The 19th*: Native women in Arizona lead the way for voting access on tribal reservations

โ€œTheyโ€™ll get an early voting site eventually and theyโ€™ll fight until they do,โ€ said Alex Gulotta, the Arizona director for the voting-access group All Voting is Local, which was also involved in the case. โ€œFor this election, they will not have an early voting site and theyโ€™ll have to work together as a community, and thatโ€™s going to take more work than it should and itโ€™s going to expose them to more risk of COVID than it should,โ€ he added.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Amid concern over racial disparity, some states expand voting rights for felons.

Shauntay Nelson of All Voting is Local said a separate concern is making sure that people who have not been convicted have the ability to exercise their rights. โ€œPrior to a charge, prior to a trial date, Wisconsin state law allows individuals to be able to still participate in the voting process, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure that voters can register to vote while they are in jail, to ensure that they can obtain their ballot while theyโ€™re in jail.โ€

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