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Voting Rights Advocates Call on Legislature to Implement Urgent Reforms
Voting rights advocates are calling on the Ohio legislature to protect Ohio voters and our elections by mailing a postage-paid ballot to every voter this year, as well as other important reforms.
Found in: Common Cause Ohio
Honolulu Civil Beat - Voting By Mail Could Not Come At A More Needed Time!
Voting in coronavirus times is perilous and likely to make in-person voting at the polls difficult. Expanding access to voting and the voter base is something everyone can get behind. There is no better way to express one’s opinion and to exercise a vital right. Please Click on the link to read the entire OpEd.
Found in: Common Cause Hawaii
Texas Voting Rights Advocates Request Emergency Election Measures
“It’s time for the people in power in Texas to stop worrying about political considerations and just do the right thing to make sure no Texan is forced to choose between voting and endangering their lives,” according to Common Cause Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez.
Found in: Common Cause Texas
Boston Globe: Republicans fight expanded mail-in voting as coronavirus makes in-person elections dangerous
“If states around the country do not alter the current election procedures, they will be the next Wisconsin,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at the public interest watchdog group Common Cause. “This has now turned into a political fight.”
Found in: Common Cause
The Maryland State Board of Elections Must Provide In-Person Voting Option for Seventh Congressional District Special Election
We recognize the gravity of the circumstances created by COVID-19, and fully appreciate the work Maryland State Board of Elections staff have undertaken in the past few weeks to protect the health of the public while providing safe access to voting. But the Boards failure to provide any in-person voting option in the Seventh Congressional District Special Election will compromise the health of our democracy.
Found in: Common Cause Maryland
New York Times: Voting by Mail Could Be What States Need. But Can They Pull It Off?
“As this becomes more partisan, each political party is going to go to its corner,” said Sylvia Albert, the director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a leading voting rights advocate. “But there’s a way to find the middle. “We have to get the ball moving now,” she added, “or Wisconsin is going to be what November looks like everywhere.”
Found in: Common Cause
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Time running out for states to decide how to handle voting this fall, experts say
“This is a state-by-state decision and we know there is not a one size fits all solution for every state,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for Common Cause. “With that said, we are encouraging states to act now to ensure that the November election is accessible, fair, and secure for all voters. That includes expanding existing vote by mail systems, but also other options such as early voting.” ... “Since vote by mail is a paper-based system, it cannot be hacked and is a great system for post-election audits to ensure the outcome of the election is correct,” Albert said.
Found in: Common Cause
Common Cause Georgia Urges Voters to Consider Absentee Voting in June Elections
Given the uncertainties surrounding the public health situation, we urge all Georgians to consider using absentee ballots to vote in the upcoming primary elections. Absentee voting is a safe and secure way to participate in that most essential of American activities: helping to choose our government officials.
Found in: Common Cause Georgia
Reuters: Chaotic Wisconsin election signals virus-related voting battles ahead
If state legislatures do not expand mail-in voting soon, legal challenges like the ones that resulted in Wisconsin’s chaotic primary will be waged right up until the presidential election, said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a nonpartisan watchdog group. “What you saw in Wisconsin would be happening in November,” Albert said.
Found in: Common Cause
Washington Post: Wisconsin governor moves to suspend in-person voting in Tuesday’s elections amid coronavirus fears, drawing GOP court challenge
Jay Heck, the executive director of Common Cause of Wisconsin, said he is “terrified” by the idea of the state holding the election on Tuesday given the mounting health risks. For the first time in nearly 25 years in his role, he is not encouraging people to vote in person, which “flies in the face of everything I believe in.” “It’s insanity. It’s just insanity,” an emotional Heck said midday Monday, before the governor’s order, describing the ways people could contract coronavirus at a polling place. “It makes me cry thinking about what is going to happen tomorrow. It really does.”