Ohio
cleveland.com: Advocates launching text campaign to reach Ohio voters whose polling places were moved over coronavirus concerns
Mike Brickner, the Ohio director for All Voting is Local, says his group wants the voters to know where their new polling places will be. They plan to send the texts on Monday, directing recipients to check out the Secretary of State’s website, which has a designated coronavirus section — www.ohiosos.gov/coronafacts — that includes up-to-date information about polling locations.
All Voting is Local to Text, Call Ohio Voters about Primary Election Polling Place Changes Amid Coronavirus Concerns
All Voting is Local today announced a campaign to reach hundreds of thousands of Ohio residents whose polling places have changed for the March 17 primary election because of last-minute moves amid concerns about the coronavirus.
The Guardian: Election officials rush to make changes to address coronavirus concerns
That might not be enough, said Mike Brickner, the director of the Ohio chapter of All Voting is Local, an advocacy group. “Obviously this is pretty short notice and voters may not know that their polling location has moved and may not get that postcard in the mail, or see it, or read it,” he said. He urged election officials to go the “extra mile” and said his group plans to text voters affected by the change.
All Voting is Local Launches Multi-State Campaign to Fight Wrongful Voter Purges
All Voting is Local today launched a campaign to text more than a million voters at risk of having their registrations wrongfully purged from their states’ voter rolls.
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.
Ohio campaign helps two HBCUs get rid of voting barriers
For years, Americans have showed up to polling places on Election Day to make their voices heard. But a process that should be simple often comes with long lines, headaches, miscommunication and voters being turned away.