Attorney General Underwood announces Election Day Hotline

Voters experiencing problems can call 800-771-7755

NEWYORK>> Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood recently announced her office’s Election Day Hotline, to help resolve issues encountered by voters at the polls during the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The Attorney General is urging voters experiencing problems or issues at the polls to call the office hotline at 800-771-7755 or email civil. rights@ag.ny.gov at any time between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Officials said the hotline will be staffed by attorneys and staff in the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau.

“All eligible New York voters should be able to freely exercise their right to vote,” Attorney General Underwood said in a news release. “If any New Yorker encounters barriers to voting or other problems at their poll sites, please contact my office immediately.”

The Attorney General’s office has operated the voter access hotline since Nov. 2012. During prior elections, the office fielded hundreds – and sometimes thousands – of complaints from voters across the state and worked with local election officials to address issues.

In 2017, officials said the Attorney General’s office sued and secured a consent decree with the New York City Board of Elections regarding voter registration purges.

The Election Day hotline is part of the office’s ongoing effort to reduce barriers to voting. To avoid any potential conflict of interest, inquiries regarding any campaign for

Attorney General would be referred to the local Board of Elections or an independent voter helpline.

Attorney General Underwood is reminding all registered voters that they have the right to accessible elec-

tions.

In addition, all registered voters have the right to vote free from coercion or intimidation, whether by election officials or any other person.

The office will receive and respond to election-related complaints relating to any of the statutes that the office enforces. The Attorney General’s Election Day Hotline is being coordinated by Assistant Attorneys General Conor Duffy of the Civil Rights Bureau and Mark Ladov of the Consumer Frauds & Protection Bureau and led by Civil Rights Bureau Chief Lourdes Rosado. The Social Justice Division is led by Executive Deputy Attorney General Matthew Colangelo.