Election Day is tomorrow! Ohio poll locations are open from 6:30am to 7:30pm

In this issue:

• Election Day is Tuesday, Nov 2

• National Nationwide Call to Endorse Stanford Letter - End the “China Initiative”

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov 2! Ohio poll locations are open from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm.

• Not sure if you can vote or not?

  • You are good to go if you have voted at least once in the past two years, or you have registered to vote prior to Oct 4

  • Check your voter registration status on the Ohio Secretary of State website here

• What/who is on the ballot?

  • This can vary based on your zip code - do your homework before you head to the poll location

  • Look up sample ballot, print it out and discuss with your family and friends - you can bring your sample ballot to the poll location as your “cheatsheet”

  • You can build/email/print your ballot guide on the Vote 411 website, which provides info about the candidates and issues on your ballot

  • The Columbus Dispatch also provides a good Voter’s Guide for reference

• Need to find your poll location? Click the links below:

  • Clickable map

  • Search by county name

• Do I need an ID to vote?

  • Yes. All voters must bring acceptable identification to the polls in order to verify their identity. Click here for a list of acceptable forms of identification

• Need assistance for language or transportation? Contact vote@ohiocaa.org or the National AAPI Voter Hotline 1-888-API-VOTE (1-888-274-8683).

• Were you refused to cast your ballot? Watch the Voter Rights video in English or 中文.

• Already voted?

  • Volunteer for our nonpartisan phone bank to turn out Asian American voters.

  • Track your ballot here

For frequently asked questions about voting in Ohio, please go to the OCAA dedicated vote website: ohiocaa.org/vote.

If you need immediate help with anything related to voting on the election day, please call our voter hotline at 1-888-API-VOTE (1-888-274-8683). It's open 6 AM - 11:59 PM ET.

Nationwide Call to Endorse Stanford Letter - End the “China Initiative”

APA Justice is calling for university and research institution faculty and staff members to support the letter sent by 177 Stanford University faculty members to Attorney General Merrick Garland raising concerns about the Justice Department's controversial "China Initiative". Dozens of Asian American professors and scientists were impacted.

Key Issues with the "China Initiative" according to the Stanford letter:

• The "China Initiative" disproportionally targets researchers of Chinese origin.

• In most of the "China Initiative" cases involving academics, the alleged crime has nothing to do with scientific espionage or intellectual property theft.

• The "China Initiative" is harming the U.S. science and technology enterprise and the future of the U.S. STEM workforce.

Since September, 214 UC Berkeley faculty members, 167 Temple University faculty members and 198 Princeton University faculty members have shown support of the Stanford letter and sent their own letter to AG Garland.

As part of the APA Justice national campaign, interested faculty and staff members can do one or both of the following:

• Sign on to endorse the Stanford letter

• Write their own letter by following the template and steps provided by the Stanford University organizers at their website, Winds of Freedom.

As of this email, 633 faculty and staff members from 184 universities and research institutions from 45 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico have signed on to endorse the Stanford letter. APA Justice will accept all sign-ons to endorse the Stanford faculty letter at https://bit.ly/EndorseStanfordLetter before 11:59 pm PT, November 2, 2021. A finalized letter with all co-signers will be sent by certified mail to Attorney General Garland around noon ET on November 3, 2021.

We urge all qualified endorsers to take timely action and join this campaign. The APA Justice sign-on form will remain open until the "China Initiative" has ended. We will continue to collect the sign-ons and post the continuing progress at https://bit.ly/319qbxn. We are currently missing endorsers from these 5 states: Alaska, Maine, Montana, Nevada, and Vermont.

Best,

Ohio Asian American Association (OCAA)

Asian Pacific American Public Affairs Ohio (APAPA Ohio)

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