Advocates Implore Florida Gov. DeSantis to Expand Voter Registration Outreach, Voting Options

TALLAHASSEE - All Voting is Local Florida and leading voting rights advocates from League of Women Voters of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Common Cause Florida in a telephone press briefing once again urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue an executive order to increase the use of ballot drop boxes, allow more time for mail-in ballots to be counted, and to expand early voting. Advocates also pressed Gov. DeSantis to expand voter registration outreach efforts, which is especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Lawsuit: Arizona Officials Lack Transparency in Jail Voting Procedures

ARIZONA—Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the ACLU of Arizona filed a lawsuit seeking transparency about the extent to which county officials in Apache County, Arizona, denied pre-trial detainees and individuals serving misdemeanor sentences the right to vote in the 2020 elections. Over the last nine months, Apache County has ignored…

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All Voting is Local Announces Text Campaign Alerting People to Register to Vote

COLUMBUS -- All Voting is Local Ohio announced today a text alert campaign to encourage people to register to vote ahead of the state’s Oct. 9 deadline. The effort reaches 356,659 infrequent Ohio voters by text messages sent to their cell phones, encouraging them to check their registration status, update their registration and cast a ballot in the Nov. 6 general election.

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Georgia Secretary of State, Election Board Must Safeguard June 9 Primary

ATLANTA — All Voting is Local Georgia and more than 10 civil rights organizations, including The Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center, the Coalition for the People's Agenda, and Black Voters Matter, called on Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and State Election Board members to establish uniform standards and provide funding to counties to fix widespread ballot processing problems, voting delays, and unsafe conditions at polling places for the June 9 primary.

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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.

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Voting Rights Groups Urge Florida Election Officials to Add Early Voting Days

All Voting is Local, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Fair Elections Center and Southern Poverty Law Center today urged four county election officials to offer the maximum days and hours of early voting provided by state law--in advance of the March 17 primary election. Without more opportunities to cast a ballot early, election officials in Alachua, Broward, Palm Beach and Volusia counties risk subjecting voters to Election Day chaos similar to Super Tuesday, where voters in other states endured hours-long lines to make their voices heard.

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