The Brennan Center works to ensure that American institutions live up to American ideals. The ideal democracy is one in which everyone counts and every vote is counted. Your vote is your voice. Early voting totals suggest a big Election Day turnout, so we want to be certain you know your rights.

Make sure your vote counts.

1. Confirm that you are registered at your current address and find your polling place.
2. Vote early if you can! Thirty-seven states and DC have no-excuse early or absentee balloting.
3. If you’re missing from the list, make sure you’re in the right polling place. If you are, you have the right to vote a provisional ballot, which will be counted if you were left off the list improperly.
4. Did you select one candidate, but the screen says something different? Alert a poll worker before you finalize your vote. They can correct the error and fix the machine.
5. Other questions? Long lines? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 1 866 OUR VOTE.

Thank you for joining us as an active participant in our democracy. None of this is possible without you.

See you at the polls,

Team Brennan Center

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Upcoming Events Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook  Narrated by Jeffrey Wright Rigged exposes how our most important right, the right to vote, is being undercut by a decade of dirty tricks and political shenanigans — from gerrymandering to new voter restriction laws and from wide scale voter purges to the 2013 gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. Shot during the 2016 election season, it is narrated by Jeffrey Wright. November 2nd at 6 PM 5:30 p.m. Doors open 6:00 p.m. Screening begins – Introduction by Jeffrey Wright 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion and audience Q&A Tishman Auditorium NYU School of Law 40 Washington Sq South New York, NY 10012 RSVP now! The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to reform, revitalize — and when necessary defend — our country’s systems of democracy and justice. Our mailing address is: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law 120 Broadway, Suite 1750 | New York, NY 10271 | 646.292.8310 phone | 212.463.7308 fax | brennancenter@nyu.edu Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences Forward to a friend