Advisory: New Ohio Report Finds Troubling Racial Disparities in Provisional Ballot Use During 2020 General Election
COLUMBUS ‒ All Voting is Local will host a telephone press briefing at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021, to discuss findings from its latest report titled “Too Many Ballots of Last Resort - Disparities in Provisional Ballot Use in Ohio's 2020 Election.” On the call they will urge Ohio’s legislature to expand the early voting options that roughly 3.3 million Ohioans successfully used to cast their ballots during 2020’s General Election.
Arizona House Lawmakers Ignore the Will of the Voters
PHOENIX — All Voting is Local Arizona Campaign Manager Rosemary Avila issued the following statement urging the Arizona Senate to vote against SB1485 and, if passed, Gov. Doug Ducey to veto the bill, which would remove more than 100,000 voters from the state’s Permanent Early Voting List.
Allegheny County Board of Elections Fails Voters Ahead of May 18 Election
PITTSBURGH— All Voting is Local - Pennsylvania Director of Special Projects Aerion Abney issued the following statement in response to today’s Allegheny County Board of Elections’ meeting where they announced that they will not be mailing every voter a ballot application, paying return postage for ballots, operating satellite early voting sites, nor authorizing additional drop boxes for the May 18 primary: “Allegheny voters are being denied key options to cast their ballots that were available just six months ago.
Data Show 2020 Nevada Election Reforms Helped Voter Turnout Surge
LAS VEGAS — New data analysis by All Voting is Local Nevada, a member of the Let Nevadans Vote Coalition, revealed that the Nevada Legislature’s 2020 election reforms, such as mailing a ballot with prepaid return postage to every active, registered voter, helped increase turnout for every demographic group in the state, with Native American voters having the highest turnout of any group.
Nevada Secretary of State Cegavske Must Publicize Election Plans
LAS VEGAS — Amid nationwide efforts to sow distrust in elections, All Voting is Local Nevada urged Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske to offer more public and detailed opportunities for voters to engage in election planning, in addition to the one planned meeting of the year, and ramp up public education efforts through multimedia ad campaigns.
As the For the People Act voting bill is debated, Republicans in dozens of states push restrictions
But this provision is problematic for many Native Americans who live on reservations with unreliable postal service, said Rosemary Avila, a campaign manager for All Voting Is Local’s Arizona chapter. Avila said it’s clear this Arizona bill is “a direct response to the 2020 election and the increase in turnout in communities that turned out and make their voices heard.”