04/12/2012
Tri-State area law students!
The Obama Campaign is seeking NY Attorneys and Law Students to assist in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) on Primary Day, Tuesday, April 24th. Law Students from neighboring states, and of course in PA, are encouraged to volunteer as well!
Pennsylvania was one of many states that have changed their voting requirements and are now requiring specific photo identification in order to vote. The campaign expects that this will cause confusion for some of the President's most loyal supporters in urban Philadelphia. The primary provides the only real opportunity to perform a trial run before Election Day in November. The campaign is seeking volunteers to staff polling sites to assist voters, and more importantly to survey voters regarding problems they encounter as a result of the new laws.
Unlike NY, the PA Presidential Primary is held on the same day as local primaries, so turnout is expected to be "normal." (In NY, turnout is expected to be extremely low.)
In addition to Pennsylvania lawyers, the campaign is hoping that NY could provide 15-25 additional attorneys to assist with the efforts. The full information and sign up information is below, or you can click here to sign up: http://OFA.BO/YKHWdh. We should be able to arrange cars/transportation for the folks who sign up.
Thanks!
