New voting technology is good step for Pennsylvania, but voters need training | Opinion

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf was right to aim big when he pledged to upgrade the commonwealth’s antiquated voting machines by the 2020 election. Now Wolf, the Department of State, and county officials must work together to launch a commonwealth-wide plan to teach both voters and poll workers about the new voting systems. Voters deserve it, Election Day workers require it, and the integrity of our democratic process depends on it.

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The New York Times: In Arizona, a Troubled Voting Review Plods On as Questions Mount

“This subpoena and this audit is not dissimilar to what’s happening with a number of bills being pushed nationally that basically take fair, objective processes and move them into partisan political bodies,” said Alex Gulotta, the state’s director of All Voting Is Local, a national voting-rights advocacy group. “This is not an aberration. This is a window into the future of where some people would like our elections to go.”

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Nevada Census Data Reveals Urgent Need for Ballots and Voter Materials in Several Languages

LAS VEGAS — In partnership with the Culinary Union, the Asian Community Development Council, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, and Silver State Voices, All Voting is Local released Ballots for All: Improving Language Access for Nevada Voters in both English and Spanish to highlight the need for translated ballots and voter education materials in the state.

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Media Advisory: Advocates to Empower Voters, Answer Questions, Prior to June 9 Primary

On Thursday, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:30  p.m. EST, voting rights experts and advocates from All Voting is Local, Georgia NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and the Black Male Voter Project, will host a telephone town hall to answer questions from voters on absentee ballots, polling places, deadlines, voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the significance of voting in Black and Brown communities, ahead of Georgia’s June 9 primary election. 

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Clark County Urged to Provide Election Materials, Sample Ballots, and Mail-in Ballots in Chinese

Las Vegas — Today, All Voting is Local Nevada and the Asian Community Development Council sent a letter urging Clark County’s Asian-American Pacific Islanders Community Commission (AAPICC) Chairman Craig Valdez to recommend to the Clark County Commission to provide election materials in Chinese. The groups are calling for election materials, sample ballots, ballots in voting machines, and mail-in ballots to be provided in Chinese (Mandarin as written) and will be presenting on their research and findings to the AAPICC on Wednesday, August 10 at 6 p.m.

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