Since its founding in 1940, LDF has been a pioneer in the struggle to secure and protect the voting rights of African-Americans. LDF has been involved in nearly all of the precedent-setting litigation relating to minority voting rights. LDF’s Political Participation Group uses legal, legislative, public education and advocacy strategies to promote the full, equal and active participation of African-Americans in America’s democracy.
LDF’s Prepared to Vote initiative arms voters with important information about how to comply with election laws and enables us to monitor and respond to instances of discrimination. In key elections, our Prepared to Vote lawyers and volunteers will be on the ground at polling places answering questions and ensuring every person is able to cast a ballot.
If you wish to report voting irregularities or to seek advice, please contact LDF at vote@naacpldf.org. Or call 866.OUR.VOTE.
Texas | Georgia | Alabama | South Carolina | Louisiana | Missouri | Florida
Every year since 2013, communities of color throughout our country have sought to vote and participate equally and meaningfully in the political process without the core protections of the Voting Rights Act. Through our Prepared to Vote campaign, LDF provides non-partisan election preparedness information leading up to and on Election Day to various partners in target states. LDF also works on the ground on Election Day to ensure every person is able to cast a ballot.
Since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, states and localities have unleashed a number of schemes that seek to deny or abridge the rights of voters of color. Accordingly, Prepared to Vote equips voters with information about how to comply with election laws that are being or have been challenged in court by LDF because of their harm to communities of color, including confusing and onerous photo ID laws (in Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina). LDF authored the compilation and review of these voting changes in our report Democracy Diminished, which has been cited in the New York Times and other major media outlets as the definitive source for this important information.
On Election Day, nearly the entire LDF office will be in the field working on voter protection. If you wish to speak with an LDF attorney to report voting irregularities or to seek advice on Election Day, please contact us via vote@naacpldf.org. And of course you can always call the national civil rights hotline for Election Day issues at 1-866-OUR-VOTE, or the United States Department of Justice, Voting Section by phone, 800-253-3931 and email, voting.section@usdoj.gov
You have the right to vote between 7:00am and 7:00pm.
Polls should be open continuously during this time period.
You have the right to vote if you are already in line when the polls close at 7:00 p.m.
find out if you’re eligible to vote in Alabama with a criminal record here.
Alabama Election Website
Important Contact Information
Alabama Elections Division:
800-274-8683
334-242-7210
Alabama Attorney General’s Office:
334-242-7300
To find the contact information for local county elections officials, please visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s website.
Polls will be open from 7:00am to 7:00pm. You have the right to vote if you are in line or inside the polling place when the polls close. If your work schedule would prevent you from voting in person while the polls are open from 7:00am to 7:00pm, you have the right to take time off of work (up to two hours) to vote. You have to give your employer reasonable notice, and your employer may specify which hours that you get to take.
Find out about Georgia’s voting procedures, voting changes, important dates, photo identification requirements, and other voting information here.
Georgia Election Website
Important Contact Information
Georgia Elections Division
877-725-9797
Georgia Secretary of State Election Compliance Unit
800-722-5305
To find the contact information for local county elections officials, please visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s website.
The polls will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM Eastern Standard Time.
To find out if you’re eligible to vote with a criminal record, click here.
South Carolina Election Website
Important Contact Information
South Carolina State Election Commission
803-734-9060
elections@elections.sc.gov
The polls will be open from 6 AM to 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Find out about Louisiana voting procedures, voting changes, important dates, photo identification requirements, and other voting information here.
Louisiana Election Website
Important Contact Information
Election Division, Louisiana Secretary of State
800-883-2805
The polls will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM Central Standard Time.
Find out about Texas’s voting procedures, voting changes, important dates, and other voting information here.
Learn about the new photo identification requirements in Texas here.
View LDF’s How to Vote in Texas without the state-imposed forms of Photo ID here.
Texas Election Website
Important Contact Information
Election Division, Texas Secretary of State
800-252-8683
elections@sos.texas.gov
The polls will be open from 6 AM to 7 PM Central Standard Time.
Find out about Missouri’s voting procedures, voting changes, important dates, and other voting information here.
Missouri Election Website
Important Contact Information
Phone: (573) 751-2301
Toll Free: (800) 669-8683
E-mail: elections@sos.mo.gov
The polls will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM.
Find out about Florida’s voting procedures, voting changes, important dates, and other voting information here.
Florida Election Website
Important Contact Information
850-245-6500
850-245-6125 (fax)
850-245-6096 (TDD line)
800-955-8771 (Florida Relay Service (TDD))
SecretaryofState@DOS.MyFlorida.com
