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Talking Points Memo: Vote-By-Mail, Critical In Pandemic, Poses Risks For Voters Of Color
“For communities — and this is true for African American voters — that have higher rates of moving and lower rates of voter-by-mail usage, [election officials] need to be figuring out how to reach voters, and not looking for ways to, frankly, cut corners and in turn cut people out of the process,” said Hannah Fried, the national campaign director of the advocacy group All Voting Is Local.
Sunny 95: Will mail-in voting work?
That is less than half as many as in 2016, said Ohio state director of All Voting Is Local Mike Brickner. Brickner says the state’s system of distributing absentee ballots needs to be smoothed out or there will be an extremely low turnout for the November election if the coronavirus lingers or returns and LaRose’s office is forced to rely heavily on voting-by-mail.
WOSU Public Media: Voting Rights Group Says Ohio’s Election Participation May Be Half Of 2016
“In 2016, we had a little over 3 million people who voted in the primary election," says spokesman Mike Brickner. "For the 2020 election thus far, we are looking at about only 1.5 million people who have either cast an early ballot or requested an absentee ballot since we extended the time. All Voting Is Local looked at information from the Ohio Secretary of State for the March 17 primary, which lawmakers extended to April 28 after polling places were closed.
WKSU: Voting Rights Group Says This Primary’s Vote Total So Far Is Just Half Of 2016’s
Mike Brickner with All Voting is Local has compared numbers for this primary with those from four years ago – when there was in person voting and a Republican primary that featured Ohio Gov. John Kasich. “In 2016, we had a little over three million people who voted in the primary election. For the 2020 election thus far, we are looking at about only 1.5 million people who have either cast an early ballot or requested an absentee ballot since we extended the time," Brickner says.
Loveland Magazine: Civil Rights Groups: Vote by mail improvements needed for Ohioans
In today’s telephone press briefing, advocates from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, All Voting is Local, and local voting rights organizations warned that voters may be disenfranchised unless Ohio lawmakers and election officials act now for future elections. All Voting is Local, and its coalition partners in Ohio, also called on officials to keep Ohio voters informed and expand early voting sites for future elections.
Arizona Republic: Don’t let Arizona become another Wisconsin. Set rules now to handle election emergencies
Opinion: Arizona needs nonpolitical, written standards that set out specific and objective criteria for modifying elections when emergencies hit.