Remembering Stephanie Tubbs Jones and her constant push to protect the voting rights of low income individuals, NEOCH is working in an all out effort to get homeless people to vote. We need your help getting homeless people to participate in democracy. As you may have seen in many Ohio newspapers, the Secretary of State released rules on registering and voting on the same day. There are five days in which a person can register or change their address at the Board of Elections office and then immediately ask for an absentee ballot and vote. Those votes are counted later in November as part of the presidential election. We are looking for help transporting homeless people to the polling places. We need vans and van drivers to volunteer September 30, October 1, October 2, October 3 and Monday October 6 to help with getting homeless people to vote. If you can volunteer on any of these days (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), please call Brian Davis at NEOCH at 432-0540 or e-mail at neoch [--at--] neoch [dot] org.
Most homeless people get registered to vote or change their address at the shelters. With the horrible ID provisions on election day, we are trying to encourage people to vote early. We understand that there is a great fondness for going into the polling place on one day when everyone else is voting, but this is becoming increasingly difficult. We need to demonstrate that homeless people care and will show up to vote. On election day, we have to provide transportation all over the County and even the region. During the five day overlap, we can provide transportation to one central point in Downtown Cleveland. Please volunteer to help expand democracy.
Brian
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