HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The League of Women Voters of the Tennessee Valley teamed up with local groups to make each vote count. They made a stop at The Boys and Girls Club of North Alabama. Leaders say there's strength in number, and the details are crucial when registering to vote absentee.
"We have been holding drive thru clinics before. This is the first time we are hosting a joint drive up and walk up clinic, " says League of Women Voters of the Tennessee Valley Volunteer, Sarah Bang.
Leaders say some of the common issues include missing identification from voters who use the pandemic as an excuse to vote absentee.
"If they are using excuse 'number two', which is the one that's been approved, then they need to provide an identification copy with their application," says League of Women Voters of the Tennessee Valley Voter Services Chair, Kathy Jones.
The Alabama Non-Violent Offender Organization is also making sure people know whether or not they're eligible to vote by checking one's record or history.
"The men and women that have been incarcerated and they are now released and trying to enter back into society...want them to know if they do qualify to register because their vote is important," says Alabama Non-Violent Offender Organization Intake Specialist, Jeanette Roberson.
"Even outside of the events we still speak with them if they have questions as far as voting rights," added Roberson.
Leaders say the partnership helps further reach underserved communities.
"Cavalry Hills is the heart of the Greater Huntsville community and it has a demographic that we are trying to address with our initiative," says Daughter Ruler Angela Swain, with the R.E. Nelms Temple #1127 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World.
"We understand the struggle that women had to gain their right to vote and then us as an African American fraternity we understand the rights that Blacks had to gain the rights to vote," says Worshipful Master Jarvis Noel with Goodway Lodge No. 222 of the Prince Hall Masons.
The League of Women Voters of the Tennessee Valley plan to host another voter drive up at the Seminole Boys & Girls Club on September 26th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.