Press Releases
Voting Rights Campaign Pushes for Reform at Ohio Field Hearing
CLEVELAND – Mike Brickner, Ohio state director of All Voting is Local, a collaborative campaign housed at The Leadership Conference Education Fund, will testify before the House Administration Committee’s Subcommittee on Elections today during its “Voting Rights and Election Administration in Ohio” field hearing. In his testimony, Brickner emphasizes efforts to undercut voting rights in Ohio and urges policy makers to protect equal access to the ballot box.
Ohio Must Modernize its Voter Registration System to Prevent Discriminatory Purges
COLUMBUS--Mike Brickner, Ohio State Director of All Voting is Local, issued the following statement on Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s results of last-chance mailing to voters whose registrations will be purged.
All Voting is Local Urges Wisconsin College Students to Vote in Pivotal Supreme Court Election
MADISON--With early voting underway in a critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election April 2, All Voting is Local launched today a “Badgers Vote” digital ad campaign to encourage the campus community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cast a ballot to ensure a democracy that works for all.
Letter to Athens County Commissions Re: Relocation of BOE Offices
Following news reports of a proposed relocation of the Athens County Board of Elections, All Voting is Local State Director Mike Brickner wrote to the County Commissioners recommending they ensure that the relocation does not unintentionally create new problems for the voters of Athens County.
Technology alone isn’t enough. We need well-trained poll workers to ensure our elections | Opinion
As county officials throughout Pennsylvania work to comply with Gov. Tom Wolf’s voting machine mandate for the 2020 elections, they would be wise to tackle a less-recognized threat to election integrity: poorly trained poll workers. Poll workers are the guardians of our democracy and to thoroughly protect our election system they must be properly trained. Among their vital tasks, poll workers check-in voters, hand out ballots, and help voters with disabilities.
Poll workers are the backbone of our democracy: Letter to the Editor
Sandusky’s decision to make Election Day a paid holiday for city workers is a smart way to expand access to the ballot. Cincinnati announced a similar proposal. Cleveland should follow suit and go further: offer incentives to city employees to serve as poll workers, filling a critical shortage plaguing our election system.