Election Protection hotline has received over 17,500 calls with voter problems
The nonprofit Election Protection hotline said it had received more than 17,500 calls as of Tuesday afternoon from voters who experienced issues at their polling sites, the Associated Press reported.
Kristen Clarke, the president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, told the AP that the figures were comparable to those reported during the 2016 presidential election, but were higher than the number of calls it received in the 2014 midterm elections.
In 2014, the hotline had received about 10,400 calls as of the same time, according to the AP.
Clarke told the AP earlier Tuesday that, for the first time ever, voters can also text the hotline about problems they experience Tuesday.
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