{"id":23197,"date":"2014-10-24T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T19:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=23197"},"modified":"2014-10-24T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T19:34:53","slug":"volunteer-poll-observers-needed-for-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2014\/10\/24\/volunteer-poll-observers-needed-for-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Poll Observers Needed for Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what you can do to help with this year\u2019s election?\u00a0 <strong>Join our Ohio Promote the Vote Team as a Poll Observer!<\/strong> \u00a0The objective is to ensure that every eligible voter can register, that every registered voter can vote, and that every vote is accurately counted.<\/p>\n<p>Poll observers serve all day on Election Day\u2014watching for incidents of voter suppression, reporting problems to our regional boiler rooms, and collecting data on voters\u2019 experiences at the polls.\u00a0 Poll observers are our eyes and ears inside polling locations and they are <em>our first line of defense<\/em> against voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a registered voter of Ohio who can commit to spending a full day at the polls on November 4<sup>th<\/sup>?\u00a0 If so, <strong>we need your help<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>We will provide training opportunities in October and credentials for your entry into the polling locations.\u00a0 <strong>Sign up by visiting https:\/\/secure.ohiodems.org\/page\/signup\/PollObserver2014<br \/>\nor calling (614) 397-5257.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have questions?\u00a0 Call Lindsay Langholz at (614) 397-5257 or email us at voterprotection@ohiodems.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what you can do to help with this year\u2019s election?\u00a0 Join our Ohio Promote the Vote Team as a Poll Observer! \u00a0The objective is to ensure that every eligible voter can register, that every registered voter can vote, and that every vote is accurately counted. Poll observers serve all day on Election Day\u2014watching for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2014\/10\/24\/volunteer-poll-observers-needed-for-election-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Volunteer Poll Observers Needed for Election Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pro-bono-community-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23198,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23197\/revisions\/23198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}