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June 2, 2026 via USA TODAY

“With an administration embracing authoritarian tactics, as well as state-level enablers, election deniers have continued to set the stage to keep people from voting, seize more power and interfere in and control our elections.

There’s an obsessive crusade for our states’ voter rolls. Calls to nationalize elections in certain places where they don’t like previous election outcomes. The maniacal preoccupation with voting machines and hand counting.” – All Voting is Local Executive Vice President of State Campaigns & Programs, Cynthia Travieso

May 20, 2026 via Tampa Bay Times
Voting rights groups say Florida’s requirement is cumbersome and expensive for counties and also confuses voters.

That lowers turnout, said Brad Ashwell, Florida director for All Voting is Local, a national voting advocacy group. “The voter confusion is a form of suppression,” he said.

May 19, 2026 via Talking Points Memo
Altogether, the possibility that Georgia could elect a slate of officials who won’t challenge Trump’s authority puts the security of elections at risk nationwide.

Kristin Nabers, Georgia State Director at All Voting is Local, told TPM Georgia could be just the beginning. “I really feel like the administration is using Fulton County as a blueprint to see what they can get away with,” Nabers said. “If they’re allowed to take election materials … in any future election in a county or state where they’re preferred candidates lose?”

May 5, 2026 via OK Politics

The organization All Voting is Local named him the “most dangerous election denier in Florida” in 2026 for his efforts to police voter fraud and redraw electoral maps.

May 5, 2026 via Tampa Bay Times
Brad Ashwell, the Florida state director for All Voting is Local, a voter advocacy organization, said the group will study the impact of the new map on voters and how to educate them about where to vote.

Voters who already struggle to register or get identification to vote are often the ones who bear the brunt of last-minute changes to elections, Ashwell said. “Confusion is a voter suppression strategy,” he said last week.

May 2, 2026 via Caló News

Tearanie Chinn, the Senior Democracy Defense manager for Arizona at All Voting is Local, called out recent attacks from the Trump administration aimed at mail-in voting and encouraged demonstrators to head to the polls during November’s midterm elections.

“In America, voters choose their leaders. Leaders do not choose their voters,” Chinn said. “So I urge you, stay informed. Speak out against anti-voter bills. Help your communities understand what is at stake.”

April 23, 2026 via The Nevada Independent

All Voting is Local, a group focusing on voting rights, has long encouraged voters to submit their mail ballots a week in advance, Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick said. This is to ensure that voters who need to fix their signatures have as much time as possible to do so.

However, she said outreach by state officials to send mail ballots earlier is likely also tied to President Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere in state-run elections. 

March 13, 2026 via Michigan Advance
“The reality is that the administration’s continued attempts to take away voters’ power and influence election results to their advantage will continue, but the voters and election officials tasked with upholding Americans’ freedom to vote must defend our institutions from these authoritarian wannabes.” – All Voting is Local Michigan State Director, Ashiya Brown

March 11, 2026 via CNN

“Tens of thousands, if not more, US citizens who are seniors who are already registered will be removed or have to provide additional documentation to provide their citizenship,” said Brad Ashwell, Florida director of All Voting is Local, a voting rights group opposed to the measure.

March 2, 2026 via Nevada Current

All Voting is Local Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s refusal during a Feb. 5 press briefing to guarantee that Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents won’t be at polling stations spurred the groups to action.

February 9, 2026 via 1A WAMU/NPR

Hannah Fried, co-founder and CEO of All Voting is Local, speaks to WAMU about how the Trump administration’s lack of coordination with election officials could hurt our democratic process.

February 6, 2026 via DAME Magazine

Hannah Fried, co-founder and CEO of All Voting is Local, echoed those sentiments in a recent statement. “Trump is testing what he can get away with in our elections in a pathetic attempt to rig the system,” Fried said in a statement. “Nothing Trump and his allies are doing will make our elections safer.”

February 5, 2026 via Nonprofit Quarterly
Now is the time for funders to make a game plan for their election-related grants. Ask grantees where resources are most needed, given the unique aspects of the upcoming election. Grantmakers should also consult experts such as Moxie Fund, All Voting is Local, and Protect Democracy for guidance on how this election will look different from normal election years and what that should mean for giving plans.

February 5, 2026 via NewsBreak
Alex Gulotta, state director for All Voting is Local, told Votebeat that the amendment represented a “significant victory for voters by making sure that the votes of all eligible voters are counted.” His organization had previously opposed the legislatio

February 3, 2026 via Daily Independent
“We’re not about which party people vote for, we’re about ensuring that everyone who has a right to vote is able to cast their vote in an accessible way and have their voice be heard,” said Alex Gulotta, Arizona director for nonprofit voting advocacy group All Voting is Local.

February 4, 2026 via States Newsroom
“We believe this bill will remove thousands of eligible U.S. citizens from the voter rolls and prevent many others of being able to registering to vote by imposing unnecessary burdensome requirements,” said Brad Ashwell, Florida state director with All Voting is Local Action.

“It creates massive bureaucratic hurdles while requiring them to pay for official documents like passports, original birth certificates, proof of name change in order to exercise their fundamental right to vote. Many Floridians do not have these documents.”

February 4, 2026 via Action News JAX
“Many Floridians do not have these documents readily available, and obtaining replacements can be costly and time- consuming,” Brad Ashwell with All Voting is Local said.

February 6, 2026 via Dayton Daily News
All Voting Is Local Ohio Director Steve David said the Trump administration is engaging in classic authoritarian playbook tactics.

“I think this as an attempt to intimidate people, to intimidate young people, to intimidate the schools, to intimidate volunteers from encouraging people to engage in legal voter registration activities,” he told the Dayton Daily News. All Voting is Local is a voting rights organization that is focused on improving ballot access.

Feb 4, 2026 via Common Dreams
On Wednesday, six Wisconsin voting groups — Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Common Cause Wisconsin, ACLU of Wisconsin, All in Wisconsin Fund, and All Voting is Local — released a scathing statement saying they were “deeply alarmed” by the city’s argument.

“We call on the City of Madison to immediately abandon this dangerous legal argument, take responsibility for disenfranchising voters, and work toward a remedy that respects voters’ constitutional rights,” the statement said.

February 4, 2026 via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In a statement released Wednesday, Feb. 4, by six liberal-leaning voting organizations, the groups said, “We are deeply alarmed by the City of Madison’s argument which seeks to evade responsibility and minimize the seriousness of disenfranchising lawful voters.”

The statement is signed by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Common Cause Wisconsin, ACLU of Wisconsin, All in Wisconsin Fund and All Voting is Local.

February 4, 2026 via WIS Politics
AVL WI State Director Sam Liebert writes: “Labeling absentee voting a “privilege” in this context would create a tiered structure of ballot protection in Madison, where in-person votes would be considered “real” and fully protected, while absentee ballots would be treated as something less.

That’s not how election law is supposed to work, and it’s not how voters experience elections in real life. Voters should only have to worry about whether their vote will be counted among the options given to them.”

January 28, 2026 via Democracy Docket
The voting rights group All Voting Is Local said in a statement that “by first calling on the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to investigate Fulton again, and now supporting the lawsuit, the conspiracy theorists who now make up a majority of the State Election Board are abusing their power. Perpetuating misinformation about elections can lead to threats against local election officials who refuse to cave to lies about the 2020 election.”

January 28, 2026 via Common Dreams
The voting rights group All Voting Is Local said in a statement that “by first calling on the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to investigate Fulton again, and now supporting the lawsuit, the conspiracy theorists who now make up a majority of the State Election Board are abusing their power. Perpetuating misinformation about elections can lead to threats against local election officials who refuse to cave to lies about the 2020 election.”

January 28, 2026 via Marietta Daily Journal
“This is another step in the FBI doing the president’s bidding to create a criminal case against Georgia,” said Kristin Nabers, Georgia director of All Voting Is Local, a voting rights group. “By carrying out this farce of an investigation, election deniers are trying to placate his delusions. This is a power grab.”

Jan 28, 2026 via USA Today
“It looks like they are trying to do a power grab as they can’t come to grips with the fact that they lost in 2020, and now they want to tear down the American election system out of spite,” Nabers told USA TODAY over the phone. “This is a slap in the face to Georgia voters and the election workers who have had to go through this a million times already.”

January 28, 2026 via Associated Press
“Georgia’s a blueprint,” said Kristin Nabers of All Voting Is Local. “If they can get away with taking election materials here, what’s to stop them from taking election materials or machines from some other state after they lose?”

January 5, 2026 via The Guardian
Alex Gulotta, the state director of the Arizona chapter of All Voting Is Local, a nonpartisan voting advocacy group, also said the importance of secretary of state offices had increased with the Trump administration’s attacks on elections.

“With essentially a federal government full court press trying to influence election policies and procedures that have historically belonged to the states, I think secretaries of state will continue and increase in importance,”

December 12, 2025 via Nevada Current

The Trump administration’s “full access to unredacted voter data will not only violate privacy laws”, said All Voting is Local Nevada State Director Kerry Durmick in a statement Friday. It would also “enable large-scale voter challenges, false claims of fraud, and new attempts to impose proof-of-citizenship and other burdensome requirements that could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters nationwide, including hundreds of thousands of Nevadans.”

December 10, 2025 via ABC News “The rule cites state and federal provisions that are designed to protect ballot access and voter verification, but it really reinterprets them to justify halting the use of approved and certified equipment,” said Kristin Nabers, state director for All Voting is Local. “The statutes were never intended to give the power to invalidate voting systems.”

December 6, 2025 via The Hill Senior campaign managers Natalia Sells and Jennifer Willett underscore the urgent need to dismantle the longstanding barriers that continue to suppress Native voters. “As we look toward the 2026 midterms—a critical stress test for American freedoms and the democracy that protects them—we must confront the obstacles Native American voters still face.”

December 3, 2025 via Daily Commercial
“We’re here today because lawmakers are taking the illegal step of redrawing districts halfway through the normal cycle to avoid being held accountable by voters,” said Brad Ashwell, Florida director of All Voting is Local, a national organization that advances pro-voter policies.

November 18, 2025 via Votebeat Arizona

Requiring requests every two years, as Kolodin proposes, “is a highly unpopular idea,” said Alex Gulotta, the Arizona director for nonprofit voting advocacy group All Voting is Local. “It’s counter to the way the people of Arizona have executed their right to vote, and if they put it on the ballot, voters are going to vote against it.”

November 18, 2025 via CBS News
According to All Voting is Local, 17 polling locations closed in real time, affecting nearly 69,000 registered voters, overwhelmingly voters of color.

November 17, 2025 via Democracy Docket

Ashiya Brown, All Voting is Local’s Michigan State Director, writes about how the the Trump administration and the Department of Justice have dedicated significant resources to undermining states’ abilities to run free and fair elections. “Since 2020, political forces aligned with President Donald Trump have worked to create distrust in elections and then use that distrust to justify restrictive policies, despite having little to no evidence to support their claims.”

October 30, 2025 via Associated Press
Hannah Fried, executive director of the voting rights group All Voting is Local, said the Nov. 4 election will provide “an important set of data points” about issues that could crop up in future elections, especially next year. “That’s the big dog,” Fried said of the midterms. “Everybody in the country’s going to be voting in 2026. This is about control of Congress. As a country, we all have a stake in that.”

October 28, 2025 via The Atlantic
“If you are not frightened, you are not paying attention.” All Voting is Local Executive Director Hannah Fried discusses with David Graham the voter threats our organization is tracking across the country.

October 28, 2025 via Mediaite
“If you are not frightened,” Hannah Fried, the executive director of the voter-access group All Voting Is Local, told me, “you are not paying attention.”

“It was a chilling piece you wrote there,” Tur told Graham, “but there was some hope in it.”

October 28, 2025 via The Williams Record
Fried co-founded the national nonpartisan organization All Voting is Local in 2018.  As the organization’s executive director, Fried leads efforts to fight for the fundamental democratic right to a free and fair election. In September, Fried was named to the TIME100 Next List in recognition of her leadership.

September 30, 2025 via TIME
Hannah Fried came to me one day and shared what keeps her up at night. It was a cue to spring into action. She is a clear-eyed collaborator and connector, skilled at revealing threats to our most central democratic right: voting. As executive director of All Voting Is Local, Hannah understands the fight for freedom is built on informed action and tough conversations.

September 16, 2025 via Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
If you want to have a serious conversation about protecting our elections and making sure the vote in 2026 is as free and fair as possible, then Hannah Fried is who you need to talk with.

“All of us should be making sure that our friends, family and neighbors have the information they need to get and stay registered.” – Hannah Fried, Executive Director

September 16, 2025 via TIME
As the country marks National Voter Registration Day on September 16, we reflect on the power of broad participation in our democracy—and the threats to it.

“We cannot afford to stand by while pink lines solidify into lasting barriers—potentially blocking millions of eligible Americans from voting.” – Hannah Fried, Executive Director

September 16, 2025 via The Nevada Independent

“Rural clerks provide critical infrastructure to a thriving democracy in Nevada, and we are grateful for their efforts to protect Nevadans’ constitutional right to vote. As we continue to see threats to that right at the federal level, we hope that partnerships such as these will allow us to honor and uphold Nevada’s history of fostering an inclusive democracy.” – Kerry Durmick, All Voting is Local Nevada state Director

August 8, 2025 via Arizona Capitol Times
Arizona All Voting is Local Action State Director Alex Gullota speaks about the vision of democracy Arizona voters want, “My ask to fellow Arizonans is to resist these attempts to subvert our democracy. Resist the fear, know your rights, and proudly cast your vote with confidence. For many of us, the simple act of voting is one of the fundamental levers we have to directly shape the world we want to live in. Let’s not give up that power nor allow bad actors to take it away. Stand up. Speak out. Vote.”

March 26, 2025 via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 “This type of voting restriction directly impacts some of our most vulnerable community members, such as elderly Wisconsinites, voters with disabilities, and low-income voters, among others. Voter ID laws are clearly a solution in search of a problem. Our elected officials should be making it easier for us to vote, not harder.” – Sam Liebert, All Voting is Local Action Wisconsin State Director

January 28, 2025 via Columbus Underground
President Trump rolled back an executive order that forced federal agencies to offer voter registration materials when they interact with citizens.

“We should want an engaged voting population. We should want everybody to engage in democracy, and what this shows us is that we are looking for ways to close doors on people.” – Kayla Griffin-Green, Ohio state director

December 11, 2024 via VoteBeat
Legislators and officials are feeling the pressure to count votes faster in Arizona. That means changes, some of which could end up hurting voters.

“We could, in fact, pass a law limiting the number of legislative referrals specifically to protect our election administration. That would be a wise thing to do.” – Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director

December 10, 2024 via Governing
State and local governments will be more important than ever in the fight to protect voting rights for the next four years.

“We live in a time where conversations about voting rights lead us to expect the worst, and in doing so we risk ignoring or normalizing the less extreme but still problematic effects of attacks on our rights. It’s imperative that we not fall into that trap as we look ahead to 2025 and beyond.” – Hannah Fried, Executive Director

December 6, 2024 via NBC4i
Changes to Ohio’s election laws could be coming as the legislature continues its lame duck session.

“One of the very simple things that they can do is change the voter registration forms, that they can have some really clear instructions that are failsafe.” – Kayla Griffin-Green, Ohio state director

December 4, 2024 via Florida Phoenix
Election denial is still alive and well after the 2024 election as candidates challenge results that they don’t agree with.

“All these assertions seem thin and far-fetched, and they fit squarely into a fraud narrative that anti-voter forces have been spinning ever since the 2020 election.” – Brad Ashwell, Florida state director