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New York Times: Voting Problems Surface as Americans Go to the Polls
“We are dealing with a very different climate in 2018,” said Karen Flynn, the president of Common Cause. “We do not have a Department of Justice that is working hand in hand with our network to be solving these problems, we don’t have the protections of the Voting Rights Act, and we have a president that is putting out messages that can feel threatening to many voters.”
Found in: Common Cause
Associated Press: Voting Issues Mark Final Stretch of Georgia Governor’s Race
"It's like a domino effect," said Sara Henderson, executive director of Common Cause Georgia, about the voting issues in Georgia. "We expect lots of problems at the polling places because there has been a complete lack of voter education."
Found in: Common Cause
Associated Press: Voters raise concerns about voting machines, poll access
The good government group Common Cause is monitoring voting concerns around the country. Its president, Karen Hobert Flynn, said most of the problems reported to date are fairly typical. "We are waiting to see what else will come out," she said.
Found in: Common Cause
Voting Rights Experts Detail How They Are Fighting Problems at the Polls
California Common Cause is working to ensure votes count across the state. The nonpartisan, nonprofit will have hundreds of trained volunteers in the field and answering the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline to help voters who have questions, concerns or spot voter suppression tactics.
Found in: California Common Cause
Preserving Voting Rights after the Husted Case
The result of purging voter roles is many inactive voters, who had not moved, being removed from voter rolls. This approach is not an efficient way to update voter rolls because it results in a large number of eligible voters being purged from the voter rolls. Fortunately, the federal appeals court later ruled that the Ohio boards of elections must count provisional ballots in the 2018 midterm elections for certain individuals who were previously purged from the voter rolls.
Found in: Common Cause
Time running out for early voting in Massachusetts, mail ballots in RI
It's a week until Election Day 2018. William Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth for Massachusetts, sent out a reminder that Tuesday, Oct. 30, marks four days left to vote early; early voting closes on Friday, Nov. 2.
Found in: Common Cause Rhode Island
New York Times: New York Today: Why Don’t We Have Early Voting?
“There is no good reason why New York doesn’t have early voting; our elected officials have decided, at least up until now, that it’s not worth the trouble,” said Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, a nonpartisan group advocating for improvements to the state’s voting system. “The most logical explanation is: It’ll be expensive or complicated for the counties. It’s uniformly popular in every other state that has it, whether it’s a red state or a blue state,” she added. “The public likes it, election administrators like it, so it’s an embarrassment — to be blunt — that New York is not willing to assist voters in providing early voting.”
Found in: Common Cause
Bennett students on why voting matters to them
With election 2018 underway, students at Bennett College in Greensboro have a message for North Carolinians: go vote!
Found in: Common Cause North Carolina
Visit the 2018 NC Voter Guide for facts on voting in North Carolina
With election season underway, North Carolinians can get info on voting and meet candidates on their ballot at NCVoterGuide.org