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BridgeDetroit: What is mail-in voting? All Voting is Local Michigan town hall explains
All Voting is Local, a national nonprofit that works to remove discriminatory barriers to democracy, hosted a tele-town hall on Monday evening to discuss voting.
Wisconsin State Journal: Community organizers adapt to COVID-19 to spur Milwaukee turnout in November
Shauntay Nelson, the Wisconsin director for All Voting is Local — a nationwide organization that focuses on the removal of barriers to the polls — said voting-by-mail education became a priority across the state. But the option does not come without obstacles.
Detroit News: Voting by mail is safe, secure and accessible
Letter: As we approach the November election, officials must prepare to safeguard our elections — not scare voters from making their voices heard.
Wisconsin Examiner: The fight to make voting easier in Wisconsin
The ACLU and a group called All Voting Is Local are working to make sure the 12,500 Wisconsin voters who are in jail have access to the ballot. They and the Center for Secure and Modern Elections, Disability Rights Wisconsin, and the Voting Rights Lab are also working to expand voting rights here in other areas.
Kentucky’s Election Wasn’t A Disaster, But It Exposed Problems In Pandemic-Era Voting
“I think if there’s anything that we can learn from the primaries, it’s that people are going to need to still vote in person,” said Hannah Fried, the national campaign director at All Voting is Local, a voting rights campaign of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “Mail-in voting is critical in responding to the threats posed by COVID, but it’s not a cure-all.”
CBS News: “Catastrophe:” Elections experts fear what primary mayhem may mean for November
Aklima Khondoker, Georgia state director for the advocacy group All Voting is Local, said her organization is pushing for more drop boxes, where voters can return absentee ballots without postage and without coming into physical contact with another person. "In this COVID time, people want to have safe and available and free mechanisms for them to cast their ballots," she said.