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Media Advisory: Voting Rights Leaders to Assess Georgia’s Handling of June 9 Primary
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. EST, voting rights experts and advocates from All Voting is Local, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Common Cause Georgia, the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, Georgia NAACP, and the New Georgia Project will host a telephone press briefing to evaluate Georgia officials’ performance during the primary election this week. Speakers will discuss how officials executed the June 9 primary and will offer policy recommendations for avoiding critical problems in November.
Georgia Officials Must Remove Voting Obstacles, Protect Voters on Tuesday
ATLANTA— All Voting is Local Georgia State Director Aklima Khondoker issued the following statement in response to reports of unnecessary obstacles voters faced on Friday, the last day of early voting in Georgia, including: waits of up to seven hours to cast a ballot, polling place closures, and a backlog of absentee ballot applications. Khondoker urged Georgia officials to act now to prevent such problems in the Tuesday, June 9 primary
Voting Rights Leaders: Pennsylvania Officials Must Prepare Now for the November Election
PHILADELPHIA --Voting rights leaders urged Pennsylvania officials to carry out a series of election reforms now for the November election to avoid repeating the problems that occurred in Tuesday's primary.
Media Advisory: Advocates to Empower Voters, Answer Questions, Prior to June 9 Primary
On Thursday, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. EST, voting rights experts and advocates from All Voting is Local, Georgia NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and the Black Male Voter Project, will host a telephone town hall to answer questions from voters on absentee ballots, polling places, deadlines, voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the significance of voting in Black and Brown communities, ahead of Georgia’s June 9 primary election.
All Voting is Local Statement on Pennsylvania’s Primary Obstacles
All Voting is Local State Director Scott Seeborg issued the following statement in response to Pennsylvania’s primary election, where voters in Black and Brown communities needlessly faced long lines and confusion at the polls because of last minute polling place closures, voting machines that didn’t work, a lack of ballot drop boxes, and a militarized police presence at or near some locations in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties:
PRESS CALL: Voting Rights Leaders to Assess Pennsylvania’s Handling of June 2 Primary
PHILADELPHIA – Leading civil rights organizations will host a telephone press briefing on June 4, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. ET to evaluate Pennsylvania officials’ performance during the primary election this week. The groups will assess how officials executed on the election with two additional months to prepare, including how they informed voters about last-minute changes to polling places and voting by mail amid the COVID-19 pandemic and growing protests which led to reduced public transportation accessibility and militarized police presence.