Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal: Community organizers adapt to COVID-19 to spur Milwaukee turnout in November
Shauntay Nelson, the Wisconsin director for All Voting is Local — a nationwide organization that focuses on the removal of barriers to the polls — said voting-by-mail education became a priority across the state. But the option does not come without obstacles.
Wisconsin Examiner: The fight to make voting easier in Wisconsin
The ACLU and a group called All Voting Is Local are working to make sure the 12,500 Wisconsin voters who are in jail have access to the ballot. They and the Center for Secure and Modern Elections, Disability Rights Wisconsin, and the Voting Rights Lab are also working to expand voting rights here in other areas.
Wisconsin Governor Evers Must Enforce His Executive Order to Expand Access to Photo ID
MILWAUKEE-All Voting is Local Wisconsin and 28 voting rights groups called on Gov. Tony Evers to enforce his own Executive Order and compel the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand access to photo ID by increasing locations and hours where voters can obtain the identification necessary to cast a ballot. The groups noted that Wisconsin has one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the nation which creates needless and discriminatory barriers to the ballot.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: OPINION: It’s time to prioritize the lives of all residents. Here are demands to ensure we do so
The African American Roundtable is committed to action for justice on behalf of individuals, both past and present, who have lost their lives at the hands of police violence. The events that have transpired in Milwaukee over the past week have been a display of community pain and frustration toward unfair policing practices and systemic racism.
COVID-19 Silenced Voters in Wisconsin
The spread of COVID-19 has had an unprecedented and disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities in the United States. While much of the policy discussion has rightly focused on COVID-19’s impact on the health and economic well-being of communities of color, decision makers must also urgently confront how the pandemic is silencing voters of color and harming our democracy.
The Skanner News: Civil Rights Organizations Release Troubling Findings of Wisconsin Voter Turnout in April 2020 Primary
The analysis, “COVID-19 Silence Voters of Color in Wisconsin,” was conducted by data experts from Demos and All Voting Is Local, a project of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Reviewing voter data from last month’s Wisconsin primary, the groups found significant gaps in voter participation across the state – exposing existing flaws in our election system and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and brown voters who already face significant structural barriers at the ballot box.