Volunteers Needed to Defend Asian American Voting Rights - NY/NJ/ VA
Glenn Magpantay
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Volunteers Needed to Defend Asian American Voting Rights
Presidential Primary Elections - February 2008
New York - New Jersey - Virginia
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Sign up at www.aaldef.net
Volunteer Trainings on Fri 2/1 in NYC; Sat 2/2 in NJ; Mon 2/11 in Washington DC
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is working with a number of groups the to safeguard the voting rights of Asian American voters during the 2008 Presidential Primary Elections .
Asian Americans have faced a series of obstacles in exercising their right to vote, such as lack of interpreters, hidden translated materials, rude and hostile poll workers.
Then, when the news media reported on election returns and the vote by specific groups, Asian Americans were overlooked.
In response, AALDEF has conducted non-partisan voter surveys and monitored poll sites for compliance with the Voting Rights Act, which forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination.
We are seeking volunteers to help survey voters at poll sites in New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen), New Jersey (Bergen County), and Virginia (Centreville, Annandale).
Volunteers work in one or more 3-hour shifts during the Presidential Primary Elections on February 5 in NY and NJ and February 12 in Virginia. There will be a one-hour training session for all volunteers:
Friday, Feb. 1 at 1:00 PM
Columbia Univ., Lerner Hall E568
2920 Broadway on 115th street
New York, NY
Saturday, Feb. 2 at 3:00 PM.
Korean American Voters’ Council
1562 Lemoine Ave, 2nd floor
Fort Lee, NJ
Monday, Feb. 11 at 12 Noon
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
1152 15th Street, bet. L and M Sts., N.W.
Washington, DC
Monday, Feb. 11 at 6PM
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
1600 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
All volunteers must be non-partisan during the time they help. To sign up, please complete the registration form at www.aaldef.net or the one enclosed and return it to AALDEF.
CO-SPONSORED BY
Asian American Alliance at Columbia University
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of NJ
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
Coalition of Asian Pacific American of Virginia
Korean American Voters Council of NY/NJ
YKASEC: Empowering the Korean American Community.
For more information contact:
Glenn D. Magpantay or Harry Jung
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
212.966.5932 x 209
voting...@aaldef.org
<<Volunteer Form-Pres.Prim.NY.NJ.doc>> <<Volunteer Form-VA.doc>>
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ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12/F New York, NY 10013-2815
Defending the civil rights of Asian Americans since 1974
t: 212.966.5932 f: 212.966.4303 website: www.aaldef.org
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