Washington Times: Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules
“Lawmakers do not decide who wins elections, the people of Arizona do, the voters do,” said Alex Gulotta, All Voting is Local Action Arizona state director. “There have been more than 50 bills proposed in Arizona that are designed to undermine our elections. They are designed to let less voices be heard, and they are coming at a time when leaders in our state legislature are still disputing the 2020 election results.”
Detroit Free Press: Big changes could be coming to Michigan’s election process
Aghogho Edevbie, the Michigan director of the voter advocacy organization All Voting is Local, said Michigan’s election law should accommodate the expectation voters have that they will know the winners of an election on election night. "When the results take a while, people don’t like that and the Legislature has to adjust to it," he said. Since the November election, Michigan’s top Republican lawmakers have changed their tune on preprocessing absentee ballots.
ABC15: Arizona Legislature considers changing election laws, fallout from Trump losing Arizona
At the State Legislature, lawmakers will soon begin deciding on a number of bills aimed at changing the state’s election law.
Fox10 Phoenix: Voting rights advocates decry GOP bills in Arizona State Legislature, saying it amounts to voter suppression
"Requiring a notarization does away with vote-by-mail, for all intents and purposes," said Alex Gulotta, the Arizona State Director for the group All Voting Is Local. "When was the last time you got something notarized? Having to have something notarized is a big burden to a voter. It creates a barrier, so what we see are a bunch of bills that create a barrier to voting."
New Senate Majority Has Mandate For Sweeping Reforms
WASHINGTON – LaShawn Warren, executive vice president of government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the results in the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia were announced: “This is a historic moment for Georgia and the nation. The election of Rev. Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator from the state, and Jon Ossoff, the youngest senator in decades, represents a critical turning point for our country. Congress now has a mandate to swiftly enact sweeping democracy reform, transform our justice system, strengthen voting rights, address economic inequality, and ensure civil and human rights are protected for everyone, especially for communities of color disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Arizona Capitol Times: Discontent with vote bringing slew of election bills
Voting rights advocates are prepared for a deluge of election-related bills, said Alex Gulotta, Arizona director of the national nonprofit organization All Voting is Local. “I anticipate there will be a significant volume of voting-related things, some of which may be positive things that could get bipartisan support and some of which will be unfair and designed to suppress the vote,” Gulotta said. “We won’t stand for it, and neither will other people in the community.”