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Mic: Wisconsin’s primary election debacle has just begun
"Voters deserve free and fair elections where every voice is heard," Shauntay Nelson, the Wisconsin State Director for All Voting is Local, said in a press release, "and the assurance that their health and safety will be protected while our democracy remains intact.”
cleveland.com: Should Ohio plan for a vote-by-mail election in November, just in case?
There’s also the issue of recruiting enough poll workers, who tend to be older, given potential fears over health and safety issues. Mike Brickner, state director of All Voting is Local, a voting-rights group, has called for increasing poll-worker pay, and relaxing rules that would allow someone to work the polls outside their home county.
Rolling Stone: The Coronavirus Is Also Attacking the Ballot Box
Voting by mail doesn’t open the doors to fraud, as Republicans claim, but it is not a panacea. According to Hannah Fried, the national campaign director for the advocacy organization All Voting Is Local, states that are home to indigenous tribes that don’t have regular postal service are not well served by vote-by-mail solutions.
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.”