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Talking Points Memo: Ohio Governor, Secretary Of State Split Over Restrictive Primary Voting Bill
Mike Brickner, Ohio director for All Voting is Local, condemned the legislature’s plan. He predicted that county boards of elections would be flooded with absentee ballot requests, an issue compounded by their operating with a “skeleton staff.” He added that even if LaRose gets the postcards out to voters by the first week of April — a best-case “breakneck speed” scenario — unless the postal service, overwhelmed elections board and voters act quickly and completely accurately, many ballots will likely blow the deadline.
Politico: Ohio to run all-mail primary through April 28
Voting rights groups immediately expressed concern over the new primary, arguing that it disenfranchised voters. “The April 28 deadline is unworkable,” tweeted Mike Brickner, the Ohio state director of the group All Voting is Local. “It will take time to print & send out postcards to 7.2 million Ohioans. Every piece of mail typically takes 3-5 days. Not sending an app directly to voters draws out already tight timeline.”
WORT FM: State Faces Unusual Election Circumstances
Shauntay Nelson, Wisconsin State Director of All Voting Is Local, says one of those measures would be to waive the requirement that a witness sign an absentee ballot. “I think about people who are living alone. I have a colleague who is living alone. He does not have another adult in his home, but we have an order to stay at home,” Nelson says. “My thought process is [that] if he was a person who was sick or quarantined, then how does he cast a ballot if he needs someone basically to vouch for him. So, without trying to or being intentional, I think the process inherently disenfranchises that individual.”
Shelterforce: Reaching Out to Voters in the Justice System
Mike Brickner, the head of the Ohio arm of All Voting is Local, organizes dozens of initiatives, call-ins, town halls, and voting drives a year, but he recalls being especially moved during a 2018 sign-up visit to the Painesville jail in Lake County, just northeast of Cleveland. That year in Ohio, a proposal to reduce criminal penalties for drug crimes and channel more money into rehabilitation and mental health treatment was on the ballot.
Major coalition lays out how Wisconsin lawmakers can run elections with fairness, ease and accessibility
Shauntay Nelson, the Wisconsin state director of All Voting is Local, brought together the groups. “Especially in a time when our country is in crisis, we need our democracy to function,” says Nelson. “Election officials and legislative leaders must act now to ensure every voter can access the ballot while also protecting public health.”
All Voting is Local Expands to Georgia; Names Aklima Khondoker New State Director
All Voting is Local welcomed Aklima Khondoker as its Georgia State Director. Khondoker brings on-the-ground experience to All Voting is Local as it expands its fight to Georgia.