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Voting in COVID-19. Use Your Voice!

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SIGN UP FOR NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY
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Register to Vote

Do you live in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, or Oklahoma? If you want your voter registration printed and mailed to you with a stamped envelope, then visit this site to register.

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Check Your Registration Status

​Make sure you're registered to vote! It's important to stay updated so you can vote by mail, vote early, or vote in person!

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National Voter Registration Day

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​Want to get EVERYONE in your community ready to vote?

Join National Voter Registration Day! Sign Up for free swag (posters & stickers), trainings, and tons of tips for getting folks registered.   

09.22.2020. Don't miss it!
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Powering the AAPI Vote

Take a look at these resources to learn about political engagement and about how you can engage with, and participate with the political process. Resources include data, election information, toolkits and guides, and language access information.
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Why Vote?

The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community falls behind other groups when it comes to civic engagement, with 48% of Asian Americans voting, and with even fewer Pacific Islanders voting in the 2016 Presidential Election. However, AAPIs are large and comprised of many ethnicities, subgroups, and languages, and disaggregating the data tells a more complete story of voting behavior within this group. For instance, while Indian Americans have the highest levels of voter registration and voting, other groups such as Korean Americans have far lower levels of civic engagement.  ​

Begin by registering to vote through Rock The Vote's voter registration site.

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Get the Details

Every state has different laws and requirements for voting. Look up your state's specific information like dates and deadlines for absentee and in-person voting, voter ID requirements, what's on your ballot, and language access information using Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote's website. ​

Language Rights at Polls 

Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) allows voters needing assistance because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write, including voters who have difficulty with English, to bring someone into the voting booth to help them understand and cast a ballot. Download Asian Americans Advancing Justice's translated fact sheets in English, Chinese, Bangla, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese on how Section 208 can help you.
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Voting Assistance

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For further assistance, you may use the APIAVote Hotline to help you learn about voting. ​
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
815 16th St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20006
202-800-5811 | info@apala.org

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Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers, most of whom are union members and our allies, building power for AAPI workers and communities.
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