Volunteer Lawyers Project holds training on how to run a voter registration drive
The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) hosted a public seminar with the League of Women Voters titled “How to Register Voters and Increase Civic Engagement” at the law firm of Abrams Fensterman in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday night.
“Our organization is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit. We provide legal services to low-income residents of Brooklyn in a number of different civil practice areas,” explained Sarah Burrows, pro bono manager at VLP. “With an election coming up and people wanting to get more involved, but not always knowing how, we thought it was the right timing to partner with the League of Women Voters to bring a training on voter registration.”
It was an hour-and-a-half-long event where Diane Burrows, vice president of the League of Women Voters of the City of New York, taught attendees how to organize successful voter registration drives in New York and shared tips on ways to get people to follow through and vote in upcoming elections.