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.
All Voting is Local Statement on Pennsylvania’s Primary Obstacles
All Voting is Local State Director Scott Seeborg issued the following statement in response to Pennsylvania’s primary election, where voters in Black and Brown communities needlessly faced long lines and confusion at the polls because of last minute polling place closures, voting machines that didn’t work, a lack of ballot drop boxes, and a militarized police presence at or near some locations in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties:
Stateline: Trump’s Attacks on Vote-by-Mail Worry Some Election Officials
“We want to dispel the myth that their vote doesn’t count,” said Aghogho Edevbie, the project’s director in Michigan. “It does. There’s no reason to state that this is something that can’t be trusted, when it can be trusted.”
PRESS CALL: Voting Rights Leaders to Assess Pennsylvania’s Handling of June 2 Primary
PHILADELPHIA – Leading civil rights organizations will host a telephone press briefing on June 4, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. ET to evaluate Pennsylvania officials’ performance during the primary election this week. The groups will assess how officials executed on the election with two additional months to prepare, including how they informed voters about last-minute changes to polling places and voting by mail amid the COVID-19 pandemic and growing protests which led to reduced public transportation accessibility and militarized police presence.
Georgia Secretary of State, Election Board Must Safeguard June 9 Primary
ATLANTA — All Voting is Local Georgia and more than 10 civil rights organizations, including The Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center, the Coalition for the People's Agenda, and Black Voters Matter, called on Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and State Election Board members to establish uniform standards and provide funding to counties to fix widespread ballot processing problems, voting delays, and unsafe conditions at polling places for the June 9 primary.
FOX 56: Lehigh County poll workers refusing to wear PPE, and other election day challenges
The Pennsylvania Election Protection Coalition is led by a core group of organizations, including Common Cause Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Voice, ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Pitt Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber), All Voting is Local, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Fair Elections Center.