USA Today: Worried about voter suppression? Lawyers set up national hotline to answer questions about election laws

WASHINGTON — Onika Williams sat at her dining room table in Arlington, Virginia, flipped open her laptop and began her shift fielding calls from voters across the country.

Some wanted to know where they could go to vote early. Others called into the national hotline to ask how they could track their mail-ballot. …

Common Cause Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan watchdog group and Election Protection partner, is hearing from voters who want reassurance they’re doing everything right.

“We are seeing such incredible voter anxiety in Pennsylvania that is really a result of a lot of the new laws,’’ said Suzanne Almeida, the group’s interim executive director.

Almeida pointed to various election changes, including vote-by-mail available to eligible voters for the first time in some states, satellite election offices and deadline extensions.

“All of which is in the midst of probably the most fraught election – at least of my lifetime,’’ she said.