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Reuters: Special Report: Will your mail ballot count in the U.S. presidential election? It may depend on who’s counting and where
Alex Gulotta, the Arizona state director of All Voting is Local, a voting-rights group, said such differences can determine whether votes count - or not. “There shouldn’t even be a possibility for that much variance to exist between the counties,” Gulotta said.
Voting Rights Advocates Call on Georgia Counties to Prioritize COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness Plans
ATLANTA — All Voting is Local Georgia, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and Fair Fight Action, urged all county commissioners in Georgia to work with county elections officials to draft and publicly release COVID-19 preparedness plans.
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.
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.”
Advocates Implore Florida Gov. DeSantis to Expand Voter Registration Outreach, Voting Options
TALLAHASSEE - All Voting is Local Florida and leading voting rights advocates from League of Women Voters of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Common Cause Florida in a telephone press briefing once again urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order to increase the use of ballot drop boxes, allow more time for mail-in ballots to be counted, and to expand early voting. Advocates also pressed Gov. DeSantis to expand voter registration outreach efforts, which is especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.