# Election Protection

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**Election Protection** is an American [non-partisan](/source/Non-partisan) coalition of [voting rights](/source/Voting_rights) activists.[1][2] The English language hotline is managed by the [Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law](/source/Lawyers'_Committee_for_Civil_Rights_Under_Law), a national civil rights organization, and accepts complaints from individuals. The Spanish hotline is managed by the [NALEO](/source/National_Association_of_Latino_Elected_and_Appointed_Officials) Educational Fund.[1] They also offer hotlines in multiple Asian languages, Arabic, ASL, and have a disability rights hotline.[3]

It was founded in 2002.[4] Election Protection is non-partisan[5] and one of the largest[6] voter protection coalitions in the country.[5] consisting of over 100 local, state and national partners,[7]

In the 2006 general election it received 13,500 reports of voting problems, and considered a fifth of them serious.[8] It received 31,000 calls in 2018.[5] During the 2020 general election, its national hotline received over 230,000 calls.[9]

## References

1. ["About Us - Election Protection"](https://866ourvote.org/about/). Retrieved 25 May 2018.

1. [""Election Protection. Can I Have Your Name?""](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/election-protection-can-i-have-your-name). *[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)*. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

1. ["Election Protection"](https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/project/election-protection/). *Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law*. Retrieved 2020-10-14.

1. Halpern, Sue (2018-11-06). ["The National Hotline for Voter Complaints Has Received More than Twenty Thousand Calls on Election Day"](https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-national-hotline-for-voter-complaints-has-received-more-than-twenty-thousand-calls-on-election-day). *New Yorker*. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

1. ["US mid-terms: When voting goes wrong"](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46132670). *BBC News*. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

1. Halpern, Sue (2018-11-13). ["The Vote Counts in Florida and Georgia Bring a Touch of Fairness to a Dysfunctional Election Day"](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-recounts-in-florida-and-georgia-bring-a-touch-of-fairness-to-a-dysfunctional-election-day). *New Yorker*. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

1. ["Voter Services"](https://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=729620&p=7894886) The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved February 5, 2023.

1. Broache, Anne (2006-11-08). ["A sampling of e-voting glitches on election day 2006"](https://www.cnet.com/news/a-sampling-of-e-voting-glitches-on-election-day-2006/). *CNET*. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

1. ["Election Protection Hotline up and running, staffed by Twin Cities lawyers and paralegals"](https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/election-protection-hotline-up-and-running/89-fe76b08d-43b3-4ec9-ad37-35c69cb286dc) Gordon Severson, KARE 11, November 7, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

## External links

- [Official Website](https://protectthevote.net/)

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