Voter Services / Protection

Voter Services / Protection

Volunteer Opportunities I Vote411 I Reports of Note I Sourced Information

2025-26 Voter Services Team: 

  • Vice President for Voter Services: Maureen Galvin    
  • Vote411 County Leads:
    • Judy Lechner, Orange
    • Isabel Valls, Durham
    • Val Gis, Chatham

Volunteer Opportunities 

Tabling/Voter Outreach Sign Ups

  • Saturday September 6th at Bull City Solera and Tap Room, 4120 University Dr, Durham, NC 27707 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
  • Thursday October 9th at Bull City Burger and Brewery, 107 E Parrish St, Durham, NC 27701 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Sign up to help!

Tabling involves Voter Outreach to help people check their voter registrations and/or register to vote, informing voters about the upcoming municipal elections and current elections laws and voting methods, and promoting Vote411, the League's nonpartisan voter guide. 

Tips for Registering Voters

 Registration Repair Project: If you, or someone you know, is concerned that they might be on the list of voters who might be missing their last four of their SSN or their drivers' license number, your best best is to go to the State Board of Elections Regisration Repair Page which you can access here. 

 

Vote411:

Vote411 is a nationwide, nonpartisan website that generates a personalized voter guide for voters who enter their address. League volunteers contact candidates in their area to invite them to share information about their campaign. The candidates' unedited information is then publized in Vote411 to help spread the word to voters in their community about their candidacy for local, state, or national office. Contact Maureen Galvin for more information.

Local Boards of Election Observers

Having one or more League members at the monthly meetings of the county Boards of Elections is easy. Meetings are open to the public and Boards are pleased to have observers. There is a time for public comment, but it is also fine just to go listen. You will learn a great deal about how the Board does its work of making elections fair, secure, and accessible. And developing an ongoing relationship between the local Board and the local League is a excellent foundation for substantive two-way communication. If you are interested in volunteering to attend BOE meetings, contact Maureen Galvin

  • The Chatham team is well-established but would be delighted to have other members join to 'learn the ropes.
    • The Chatham Board meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm at the Board office (80 East St # D, Pittsboro, NC 27312) Website
  • In Orange and Durham it would be great if a League member brought a friend to share the fun!
    • The Orange Board meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 4pm at the Board office (208 S Cameron St, Hillsborough, NC 27278) Website
  • The Durham Board typically meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 5pm. Location and meeting time occasionally vary; information is available on their website.

These are some of the ways that the Boards of Elections Observers contribute to advocacy and promoting free and fair elections: 

    • Protect Sunday voting, with a special emphasis on religious accommodation. Orthodox Jews will not drive or participate in a Saturday voting day, so for those who work, Sunday is the only day for them to vote during early voting.
    • Ensure that locations for early voting are easy for college students, the elderly, rural citizens, etc. to use. Ensure that parking is available. Consider the needs of the handicapped.
    • Consider geographical location. How many miles and how long will it take for a person to get to the nearest early voting sites?

Advocacy

The League of Women Voters is dedicated to keeping the polls open and accessible to all citizens. We work to protect voting rights at the both the state and federal level. Here are some actions you can take, and/or information you can share with friends, colleagues, and family members to encourage voter access and participation. 

 

Election Security information

    • Know the 10 facts about Election Security in NC
    • LWVNC has released a video that explains the post-election process to further voters understanding of how ballots are counted and how election results become official in the days after the polls close. The objective of the video “ as well as a YouTube playlist consisting of excerpts from the longer video is to help citizens feel confident in the election process and to counter messaging that causes voters to doubt the integrity of the elections process

 

 

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