Remind your state election official that registered voters are still eligible to vote if in home foreclosure

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From: National Campaign for Fair Elections

[You own state's leader for election administration ultimately answers to we, the people. -David Weller]

Foreclosed? You can still vote

Imagine losing your home... then having your vote challenged too! Protect the votes of those going through difficult foreclosures. Contact your state officials - tell them to prepare for voter challenges on Election Day.

You've heard of predatory lending - well, another type of predator has emerged this election season.

According to recent reports, these predators are planning to illegally suppress turnout by challenging the voting eligibility of citizens going through foreclosures.

Imagine that: losing your home, and then having your vote challenged. It's illegal, it's wrong, and we need your help to make sure it doesn't happen.

Tell your state officials to be vigilant about stopping this voter suppression tactic.

As the New York Times explained in an editorial last week, partisans are compiling lists of voters who've lost their homes so they can argue to poll workers that the foreclosed individual no longer has a local address and cannot vote in that community.

Many of our state elections officials are already working hard to make sure every voter can cast their ballot, and we thank them. But we need your help to make sure that every official in every state is taking these critical steps:

• Widely advertise the law in their specific state, and let people who have lost their homes know how they can change their registration and vote.

• Properly train poll-workers so that they know the law, and make sure there are enough of them to handle the confusion that could arise at the polls.

• Remind local boards of election that the fact that a voter is involved in a foreclosure is not, by itself, sufficient basis for challenging his or her right to vote.

Election Day is just weeks away. We're running out of time - protect the right to vote by acting today!

Make sure YOUR state elections official is doing all she or he can to keep the mortgage crisis from turning into a democratic crisis. Send your letter today!

Once you've taken action, please take a minute to urge friends and family to do the same. Don't let people who have lost their homes lose their vote, too!

Thank you for all your work.

Sincerely,

Jonah Goldman

Director
National Campaign for Fair Elections
Legal Leader of the Election Protection Coalition

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