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Here’s What the 2024 Election Tells Us About Voting Rights
By hannah fried
“In the coming weeks and months, our analysis of the 2024 election will help us to better understand the challenges voters faced and the effects of efforts to suppress votes in this election. All Voting is Local, along with its partners, will work to hold election officials and those who hold public office accountable to be trusted stewards of our democracy and focus on creating solutions for voters.”
Voter Activism is an American Tradition
By hannah fried
“But across the country today – even as election deniers and conspiracy theorists attempt to undermine our democracy – voters like the sisters in Erie are saying “enough” and are finding ways to hold decision makers accountable to protecting access to the ballot box.”
Election administration priorities in the wake of a natural disaster
By hannah fried
“The human toll of natural disasters, like what many have just experienced with Hurricanes Helene and Milton, is grave. These storms also can and do wreak havoc on election systems and our election administration – displacing voters, damaging infrastructure, and potentially disenfranchising voters who have just survived the unthinkable. But election officials have tools to ensure voter access isn’t compromised.”
Policing Our Votes
By hannah fried
“Going door to door on a witch hunt to intimidate voters is not what Americans want from our law enforcement – it does nothing to keep our communities, or our elections, safe. Families across the country are worried about real things – public safety, the cost of childcare, the vitriol in our public domain. That’s what public officials should be addressing instead of breeding this culture of fear.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Assault on Voting Rights in Arizona is Only the Beginning
By hannah fried
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Arizona may reject the voter registrations of citizens who do not provide documentation is more than just a legal battle; it is a pivotal moment in a decade-long assault on the Voting Rights Act. The decision follows a troubling trend set by previous rulings in Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. DNC, where the Court has systematically weakened the core protections that have safeguarded our right to vote for generations.”
How All Voting is Looking Ahead to 2025 and beyond
By hannah fried
“There is broad agreement that our democracy is in crisis, and that the forces that seek to disrupt our country’s core democratic principles are strong and dangerous… Make no mistake: these efforts are coordinated but disparate, and they need to be addressed at the local level with the passion, expertise, and resources that meet the moment and allow us to fight back.”
Democracy Shouldn’t Come with a Price Tag
By hannah fried and nicholas martinez
“Voters and our elected leaders alike need to know that the consequences of these anti-voter policies force some American citizens to choose between casting a ballot and meeting their basic needs.”
Hand Counts Threaten Pro-Voter Progress in Nevada
By kerry durmick
“We know that election deniers will use every tactic they can to make voting more difficult and challenge democracy in as many ways as possible. Still, they will be challenged and blocked at every turn because our elections are, and must continue to be, free and fair for all voters.“
The wisconsin state legislature has failed to protect clerks
By BIANCA SHAW AND BRITTANY VULICH
“Clerks in Wisconsin are essentially election heroes. They work year-round to prepare and administer our elections, and they deserve the fullest respect and support from our lawmakers and the public.”
GEORGIA ELECTIONS HIGHLIGHT THE ABSURDITY OF COUNTING BALLOTS BY HAND
By kristin nabers
“On multiple occasions, our observers noticed hand counters miscounting, election workers calling out the wrong numbers, and almost everyone complaining of being tired.“
Language should not be a barrier to democracy
By All Voting is Local
“All Voting’s state teams work with our partners to bring these materials to voters, both by advocating for state and local governments to provide them, as well as creating and publishing them ourselves in some cases.”
Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians don’t realize they’re eligible to vote, yet their voices can swing an election
By Nick pressley
“Our criminal justice system hinges on the principle of rehabilitation. Being able to reenter society with full citizenship and the right to vote is essential to that rehabilitation process.”
The ongoing impact of january 6
By hannah fried
“The extremism evident on that day also signaled unprecedented attacks on the freedom to vote that were still to come, with the introduction of at least 325 restrictive voting bills in state legislatures across the country in 2023 alone.”
Anti-Democracy Actors Are Weaponizing Hand Counts To Influence Elections
By Hannah Fried
“Based on nothing but conspiracy theories, the growing movement to replace machine tabulation of ballots with hand counts threatens the ability of voters to elect the leaders of their choice.”
how do we hold election deniers accountable?
By sayer lagalle
“Unfortunately though, not every action that harms voters, degrades democracy, or sows distrust in our elections results in criminal liability. At All Voting, we believe that these other unlawful actions, and the individuals and offices that carry them out, should be held accountable as well.”
Four steps to dismantling our democracy
By Hannah Fried
“For election deniers, this isn’t about driving one bad policy. It’s not about policy at all. Their aim is to replace facts with lies; experts with conspiracy theorists; and in so doing degrade and dismantle the institutions that ensure fairness and transparency, that power is checked, and that officials are accountable to the people they serve.”