On May 4, The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) and the Voting Rights Alliance held a tele-townhall titled, “The Fight for the Vote 2020: Our March to the Ballot Box.”
Broadcast over Facebook Live, the presentation featured panelists (including Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey, among others) who agreed that the election process would be severely hindered unless strategies are developed for more robust voter outreach and empowerment.
Panelists included National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., TJC Founder and President Barbara R. Arnwine, Esq., Moms Rising CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, and Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey.
The panelists tackled robust voter outreach and registration strategies, media, and specialized outreach to purged voters and those on inactive lists, creating voter contact systems, onerous absentee ballot requirements and voter identification.
“We have to be concerned that while we sit here tonight, there are tactics, strategies and efforts afloat in too many of these states to suppress the vote and to make people fearful of voting, [as] was the case 50 years ago,” Chavis continued.
