Wisconsin’s lack of access to the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is a deliberate barrier for voters to get the photo ID needed to cast a ballot.
In this report, we examine these disparities and offer recommendations on how Florida’s 67 counties can make the process and validating of mail ballots uniform so that all voters can make their voices heard.
PHOENIX — As Arizona county boards of supervisors finalize election budgets ahead of the July 1 deadline, All Voting is Local Arizona, Arizona Advocacy Network Foundation, Arizona Coalition for Change/Our Voice Our Vote, and Living United For Change in Arizona (LUCHA) are urging each board to allocate emergency funding in anticipation of budget shortfalls.
MILWAUKEE — All Voting is Local, in partnership with the Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, will host a telephone press briefing at 1 p.m. CT on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, to discuss findings from their latest report entitled “Getting There is Half the Battle: Wisconsin’s Photo ID Law, Access to DMV Services, and the Fight for Our Freedom to Vote.”
PHOENIX — All Voting is Local Arizona Campaign Manager Rosemary Avila issued the following statement in response to Gov. Doug Ducey’s signing of SB1485 into law, which could remove more than 100,000 voters from the state’s Permanent Early Voting List.
Brad Ashwell, the state director for All Voting is Local, said changes due to the law could keep a lot of voters away.
“Any time there is an obstacle to voting, it’s going to disproportionately impact more vulnerable communities and those communities that are already challenged by the existing system. That’s typically Black voters, Hispanic voters,” he said.
“By erecting onerous barriers to request and return a vote-by-mail ballot, this legislature has made voting a test of stamina and resources rather than a statement of civic responsibility,” said Brad Ashwell, Florida state director for All Voting is Local, a national voting rights group.
