At Common Cause Ohio, we are committed to defending voting rights, making the ballot box accessible for all eligible voters, and safeguarding our voting systems to guarantee accurate and fair elections. Every election year, we mobilize volunteers to help our fellow Ohioans navigate the voting process and cast their votes without obstruction, confusion, or intimidation.

Our nonpartisan voter protection program seeks to ensure every eligible voter who wants to vote can do so, and every vote is counted accurately. This program is not affiliated with any party, candidate, or issue campaign.

 

You can use our voting tools to verify your voter registration, find out if you are eligible to vote, register to vote, get election reminders and more.

 

BECOME AN ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEER

No qualified Ohioan should be deprived of their right to vote due to confusion, suppression, or intimidation.

That’s why Common Cause Ohio has developed an election protection program for midterm and presidential elections. Direct volunteer intervention is the most effective way to make sure voters can’t be disenfranchised by confusion over election rules, long lines, under-resourced polling places, and acts of intimidation or deception. 

With our election protection program, we help eliminate these obstacles and make elections more efficient by:

  • Ensuring voters have access to the ballot box to make their vote count
  • Providing voters with necessary voting information and answering their questions
  • Quickly identifying and correcting any problems at polling places
  • Gathering information to illustrate potential barriers to voting

Join us in safeguarding our elections by signing up to be a:

  • Election Protection Ambassador: Spread the word about the Election Protection Hotline from now through Election Day. Ambassadors distribute posters, palm cards, or yard signs featuring the Election Protection Hotline 866-OUR-VOTE to places such as barbershops, bookstores, churches, coffee shops and food pantries. Ambassadors can also be trained on how to answer frequently asked voting questions such as updating voter registration, requesting and tracking absentee ballots, and referring voting problems to the Election Protection Hotline.
  • Poll Monitor: Most poll monitors will be assigned a small group of nearby polling places to check for lines, signage, and poll preparation. You will report back any problems to HQ, as well as identifying issues at the polls, answering voters’ questions, and connecting those who are denied a ballot to legal resources. PPE will be provided.  
  • Social Media Monitor: Search for social media posts that share issues at the polls, connect voters to resources and support, and report election-related mis- and disinformation.
  • 866-OUR VOTE Hotline Monitor:  (Legal experience preferred.) Respond and field calls from voters concerning election deadlines, trouble at the polls, and other issues and track and record information accordingly.
  • Voter Contact Volunteer: Use phone banking tools to talk to thousands of voters to give them accurate voting information and support.

Click below to learn more about the program, or to sign up to help us protect the vote!

Protect the Vote Nonpartisan Volunteer Agreement
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