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Support the APIAVote Voter Hotline Leading up to Election Day on November 5

Volunteer hours can be logged for legal professionals needing pro-bono hours

Our partners at Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) are recruiting bilingual volunteers to staff the APIAVote Voter Hotline for the 2024 Presidential Election season.

This is a non-partisan, multilingual informational hotline designed to help members of our community find polling places, understand how to register to vote, and ensure they have timely and factual information needed to get to the polls. Training sessions started on September 22 and upcoming sessions are on September 24 and October 9!

APIAVote needs persons fluent in Bengali/Bangla, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese! Lawyers are trusted civic emissaries and voices in our communities, and your voice matters and helps!  

As a completely volunteer-run hotline, volunteers will provide the resource to make civic engagement more accessible to the communities.  

Here is what you can expect as a volunteer:

  • Provide live, remote assistance from Monday, October 7, leading up to Election Day on Tuesday, November 5!
  • Return calls to voters who left voicemails asking for voter assistance  
  • Be supported every step of the way by the co-captains of APIA Vote’s Hotline: Jean Ger, Zaria Guignard, Mike Messina, Hannah Locop, and Yu Jing Chen  
  • Hotline captains will be online and available to assist every day
  • No prior experience is required – all training will be provided via Zoom throughout the election cycle.

Will you volunteer for the election protection hotline throughout the 2024 Presidential Election cycle? Sign up here!

You can sign up for a training session below.
Tuesday, September 24 at 9:00 PM ET/8:00 PM CT/6:00 PM PT: Sign up here
Wednesday, October 9 at 5:30 PM ET/4:30 PM CT/2:30 PM PT: Sign up here

Additional training sessions will be announced in the future.

Please share widely with anyone you believe would like to get involved!

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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Seeking Volunteers for Election Exit Poll and Poll Monitoring

During the 2024 General Election, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will conduct a nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of Asian American voters to capture their candidate preferences and party enrollment, and to identify important issues for the Asian American community. Since 1988, AALDEF has conducted exit polls of Asian American voters and monitored polls in every major election to provide election protection.

AALDEF is seeking volunteers interested in phone banking or on-the-ground polling in the following states:

Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington

This year, AALDEF will be polling:

  • During Early Voting in late October and early November (specific dates TBA)
  • And on Election Day (Tuesday, November 5)

You do not need to know an Asian language (although helpful) and you do not need to be a lawyer.

For the Volunteer Interest Form, please click here.

For FAQs about this project, visit here.

For questions about AALDEF volunteer opportunities, please contact [email protected].