Community Conversation
with Farooq Mitha



voter protection

Voter Protection Volunteer Opportunities
Multilingual National Voter Assistance Hotline: Sign up for shifts: Hindi and Punjabi
Arizona Voter Protection Ballot Cure Phone/Textbanks: Sign up for shifts: Sundays – Saturdays 12pm, 3pm MST
District of Columbia Voter Protection Team
Sign up to be a Poll Watcher in DC
Florida Voter Protection Team
Poll Watchers (inside) or Poll Observers (outside) needed who can provide in-state support. Poll Observers (outside) can come from any state. Sign up for Poll Watcher training.
In-person/in-state Ballot Cure volunteers needed. If interested, please contact the Florida Ballot Cure Team.
Iowa Voter Protection Team
Election Day Poll Observer Training
Absentee Counting Board Observer Training
Hotline Recruitment Phone Bank
Michigan Voter Protection Team
Ballot Cure Program: Provide assistance to voters in Michigan whose ballots have been rejected and are in danger of not being counted. You will receive information and any training you need at the beginning of your first shift. Sign for Ballot Cure shifts.
Poll Observers: Michigan is one of few states that allow out-of-state poll watchers inside the polling places. To participate, you must complete a voter protection training for out of state volunteers for information on traveling to Michigan. If interested, please contact the Michigan Poll Observer Team.
Minnesota Voter Protection Team
Nevada Voter Ballot Cure Hotline
North Carolina Voter Protection Phone Bank: Sign up for Voter Protection Hotline Language Assistance
Ohio Voter Protection Team
Pennsylvania Virtual Boiler Room Support (Lawyers)
PA needs lawyers experienced in voter protection operations to be our virtual triage team. Previous boiler room experience strongly preferred, but experience as a voter protection poll observer is also helpful. And we are asking for you to be available for several hours of training in advance of Election Day and for the entire voting day on November 3rd. If you are interested, please take a few minutes to fill out this sign up form!
South Carolina Voter Protection Team
Texas Voter Protection Team
Election Day Poll Watcher Shifts
Voter Protection Hotline Shifts
Virginia Voter Protection Team
Virginia expanded voting rights this year - therefore we need poll observers to ensure every vote is counted. Anyone from any state can be an outside poll watcher, but you must be a Virginia voter to be an inside poll observer. Sign up for training and shifts.
Wisconsin Voter Protection Team
Top priority for out-of-state volunteers (unless you have already been trained as a WI poll watcher) is GOTV calls. Sign up for training and shifts.
phone bank

We are excited to partner with South Asians for Biden to call voters in battleground states for these final weeks until election day! Every weekend until November 3, we will be connecting directly with Desi voters in swing states! In this pandemic, calling voters is one of the most effective ways to make sure our community turns out to vote, and we invite you to join us.
Click the schedule link below and sign up for a time to call voters in a state you want to reach.
NOTE: When you RSVP, please put "IN" in front of your first name to indicate you are phone banking with Indians for Biden, and so that we can thank you for your efforts!
Example: First Name: "IN Kamala" Last Name: "Harris"
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to Election Day!
MISSION STATEMENT
Launched for the Indian American community to make a difference in the 2020 election, Indians for Biden National Council expands South Asians for Biden's coalition to elect former Vice-President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris as President and Vice President in this battle for the soul of our nation. The only Indian-American group recognized by the Biden-Harris campaign, Indians for Biden National Council will mobilize our community to victory in 2020
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VOTE
Make a plan today to vote
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Get registered, request vote by mail,
or find your polling location.
Vote from Abroad
If you are a U.S. citizen in India or anywhere else abroad,
you can still vote
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
Learn how you can request a ballot