Texas Frontline Legal Monitors: Serve Where the Need is Greatest

 

A joint program between Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) and Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG)

Legal deserts are real — and this election, we're asking attorneys to show up in the counties that need coverage most.

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View the Priority Counties
 

What is a Legal Monitor?

Legal Monitors serve as trusted eyes and ears at the polls, helping ensure every voter can cast a ballot without obstacles. On a shift, you'll answer voter questions, check your polling place for ADA compliance, flag and report problems as they come up, help track information that improves future elections, and help polling sites stay in compliance with election law.

This work sits within the broader Election Protection coalition — a nonpartisan effort stationing monitors across the state and helping staff the national voter assistance hotline, so that no voter is left without support on Election Day.

 

Why We're Prioritizing Certain Counties

Volunteer attorneys understandably tend to sign up close to home, which leaves real gaps in coverage across the state. We've identified 22 priority counties where that gap matters most — some because they're historically underserved or harder to reach, others because they're a genuinely reasonable stretch from major metro areas, and a couple because of a documented history of election-day issues. You can see the full list and map at L4GG.org/TXPriorityMap.

Within that list, we're treating border counties as our highest priority, with all remaining counties as an equally important second priority tier — every county on this list needs coverage, but the border counties are where the gap is currently most acute.

 

How It Works

  1. Learn about the opportunity. Join our information session on 9/28 at 3pm CT and check out the priority county map at L4GG.org/TXPriorityMap.

  2. Commit. Fill out our Commitment Form below to let us know you're in, and which counties you'd consider serving in.

  3. Train. Attend the required 90-minute training on October 7 — you'll be automatically registered for the Zoom session once you submit your Commitment Form. If you can’t attend, you’ll get access to view the recording afterwards.

  4. Sign up for your shift. At the October 7 training, you'll sign up directly with TCRP for your actual shift and county assignment.

  5. Serve. Shifts run every day of early voting (October 19 - October 30) and on Election Day (November 3).