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11 Days After Deadline, No Regulations from Secretary of the Commonwealth on Safe Voting During the Pandemic
Found in: Common Cause Massachusetts
New York Times: A New Clash Over Mail Voting: The Cost of the Postage
“States are already strapped for cash,” Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at Common Cause, said Tuesday. “At a time when the Congress has not appropriated sufficient funds to help election officials run these elections this November, it’s ridiculous to contemplate adding more to their budgets.”
Found in: Common Cause
New Mexico Voting Rights Organizer (contract position)
Contract position reporting to the Executive Director and Associate Director, the Voting Rights Organizer will lead Common Cause New Mexico’s Election Protection and voter outreach program, including but not limited to assisting with the Native American Voting Rights project, and voting rights/voting access work at both the local and state-wide levels for the November election.
Found in: Common Cause New Mexico
Voting Rights Act Turns 55
Today’s anniversary comes during a time when our nation is, once again, grappling with its long history of treating people differently based on the color of their skin.
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
Voting Rights Act Turns 55 and Must be Restored in Honor of John Lewis
The right to vote is the very foundation of our democracy. Born of the horrible injustices and rampant voter suppression of the Jim Crow South, the Voting Rights Act, which turns 55 today, fully protected the right to vote for nearly five decades. That changed when the horribly misguided ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder gutted the Voting Rights Act. In the wake of that decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, voter suppression has flourished and Americans have been systematically stripped of their ability to cast a ballot in numbers not seen since the Jim Crow era.
Found in: Common Cause
Ohio Voter Rights Coalition Letter to Secretary LaRose RE Safe In-Person Voting
Found in: Common Cause Ohio
Associated Press: Indiana governor urged to expand mail voting during pandemic
On Thursday, a federal lawsuit filed by the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP and Common Cause Indiana seeks to further compel the state to expand absentee voting. The lawsuit argues that the state’s deadline for mail-in ballots — noon on Election Day — doesn’t account for expected surges in mail-in ballots and potential mail delays caused by the pandemic. The nonprofit contends that any ballot postmarked by Election Day should be counted without penalty. “Indiana has seen a surge in requests for mail-in ballots and now we must make sure all those voters who chose to vote by mail to protect their health do not face barriers in making their voice heard,” Julia Vaughn, policy director at Common Cause Indiana, said in a statement. The lawsuit is one of at least three pending in federal court to challenge Indiana’s election protocols. Another of the federal lawsuits, filed on behalf of Common Cause Indiana, argues that an Indiana law blocking voters and candidates from asking courts to keep polling places open past the state’s 6 p.m. closing time because of Election Day troubles violates the U.S. Constitution.
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Rights Groups Demand State and County Clerks Bridge Gaps After Move to All Vote-By-Mail in 2020 Elections
Found in: Common Cause Hawaii
GOOD GOVERNMENT GROUPS APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF BILL EXPANDING ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING AMID COVID-19
Found in: Common Cause in Connecticut
Dallas Morning News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extends early voting period for November elections citing COVID-19
“These steps are good but nowhere near good enough,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the government watchdog group, Common Cause Texas. “Other states are doing so much more while Governor Abbott is doing literally the least he can. We need swift and decisive action from either the Governor or Secretary of State to avoid a complete meltdown at the polls in November.”