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Advocates Urge Georgia Secretary of State to Remove Barriers to the Ballot Ahead of January Senate Runoff
ATLANTA - All Voting is Local Georgia and leading voting rights advocates today once again urged Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to immediately direct counties to restore and expand their early voting locations and hours, resolve technology problems, publish updated ballot status information, and add more ballot drop boxes ahead of the January 5 runoff elections.
Cobb County Officials Must Add – Not Reduce – Early Voting Sites
ATLANTA - All Voting is Local Georgia state director Aklima Khondoker issued the following statement today in response to Cobb County’s proposed plan to reduce early voting sites from 11 to five due to a lack of poll workers ahead of the January 5 Senate runoff elections:
Advisory: Advocates Implore Georgia Secretary of State to Remove Barriers to the Ballot Ahead of January Senate Runof
ATLANTA - All Voting is Local Georgia and leading voting rights advocates will host a telephone press briefing on Tuesday, December 8, at 10 a.m. ET to urge Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to immediately direct counties to expand early voting sites and hours, resolve voting technology problems, publish updated ballot status information, and add more ballot drop boxes ahead of the January 5 runoff elections.
Certification of Election Results is a Win for Wisconsin Voters
MILWAUKEE - All Voting is Local Wisconsin State Director, Shauntay Nelson, issued the following statement in response to Governor Evers’ certification of the November 3 presidential election results today: “Despite the obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin voters came out in record numbers to make their voices heard. Yesterday’s certification of the election results, weeks after its conclusion, is affirmation that voters' voices were indeed heard.
Voting Rights Advocates Urge Georgia Secretary of State to Remove Barriers to the Ballot Ahead of January Senate Runoffs
ATLANTA — All Voting is Local Georgia, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, today urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to immediately direct counties to expand early voting sites and hours, resolve voting technology problems, publish updated ballot status information, and add ballot drop boxes ahead of the January 5 runoff elections.
Democracy Wins: Michigan Voters Prevail
DETROIT — Today All Voting is Local Michigan, ACLU of Michigan, Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, and Voters Not Politicians issued the following statement in response to the Board of State Canvassers certification of the results of the general election: