[ACLU-NM] Concerned about the new Voter I.D. requirement at the polls?

[Kimberly Lavender]

***VOLUNTEER*** ***VOLUNTEER*** ***VOLUNTEER***

 

 

Concerned about the new Voter I.D. requirement at the polls?

Here is your chance to do something about it.

 

Thursday, November 3, 2005


CONTACT: Julie Miller, Administrative Manager, ACLU-NM at  (505) - 266 -
5915  to sign up and get directions to the meeting.

 

WHO: George Bach, Staff Attorney, ACLU-NM will provide the training.

WHAT: Training session for interested volunteers to work as "ACLU Voter
ID Monitors" at the November 15th upcoming City Council District 9
polling site (the one in which the Harris - Cummins race is being held).
George will train volunteers to be available to document any voters who
are possibly turned away at the polls for not providing an ID.

WHERE: Call Julie for directions (info above)

 

WHEN: November 12, 2005 from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M.

 

WHY: ACLU-NM filed a civil rights lawsuit asking the federal court to
declare Albuquerque's recently-passed Voter I.D. Amendment
"unconstitutional, illegal, null and void."  This new law requires
people who vote in person to present a "current valid identification
card containing the voter's name and photograph."  Among the acceptable
forms of identification are a driver's license, a credit card, and a
voter identification card issued by the City Clerk.   Absentee voters
are exempt from any photo I.D. requirements.  

 

"If you're poor or homeless, there's a good chance you don't have any of
the permissible forms of identification," said ACLU Executive Director
Peter Simonson.  "Wealth shouldn't determine your ability to participate
in democracy.  Americans shouldn't have to jump through unnecessary
hoops to exercise their constitutionally-guaranteed right to vote."

 

Under the Voter I.D. Amendment, an application for an absentee ballot
simply requires that people provide their name, address, and the last
four digits of the social security number.  No photo I.D. requirement
applies and the ballot may be cast by mail or delivered in person.

 

 
Kimberly Lavender
Communications Manager
ACLU of New Mexico
PO Box 566
Albuquerque, NM 87103
klavender at aclu-nm.org
go to our website at www.aclu-nm.org <http://www.aclu-nm.org/> 
 
 
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