I have a few closing announcement so I will jump into that. Thank you so much 00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:37.000 to our panelists for taking the time to speak during this incredibly hectic 00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:41.000 election season. I appreciate all the work that you're 00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:46.000 doing, day in and day out, and all of the research that you are sharing with 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:49.000 our network. To jump into some closing 00:56:49.000 --> 00:56:52.000 announcements. Today is the first day of National 00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:56.000 Voter Education Week. This is a nonpartisan week of action to 00:56:56.000 --> 00:57:00.000 celebrate our democracy and ensure that all voters are prepared to cast their 00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:05.000 ballots with confidence. We will drop a link in the chat to 00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:09.000 learn more about National Voter Education Week. This week is structured 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:13.000 around five calls to action. First, register to vote. Second, get to 00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:17.000 know your ballot. Third, make a plan to vote. Fourth, 00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:20.000 understand the process. Fifth, share with friends and family. I 00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:25.000 recommend keeping an eye out on the Our Homes, Our Votes social media 00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:29.000 platforms, for a weeklong tweet chat. We are partly with the National 00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:34.000 Alliance to End Homelessness to answer some FAQs a voting and share some 00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:38.000 resources out. Next slide. 00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:43.000 Today's call to action is registered to vote, I encourage everybody to take 00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:47.000 a minute to check their registration status and sign up for election 00:57:47.000 --> 00:57:51.000 reminders on Turbo Vote, our online voter registration, and information 00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:54.000 portal. You can find it by scanning the QR code 00:57:54.000 --> 00:58:00.000 on the slide or checking the link that we are share in the chat. If you are 00:58:00.000 --> 00:58:05.000 confirm that you registered to vote, you know 100% you are registered at 00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:09.000 your current event-- address, send the link to three friends or family 00:58:09.000 --> 00:58:15.000 members, so they can do the same on the first day of National Voter Education 00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:18.000 Week. Next slide. We are getting close to the 00:58:18.000 --> 00:58:22.000 end of our webinar series. We have three more. The next webinar 00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:27.000 will take place on Monday, October 21, and will focus on the theme of getting 00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:32.000 out the vote, in this last few weeks push before election day. Next slide, 00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:36.000 please. You can find a full description of that 00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:41.000 webinar as well as previews of all the upcoming webinars at the webinars link, 00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:47.000 and we will shared in the chat on the our homes are hosts -- -- Our Homes, 00:58:47.000 --> 00:58:50.000 Our Votes website. Next slide, please. Last but not least, 00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:56.000 I will share that we have our ourr Our Homes, Our Votes affiliates. network. A 00:58:56.000 --> 00:59:01.000 lot of your part of it, if you're not part of the affiliate network, 00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:06.000 this is open to any organizations that are committed to the campaign's goals. 00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:08.000 We have a listserv for opportunity should to 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:10.000 ties, 00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:13.000 toolkits, and enhanced resources 00:59:13.000 --> 00:59:19.000 for affiliates. We will drop the link in the chat. 00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:24.000 I am seeing one more question about getting a link. Absolutely. We will 00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:29.000 share this all in our Friday email newsletter, The Connection, 00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:35.000 and it will be up on the YouTube channel by the end of the week. Please 00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:40.000 spread the word, all this information is meant to be shared. I think that 00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:45.000 brings us to the close. Thank you all so much. Thank you to the 00:59:45.000 --> 00:59:50.000 panelists for being here, and we are looking forward to keeping in touch and 00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:54.000 continuing to collaborate throughout the election season and beyond. Thanks, 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:55.000 everybody. Live captioning by AI-Media