State News
Allegheny County Board of Elections Fails Voters Ahead of May 18 Election
PITTSBURGH— All Voting is Local - Pennsylvania Director of Special Projects Aerion Abney issued the following statement in response to today’s Allegheny County Board of Elections’ meeting where they announced that they will not be mailing every voter a ballot application, paying return postage for ballots, operating satellite early voting sites, nor authorizing additional drop boxes for the May 18 primary: “Allegheny voters are being denied key options to cast their ballots that were available just six months ago.
Data Show 2020 Nevada Election Reforms Helped Voter Turnout Surge
LAS VEGAS — New data analysis by All Voting is Local Nevada, a member of the Let Nevadans Vote Coalition, revealed that the Nevada Legislature’s 2020 election reforms, such as mailing a ballot with prepaid return postage to every active, registered voter, helped increase turnout for every demographic group in the state, with Native American voters having the highest turnout of any group.
AP: Georgia governor: Loss of All-Star game will hurt minorities
Critics say it’s the voting law that’s political and will disproportionately affect communities of color. Kemp’s news conference was trying to deflect from that, as the governor gears up for next year’s election to try to win a second term, said Aklima Khondoker, state director of the voting rights group, All Voting is Local. “He’s pivoting away from all of the malicious things that we understand that this bill represents to people of color in Georgia,” she said.
WTSP: Is blowback in Georgia delaying vote on similar election changes in Florida?
Brad Ashwell, "All Voting is Local" Florida state director, said he wouldn’t be surprised to see Florida get some of the same blowback as Georgia if the proposals were to pass, at least in their current form.“ Whether all the activity around Georgia is making them recalculate anything, I would think it would have to factor into their calculus in some way,” he said. “I think they are trying to be somewhat responsive now."
Nevada Secretary of State Cegavske Must Publicize Election Plans
LAS VEGAS — Amid nationwide efforts to sow distrust in elections, All Voting is Local Nevada urged Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske to offer more public and detailed opportunities for voters to engage in election planning, in addition to the one planned meeting of the year, and ramp up public education efforts through multimedia ad campaigns.
Ohio Secretary of State Must Stop the Purges, Be Transparent
CLEVELAND — All Voting is Local Ohio State Director Kayla Griffin issued the following statement in response to recent revelations that Ohio’s county election boards are unilaterally and illegally removing voters with a conviction from their rolls.