KJZZ: Arizona Officials At Odds Over Potential Voting Changes For Some Populations
As the November election nears and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there are questions about how some vulnerable populations will be able to cast their ballots. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has made moves she says will ensure all who are eligible to vote in November can do so. But some county recorders and Gov. Doug Ducey have expressed concerns about those changes, and the governor has asked Hobbs to suspend the changes immediately.
Philadelphia General Election Vote By Mail Requests Show Stark Disparities By Race
PHILADELPHIA — All Voting is Local Pennsylvania today released two tools to track absentee ballot requests for the 2020 general election across the Commonwealth and in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia tool includes a new analysis that reveals stark disparities in vote by mail requests in predominantly Black and Brown precincts. Although the gap is statewide, it is most stark in Philadelphia. Using Census data we found that in predominantly white precincts, 31% of voters have requested their vote by mail ballots compared to 22% of voters in predominantly Black precincts and 17% in predominantly Latino precincts.
Arizona Gov. Ducey’s Call to Suspend New Voter Registration Systems Disenfranchises Vulnerable Populations
PHOENIX – All Voting is Local Arizona, Arizona Advocacy Network and Foundation, Arizona Coalition for Change, Election Protection Arizona, Living United for Change in Arizona, Mi Familia Vota, One Arizona, and Progress Arizona released the following joint statement in response to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s call for suspension of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ updated voter registration assistance system, which assists Arizonans who need help registering to vote.
Michigan Voting Problems During COVID-19 Are Preventable
DETROIT—Michigan State Director for All Voting is Local, Aghogho Edevbie, appeared before the Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to highlight some of the problems voters might face in the upcoming November general election.
KTAR: From showdown to stalemate, Pascua Yaqui voting site feud continues
“It’s just inappropriate for a governmental official to act to anyone that way,” said Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director for All Voting is Local. “But let alone like, respond to an official correspondence from a sovereign nation with the kind of letter she responded with – it’s, it’s offensive.”
Wired: Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls
“These problems are not new,” said Hannah Fried, the national campaign director at All Voting Is Local, a campaign of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “If you ask voters in Milwaukee, ‘Were you surprised that 180 voting locations were reduced to five?’ or voters in Atlanta who waited hours to vote, ‘Were you surprised?’ the answer is going to be no. Covid has brought this into really stark relief, but these are not new problems.”