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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: OPINION: It’s time to prioritize the lives of all residents. Here are demands to ensure we do so
The African American Roundtable is committed to action for justice on behalf of individuals, both past and present, who have lost their lives at the hands of police violence. The events that have transpired in Milwaukee over the past week have been a display of community pain and frustration toward unfair policing practices and systemic racism.
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.”
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.
Philadelphia Magazine: Pennsylvania’s Big Mail-In Primary Could Get Messy. What You Need to Know to Make Your Vote Count
Scott Seeborg, Pennsylvania director of the national voting rights advocacy group All Voting Is Local, says his organization has fielded many complaints regarding ballot delivery status. Seeborg says one positive development amidst the mayhem is the fact that Philadelphia voters are receiving ballots with prepaid return envelopes. (Not all counties are taking that route.)
Philadelphia Inquirer: Ramp up vote-by-mail efforts so Pa. can lead the way on June 2 | Opinion
As Pennsylvania prepares for its June 2 primary, just two days before the state’s stay-at-home orders are lifted on June 4, state and local election officials must act now to ensure the pandemic doesn’t jeopardize our election. Voters shouldn’t have to choose between their safety and making their voices heard. Officials must take steps to protect both: mail every registered voter a ballot with paid return postage. At a minimum, officials should extend the deadlines to apply for and submit ballots by mail.
Willkens Radio: Special Edition 5 16 17 Scott Seeborg from “All Voting is Local”
Special Edition May 16 and 17 Scott Seeborg is the PA Director of “All Voting is Local”. PA State Police Trooper Alex Douglass and US Attorney for the Middle District of PA David Freed on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.