{"id":447,"date":"2019-11-14T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T22:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/?p=447"},"modified":"2021-08-09T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:05:09","slug":"recap-what-happened-in-the-last-election-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/recap-what-happened-in-the-last-election-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Election Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/realizingdemocracy.org\/gregg-deal\">Gregg Deal for Amplifier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As millions of Americans turned out to vote last week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/what-we-do\/our-team\/\">our team<\/a>\u00a0was on the ground, on the phone, and online \u2013\u00a0helping guarantee that eligible voters could cast\u00a0<strong>a ballot that counts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Three quick highlights from Election Day 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We distributed tens of thousands of Voter ID Information Cards<\/strong>\u00a0and ensured that voters contacted by our partners had the ID they needed to vote in key states like Virginia.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/what-virginia-mississippi-and-kentucky-can-tell-us-about-2020\/\">Voter turnout set new records<\/a>\u00a0in Virginia and Kentucky since the last \u201coff-year\u201d elections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We answered questions and requests for assistance from voters<\/strong>\u00a0in 20 states via our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/chatbotpartner\/\">Voter ID Helpline and Chatbot<\/a>, including states with major races like Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We took action when we noticed a disturbing pattern<\/strong>\u00a0of voters in New York asking via our Helpline and Chatbot about voter ID.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/ufaqs\/new-york-voter-id-information\/\">New York does NOT have a state voter ID law<\/a>&#8230;but that did not stop poll workers in several locations from asking voters to show ID. We notified the NY State Board of Elections and our partners at the Election Protection Coalition, and are continuing to work on resolving this issue. Remember, all these voters had provided ID when they registered to vote!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a crucial moment for our democracy. Every voter deserves to make their voice heard in the 2020 Election, but that right is under\u00a0<strong>daily threat<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voteriders.salsalabs.org\/donate?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444\">Pitch in today to protect and defend the precious right to vote in this generation-defining Election.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Credit: Gregg Deal for Amplifier As millions of Americans turned out to vote last week,\u00a0our team\u00a0was on the ground, on the phone, and online \u2013\u00a0helping guarantee that eligible voters could cast\u00a0a ballot that counts. 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