For over a decade, a coalition of North Carolina advocacy groups has come together to run the North Carolina Election Protection Hotline (888-OUR-VOTE), a tool for providing North Carolina voters with real-time assistance navigating the voting process and ensuring that all eligible ballots can be cast and counted. From promotion of the Hotline and recruitment of volunteer legal professionals, to answering the calls from voters and addressing their problems, our diverse and broad coalition has consistently been a leader in election protection programming and a trusted source for voters in search of reliable, non-partisan support and advocacy.
In 2024, the NC Election Protection team fielded over 6,000 calls from voters in North Carolina. These calls included questions about the basics of voting (e.g. sites and hours), requests for assistance at the polls (e.g. how to prove residence or what to do when poll workers cannot find a voter’s registration), reports of voter intimidation, and more.