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MomsRising Volunteers to Greet Voters at the Polls Saturday in Charlotte, Durham and Asheville

October 28, 2022
North Carolina

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Be a Voter, Raise a Voter

This Saturday, and on several other days leading up to – and including – election day, November 8, MomsRising volunteers (wearing MomsRising t-shirts) will have “Treasure Boxes” near the polls with small toys, voting-related crossword puzzles for children, and coloring pages in English and Spanish that say: My mom is a superhero. She voted!

The election in less than two weeks is critically important and there is a lot at stake for moms and kids. So MomsRising is working hard to share relevant information to help moms vote, help parents who bring kids with them to vote, and provide tools so they can remind others to vote.

In North Carolina, MomsRising volunteers will be outside the polls this Saturday, October 29 from:

Noon – 4 pm at Durham County Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham

10 am -2 pm at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road, Asheville

10 am – 2 pm and 4 – 7 pm at Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library, 2412 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte

 Additional sites will be announced next week for similar events on Saturday, November 5 and on election day, November 8.

MomsRising pioneered the “Be a Voter, Raise a Voter” MomsVote program in 2016 in North Carolina. It has grown into a national effort. The multi-layered GOTV program aimed at infrequent mom voters has a strong history of success.

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.