Congress Must Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to Stop State Anti-Voting Measures
WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed S.B. 202 into law — an hour after the legislature passed the anti-voting rights measure:
Michigan Lawmakers Must Protect, Not Restrict, Freedom to Vote
DETROIT — Today All Voting is Local Michigan, ACLU of Michigan, Common Cause MI, Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Progress Michigan, Pontiac Policy Action Fund, and Voting Rights Lab issued the following statement in response to the introduction of 40 voting-related bills, including measures to curtail access to absentee voting and ballot drop boxes, making it harder for Michiganians to vote:
State Legislature Must Protect Freedom and Democracy for All Nevadans
LAS VEGAS—All Voting is Local Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick issued the following statement in response to the introduction of AB 321, proactive voter-focused legislation which requires county clerks and registrars to mail a ballot to each registered, active Nevada voter for every election, secures ballot drop box availability, and extends the deadline for Native American tribal governments to request a polling place:
AZCentral: Supreme Court’s conservatives question effort to unwind voting laws that critics say discriminate
Alex Gulotta, Arizona director of All Voting is Local, said that courts shouldn't look at any one rule in isolation but instead should look at an entire system he says disadvantages minority voters. "When you add up the cumulative impact of each one of these things it creates a mountain of barriers for people who have the least ability to overcome those barriers," Gulotta said. "We’re basically creating a voting system that favors the privileged."
USA Today: Supreme Court’s conservatives question effort to unwind voting laws that critics say discriminate
Alex Gulotta, Arizona director of All Voting is Local, said that courts shouldn't look at any one rule in isolation but instead should look at an entire system he says disadvantages minority voters. "When you add up the cumulative impact of each one of these things it creates a mountain of barriers for people who have the least ability to overcome those barriers," Gulotta said. "We’re basically creating a voting system that favors the privileged."
ABC15 Arizona: Will Arizona election law change voting rights in the US?
“We should be more inclusive rather than less inclusive,” said Alex Gulotta of All Voting is Local said, “but that’s what it came down to today. How much more discrimination will we tolerate? How much discrimination will the courts allow us to tolerate.”