State News
Toolkit Offers Guide to Increase Voting in Wisconsin Jails
MILWAUKEE – All Voting is Local Wisconsin and the ACLU of Wisconsin today released a Ballots for All Toolkit that supplements their recently released report “Ballots for All: Ensuring Eligible Wisconsin Voters in Jail Have Equal Access to the Ballot”. The toolkit offers voting advocates strategies for urging county officials to adopt policies so every eligible voter in jail can vote.
ACLU of Nevada and All Voting is Local Nevada Launch Ad Campaign to Expand Voting Access During Pandemic
LAS VEGAS — The ACLU of Nevada and All Voting is Local Nevada today launched a five figure digital ad campaign urging Governor. Steve Sisolak to protect voting rights during the special legislative session by improving options for in-person voting and sending absentee ballots to every registered voter in Nevada, ensuring the over 1.8 million registered Silver State voters can safely vote this November.
All Voting is Local Expands to Nevada; Welcomes Kerry Durmick as State Director
RENO, Nev. — All Voting is Local welcomes Kerry Durmick as its Nevada state director to lead the campaign’s fight to remove barriers between Nevadans and the ballot box.
Bipartisan Action Right Step in Ensuring Safe, Fair Elections in Arizona
PHOENIX — All Voting is Local Arizona State Director Alex Gulotta released the following statement in response to Governor Doug Ducey and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ announcement to use $9 million in COVID-19 response federal funding from the CARES Act to safeguard Arizona’s elections, after being thwarted by partisan disagreements:
Advisory: Florida Voting Rights Advocates to Hold Town Hall to Dispel Vote by Mail Myths
WHAT: On Thursday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. EST, All Voting is Local Florida and advocates from Alianza for Progress, The League of Women Voters of Florida, New Florida Majority, and ACLU of Florida will host a nonpartisan telephone town hall to break down the myths and misconceptions about voting by mail. Although Florida does not require an excuse to request and submit a vote by mail ballot, the COVID-19 pandemic heightens the necessity for Floridians to safely and securely participate in our representative democracy.
Rep. Tlaib, Advocates Empower Michiganders to Vote by Mail Amid COVID-19
DETROIT — On Monday night, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich. 13) joined advocates from All Voting is Local Michigan, Detroit Action, and the League of Women Voters of Michigan for a nonpartisan telephone town hall, moderated by reporter Olivia Lewis of BridgeDetroit, to answer questions about voting amid COVID-19. The discussion emphasized challenges in Black and Brown communities including: the need for meaningful, in-person options to cast a ballot, and new state processes and deadlines for voting by mail.