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NBC News: Early voting begins in Georgia with long lines, high turnout
Aunna Dennis, executive director of the voter advocacy organization Common Cause Georgia, said what happened Monday was a "math problem." "A lot of people voted on the first day," and "Covid-19 precautions means each voter takes longer," Dennis said, adding that there were also reports of machine problems and a shortage of paper ballots that could be used as backups. "That needs to change," she said.
Found in: Common Cause
Mashable: How to combat voter suppression before, during, and after voting
Sylvia Albert is the director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a national nonpartisan group that runs the Election Protection initiative, which coordinates a coalition of more than 100 organizations to facilitate voting across the country. Albert says that forms of physical intimidation at the polls, including protesters or the illegal threat of violence, have long been used to suppress votes, since the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments. Threats like these were most recently seen during the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm elections. "We saw a few isolated incidents, but those isolated incidents were quick. We dealt with them and voters were allowed to vote," Albert explained.
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Rights Groups Join Pennsylvania Supreme Court Action to Protect Mail Ballots from Rejection on Unauthorized Grounds
Common Cause Pennsylvania and other voting rights groups today filed an answer in state Supreme Court supporting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar’s application to prevent mail ballots from being rejected solely on the basis of a perceived signature inconsistency.
Found in: Common Cause Pennsylvania
ACLU, Common Cause Correct Inaccurate Info about Leadership of Voting Inside Movement
In the state of Maryland, individuals with felony convictions are eligible to vote once they are no longer incarcerated.
Found in: Common Cause Maryland
Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location
Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, said in a statement that in Harris County, “reducing 11 drop off locations to only 1 severely limits voting access and forces people to choose between voting and their health.” The county, which includes Houston, comprises 1,777 square miles. He called Abbott’s order “blatant voter suppression and yet another way the politicians in charge are putting barriers between Texans and the ballot box.” “With last-minute changes and pending litigation, it is increasingly clear that confusion in Texas elections is part of a pattern of voter suppression,” he said.
Found in: Common Cause Texas
Associated Press: Voting Voting rights groups organize hotline to report interference
“This year presents unprecedented challenges for voters who want to exercise their right to vote and protect their health at the same time,” said Heather Ferguson, executive director of Common Cause New Mexico, in a statement. “New Mexicans should feel secure that they can cast their ballot in a number of different ways, and that it will be counted as cast and anyone who interferes or tampers with elections will be held accountable.” Common Cause New Mexico has been running an election protection program since 2008 with no party or campaign affiliation.
Found in: Common Cause
New York Times: N.Y. Voting Officials Need Money. They Were Told to Go to Zuckerberg.
“Something is seriously wrong with New York State’s democracy when less than two months before this November’s historic vote, local boards of election are so broke they are pleading for funding from a charity,” five groups, including the state chapters of Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, wrote in a letter to the governor in mid-September, asking for $50 million in emergency election funds.
Found in: Common Cause
Washington Post: Voting rights advocates sue to block Texas governor’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop-off location
Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, said in a statement that in Harris County, “reducing 11 drop off locations to only 1 severely limits voting access and forces people to choose between voting and their health.” The county, which includes Houston, comprises 1,777 square miles.
Found in: Common Cause
Temporary restraining order to stop student union voting site denied
The brief stated that if the plaintiff’s request for declaratory relief was granted, that it would “frustrate” the mission of Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of North Carolina to “promote participation in democracy and ensure open, honest and accountable government” and their ability to “correctly advise voters on the location of polling sites, and their interest in limiting voter confusion.”
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Center for Public Integrity: IN FLORIDA, VOTING RIGHTS RESTORED, THEN SNATCHED BACK
“But it’s the implementation and access to those drop boxes that become the question,” McClenaghan said. “The lines for our primary in August were cars in line to drop off their ballots on election night.” Among the challenges, she said: Figuring out where drop boxes are and which ones are available round the clock, as opposed to only when staff are present. She recommends voters check with their local Supervisor of Elections office. “It’s a new thing,” she said, “so everybody’s learning.”