The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee raising “serious concerns about the current tone and rhetoric concerning voter participation on Election Day.”
LDF calls on the leaders of the two major political parties “to demonstrate leadership in uniting to push back against efforts to disparage, undermine, and challenge the right of every eligible citizen to participate freely in the exercise of the right to vote on Election Day.” The letter outlines the way in which federal law protects the rights of voters at the polls to participate freely in the electoral process.
In the letter, LDF calls on both the RNC and the DNC to pledge:
Read the full letter here.