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Michigan Lawmakers Must Protect, Not Restrict, Freedom to Vote
DETROIT — Today All Voting is Local Michigan, ACLU of Michigan, Common Cause MI, Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Progress Michigan, Pontiac Policy Action Fund, and Voting Rights Lab issued the following statement in response to the introduction of 40 voting-related bills, including measures to curtail access to absentee voting and ballot drop boxes, making it harder for Michiganians to vote:
Talking Points Memo: Georgia Legislature Mulls Power Grab Targeting Local Election Officials
“What we are seeing is an infusion of our legislators within our local elections,” said Aklima Khondoker, the Georgia state director of the voting rights group All Voting is Local. “They’re giving credence to unsubstantiated claims that have never been verified, while also seizing control away from our counties.”
State Legislature Must Protect Freedom and Democracy for All Nevadans
LAS VEGAS—All Voting is Local Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick issued the following statement in response to the introduction of AB 321, proactive voter-focused legislation which requires county clerks and registrars to mail a ballot to each registered, active Nevada voter for every election, secures ballot drop box availability, and extends the deadline for Native American tribal governments to request a polling place:
Florida Phoenix: GOP reforms: Only immediate family could help pick up and deliver ballots; but what if there’s no family close by?
Some voting-rights advocates come right out and say the goal is to cut into voting by Democrats, particularly Democrats of color, who collectively cast nearly 700,000 more ballots by mail in Florida in 2020 than did Republicans. “It seems to be coming from national forces,” said Brad Ashwell, Florida director of All Voting Is Local, a voting rights organization with state chapters around the country.
Al Jazeera: After 2020 losses US Republicans move to limit voting rights
“If one were to objectively draw a through-line through most of these bills, they’re actually reacting to the ‘Big Lie’,” said Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director for the All Voting is Local Campaign.
CNN: Arizona Republican lawmakers join GOP efforts to target voting, with nearly two dozen restrictive voting measures
Alex Gulotta, the Arizona state director of All Voting is Local, said hearings like Wednesday's reveal the "privilege of the suburban legislators" who assume everyone has easy access to the documents proposals advancing this year would make necessary, and fail to take into account the limited internet access rural areas and some of the state's Native American communities face.