ACLJ Election Hotline Helped Numerous Voters Exercise Their Right To Vote This Election

This year the ACLJ helped many people exercise their constitutional right to vote through our election hotline. Leading up to the election, our attorneys stood by to help people whose right to vote may have been infringed or who witnessed any voter fraud. The right to vote is at the heart of our democratic process, and we are here to support your right and defend it.

In addition to our legal work at the U.S. Supreme Court to successfully ensure that noncitizens are removed from the voter rolls and not allowed to vote, we were able to help numerous individual voters.

We were able to share our crucial resources on election integrity and the right to vote with many people so they would have the information they needed to exercise their right to vote. Here are some examples of people we helped exercise their right to vote:

• A Pennsylvania woman dropped off her mail-in early ballot with her husband. When they left, she saw her ballot in the desk clerk’s hands but did not see the ballot go into the voting machine. She was unsure if her vote would count. We called this woman and walked her through how to track her mail-in ballot online and helped her confirm that her vote was properly received.
• A New York woman dropped off her mail-in ballot but didn’t receive confirmation of the ballot being processed. We explained to her that New York did not start fully processing mail-in ballots until the day before the election; we were able to ensure through the state’s tracking system that her mail-in ballot was, in fact, received.
• A California man did not receive his mail-in ballot in time to submit it for the election. We walked him through the process of requesting a second. As that second ballot was not likely to arrive in time either, we also walked him through the process of casting a provisional ballot, and he was able to successfully cast his vote in person.
• A California woman went to vote and was told that she had already voted. She submitted a provisional ballot. We walked her through the process of reviewing and tracking her provisional ballot. We were able to help her confirm that the poll worker who told her that she had voted was mistaken and the only vote in the system for her was the one that she herself submitted; we also confirmed with her that her vote was properly received and counted.
• A Pennsylvania man requested a mail-in ballot, and it did not arrive. We walked him through the process of voting with a provisional ballot, and he was able to do so.

We were also able to give people the necessary resources to report voter fraud and preserve election integrity. Here are some examples of how we helped people address issues related to election integrity:

• A California woman went to vote and was told that she had voted in the 2022 midterm elections, even though she did not vote in that election. We gave her the information and resources necessary to report this voter fraud crime.
• Another California woman was told by a 16-year-old high school student that he had voted. We gave her the resources to report this crime to the authorities so it could be prosecuted.
• A man in Michigan was offered money to get people to vote for a political candidate. We gave him and his family resources to report this act, which is a federal crime.
• A New Jersey voter went to vote and found that his mother, who died in 2023, was still listed on the voter rolls. We gave him resources to request that her name be cleared from the rolls and the tools to report voter fraud if it occurs.

Serious issues related to safety and technical malfunctions happened to voters all over the country. For example, a county in Alabama had a printing issue that resulted in ballots initially being misprinted. We helped a voter affected by this navigate the ways the problem affected the polls and helped direct her to where she could get the information she needed to exercise her right to vote.

The ACLJ stands ready, willing, and able to defend your right to vote, your free speech, and the integrity of our elections. It was a privilege to help Americans exercise their right to make their voice heard on Election Day, and we need your support as we continue to fight for election integrity.