{"id":134,"date":"2024-06-14T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/?post_type=work&#038;p=134"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:44:56","slug":"election-protection","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/work\/election-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Protection"},"template":"","class_list":["post-134","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"We work to ensure every eligible voter can cast their ballot freely, fairly, and securely through nonpartisan programs that prioritize voter access, education, and engagement. ","featured_image":25191,"work_type":172,"related_issues":[100,402,109],"location":12},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year-Round Voter Protection<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floridians deserve a democracy that values and holds sacred the freedom to vote.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Florida co-leads the nonpartisan Florida Election Protection Coalition, a partnership of over 35 organizations dedicated to ensuring that every eligible voter can cast their ballot and have their vote counted accurately. Election Protection is not affiliated with any party, candidate, or issue campaign and is active year-round. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voters who have questions or experience problems can call the multilingual Election Protection hotlines to get advice and support. During elections, these hotlines are connected to on-the-ground programming and response teams who address problems as they occur. <\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image":{"image":25182,"width":"medium"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help Florida Voters in 2025 <\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No eligible Florida voter should be deprived of their right to vote due to confusion, suppression, or intimidation.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why Common Cause Florida and the Florida Election Protection Coalition train and field hundreds of nonpartisan volunteers in priority counties where voters have been historically disenfranchised and underrepresented in our democracy. Direct volunteer intervention is the most effective way to make sure voters can\u2019t be disenfranchised by confusion over election rules, long lines, under-resourced polling places, inaccurate information, or acts of intimidation.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help safeguard our elections by signing up to be a:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poll Monitor: Identify and report issues at the polls, answer voter questions, and connect those who are denied a ballot to legal resources.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Voting Rights Legal Monitor: If you are a lawyer, rove in one county to rapidly respond to voting rights issues and complete poll site accessibility reviews\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to increase barrier-free voting for Floridians with disabilities.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Democracy Activists: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the comfort of your home, report disinformation, correct misinformation, and share positive, accurate information.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Poll Worker: Work directly with your county Supervisor of Elections office to keep elections fair and safe.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Canvassing Board Monitor: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn about the functions of your county\u2019s canvassing board and how to prepare for possible recounts, audits, and election certification challenges. Attorneys and non-lawyers needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>Ready to join our team of volunteers? Learn more here:<\/b>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/helpfloridavoters\">Click here to sign up to help protect the vote!<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"description\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These volunteer opportunities are strictly nonpartisan. Please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nonpartisan-agreement\/\">nonpartisan agreement<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"description\">\r\n<h2><b>Florida Voting Links<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<b>Contact your Supervisor of Elections (local election office):<\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.elections.myflorida.com\/supervisors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dos.elections.myflorida.com\/supervisors\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Find your polling place:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/voter-precinct-lookup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/voter-precinct-lookup\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Track your vote-by-mail ballot:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/vote-by-mail-ballot-information-and-status-lookup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/vote-by-mail-ballot-information-and-status-lookup\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Register to vote or update registration:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/registertovoteflorida.gov\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/registertovoteflorida.gov\/home<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Check your registration status:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Statewide (registration and party only):\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/registration.elections.myflorida.com\/CheckVoterStatus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/registration.elections.myflorida.com\/CheckVoterStatus<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">County (full info): <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/vote-by-mail-ballot-information-and-status-lookup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dos.myflorida.com\/elections\/for-voters\/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place\/vote-by-mail-ballot-information-and-status-lookup\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Request vote-by-mail ballot: <\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/allvotingislocal.org\/how-to-vote-by-mail-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/allvotingislocal.org\/how-to-vote-by-mail-in-florida\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>The 3 Ways to Vote in Florida: <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/resource\/the-3-ways-to-vote-in-florida\/\">https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/resource\/the-3-ways-to-vote-in-florida\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n<b>Information on voting laws:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/866ourvote.org\/state\/florida\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/866ourvote.org\/state\/florida\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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