Turn Up Tuesdays to Voters: Make a Plan to Vote Now

Voting Rights News, Voting Rights Resources 09.28,20

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Charmaine Riley, [email protected], 202.548.7166

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and All Voting is Local, with its joint And Still I Vote campaign, will hold a Facebook Live event on Tuesday, September 29 at 5:30 p.m. ET to encourage voters to make a plan to vote ahead of November 3. With a special guest from the Divine Nine, voting advocates will discuss how to request a mail ballot, vote in person during the pandemic, and options to vote early.

This event is part of Turn Up Tuesdays, a weekly national call to action to make sure people are informed and activated to vote in the general election. Turn Up Tuesdays is dedicated to ensuring that the general election is not characterized by the disarray that voters experienced across the country during the primaries in states like Wisconsin and Georgia.

Tuesday 
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. EDT

Turn Up Tuesday Facebook Live Event – Everyone should have the option to vote in the way that makes them feel most safe. Guests will discuss how voters can make a plan and the different ways they can exercise their constitutional right to vote.

Speakers: 
Nijuel Porter, partner, The Soze Agency
Anton Moore, CEO and founder, Unity in the Community
Rhonda Briggins, co-chair, National Social Action Commission, Delta Sigma Theta
Wanda Mosley, senior Georgia state coordinator, Black Voters Matter

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

All Voting is Local fights to eliminate needless and discriminatory barriers to voting before they happen, to build a democracy that works for us all. It is a collaborative campaign housed at The Leadership Conference Education Fund, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; the American Constitution Society; the Campaign Legal Center; and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. For more information about All Voting is Local, visit https://allvotingislocal.org and follow us on Twitter @votingislocal.