PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Grammy-winning music producer Kenny Gamble is joining forces with clergy and other volunteers to ensure black voters in Philadelphia aren’t disenfranchised on Election Day.
Gamble will be one of a number of volunteers stationed at polling places in predominantly black neighborhoods on Nov. 8.
Rev. Alyn Waller, pastor of Enon Tabernacle Church, says he, Gamble and others will advise people of their rights and notify authorities if they witness any voter intimidation.
The move comes as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for his supporters to act as “election observers” in places like Philadelphia. That has stirred fears of voter intimidation.
Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell are credited with having created the lush acoustics of 1960s and ’70s soul music that came to be known as the Sound of Philadelphia. They worked with artists such as Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle and Lou Rawls.
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