Talk Radio – November 1, 2022: The Role of Election Protection – Call In 1-800-450-7876

GUESTS

Atty. Lynn Whitfield: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET
National Bar Association-Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Director of Election Protection and Director of the Good Trouble Voting Rights Institute

Atty. Christina Das: 12:15 PM – 12:35 PM ET
Attorney in the Prepared to Vote and Voting Rights Defender Project for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Atty. C.K. Hoffler: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM ET
Former President of the National Bar Association and Chair of the Board of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition

These are the issues we will cover during this show.

The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, entitled “The Role of Election Protection in Confronting Poll Disruptors and Voter Challengers during the 2022 Midterm Elections” will feature Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones will be joined by guests to discuss Attorneys Lynn Whitfield and Christina Das to talk about the effort to organize lawyers to assist voters at the polls who are confronted by poll disruptors or challengers.

Our show will revisit the highlights of the TJC’S and National Bar Association’s (NBA) Election Protection panel held on Friday, October 28th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This panel, shared by National Bar Association-Transformative Justice Coalition Director of Election Protection and Executive Director of the Good Trouble Voting Rights Institute Attorney Lynn Whitfield, included as panelists TJC President and Founder Attorney Barbara Arnwine; Acting Secretary of the State of Pennsylvania Atty. Leigh M. Chapman; Product Manager for Civil Litigation in LexisNexis Practical Guidance and Analytical Atty. Randi-Lynn SmallHeer; and, Attorney in the Prepared to Vote and Voting Rights Defender Project for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Atty. Christina Das. For the purposes of our show, we are only going to concentrate on the discussion that was held about the role of lawyers protecting voters at the polls.

In 2022, one of the disconcerting realities for some voters at African-American polling sites will be the presence of poll disruptors and voter challengers. The role of the poll disruptors is to intimidate voters and to cause enough confusion at polling sites to significantly delay the voting process. TJC and the NBA are working fiercely to organize lawyers to assist voters in ensuring that they are able to vote without being subjected to intimidation or unnecessary long lines.In addition, our programs also are designed to defend voters who are subjected to racist or partisan challenges in order to prevent their votes from being cast or counted.Our show will give insights into strategies voters can undertake to protect their right to vote and the role that African-American lawyers can play in in defending the precious, almost sacred, right to vote.

QUESTIONS

FIRST SEGMENT

• Atty. Lynn Whitfield, please describe for our audience the panel that you held on Friday. What do you think were the highlights of this panel?
• What is Election Protection?
• How does the presence of Black lawyers make a difference during this election season?
• What kind of resources exist to help voters? (833-TJC-VOTE, VotingRightsAlliance.org)
• How do people sign up to volunteer?

SECOND SEGMENT

• Atty. Christina, please describe the work you do at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
• Tell us about your special Midterm program to recruit and deploy lawyers at the polls?
• How do people sign up to volunteer?
• What do you think are going to be the biggest challenges that voters will confront in seeking the vote?
• How can voters use this election cycle to force change?
• Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?

THIRD SEGMENT

• Thank you so much Atty. Hoffler for joining us. Welcome back to Igniting Change, Georgia has several nationally watched election contests. How has the voter suppression law, SB 202, manifested itself so far during the early vote?
• As someone who has conducted Election Protection at the polls, what do you think will be the most important roles for lawyers to play in this election?
• One of the unique problems for voters in Georgia will be the voter challenges. What are you recommendations to voters who are challenged?

FOURTH SEGMENT

• Please tell us about the upcoming TJC programming on November 6th:
• TJC TeleTown Hall “Unshackling the Power of the Black Vote” at 4:00 PM Eastern Time on November 6th
• TJC “We Will Vote” Gen Z and Millennial Votes Matter Youth Summit at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on November 6th
• Atty. Whitfield, why does the youth vote matter so much?
• Atty. Hoffler, Why is it so important that the power of the Black vote is felt?
• How can voters use this election cycle to force change?
• Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?