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Common Dream: ‘One of the Most Brazen Acts of Voter Suppression in Modern Times’ as US Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin
Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin state director of advocacy group All Voting Is Local, said the Supreme Court's decision "defies common sense and threatens to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters." "Voters deserve free and fair elections where every voice is heard and the assurance that their health and safety will be protected while our democracy remains intact," said Nelson. "It's shameful that Republicans have used this crisis to their political benefit, silencing voters so they can remain in power. The result has been confusion, chaos and uncertainty for voters, all amid a global health emergency. This is no way to run a democracy."
Truthout: Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin as COVID-19 Spreads
Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin state director of advocacy group All Voting Is Local, said the Supreme Court’s decision “defies common sense and threatens to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters.”
The Guardian: Revealed: Wisconsin’s black and student populations at highest risk of voter purges
“The right to vote could be taken away, regardless of who you are or where you live,” said Megan Gall, national data director for All Voting is Local, an advocacy group. “Eligible voters should never get kicked off the registration rolls.”
The Morning Journal: Voting extension could lead to higher turnout | Editorial
The new voting date for the state of Ohio will show just how many people are serious about casting ballots for this year's primary election.
The Columbus Dispatch: Some return envelopes for absentee ballots in Franklin County have postage on back
Voters with qualifying disabilities also can vote absentee through Ohio’s “remote ballot marking system,” which allows those individuals to use their own screen to fill out their ballot, print it and mail it to their local board of elections. All Voting is Local, a voter advocacy organization, recorded a video explaining how to apply for and complete ballots through the remote ballot marking system.
Cincinnati.com: Opinion: Ohio must act now to avoid another election debacle
In response to the polling location changes, All Voting is Local Ohio launched a texting campaign that reached 111,000 voters – the same tool we used since 2018 to reach over half a million Ohio voters at risk of purges. Nonpartisan voter rights groups stepped up, but it’s the responsibility of government officials to communicate to voters with the latest and most accurate information.