State News
All Voting is Local Expands to Michigan; Names Aghogho Edevbie New State Director
All Voting is Local welcomed Aghogho Edevbie as its Michigan State Director. Edevbie brings a decade of voting rights experience to All Voting is Local as it expands its fight to Michigan.
Pennsylvania Election Officials Must Act Now to Comply with New Registration Law
All Voting is Local, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Ceiba, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Protect Democracy sent a letter to election officials in seven Pennsylvania counties Friday warning that voters will be disenfranchised if those jurisdictions do not comply with the commonwealth’s new law--Act 77--which shortens the window to process voter registrations from 30 days to 15.
Wisconsin Must Stop Voter Purge and Keep Voters on the Rolls
MILWAUKEE--Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin State Director of All Voting is Local, issued the following statement in response to the Ozaukee County Circuit Court ruling to immediately remove more than 200,000 Wisconsin voters from registration lists:
Voting Rights Groups Urge Ohio Secretary of State to Approve Voter Education Funding
COLUMBUS--A coalition of voting rights groups sent a letter today to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose urging him to approve funding for nonpartisan information about when and where to vote in Franklin County, Ohio.
Wisconsin Must Stop Voter Purge, Urge Voters to Verify Their Registration
MILWAUKEE--Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin State Director of All Voting is Local, issued the following statement in response to the Ozaukee County Circuit Court ruling to immediately remove 234,000 Wisconsin voters from registration lists:
Congressional panel in Phoenix hears claims of voter inequality
PHOENIX — Congress came to Phoenix College for a house subcommittee hearing on voter rights and accessibility for Arizona’s Native Americans. By state law, voters must produce photographic identification at polling places.