BY CARRIE LEVINE — MAY 1, 2023 Barriers including lines & voter ID laws present challenges for young voters Good morning, Longtime lawyer Cleta Mitchell, a leader in the conservative effort to shape election laws across the country, spoke to an audience of major GOP donors last month. She took direct aim at how easy […]
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BY SYDNEY DAWES — APRIL 30, 2023 The May 2 primary and special election will be the first in Ohio since the state’s new voter ID law came into effect, requiring all registered voters to show a state-approved photo ID to cast their ballots. The new voting law went into effect this month, creating multiple […]
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BY KATHY HELMUTH, WOOSTER – PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WAYNE COUNTY. APRIL 13, 2023 The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting a healthy democracy. One of our activities is to bring information to voters about candidates, and about the voting process. To this end, the League of Women Voters […]
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Young people, people of color are less likely to have valid photo ID, showing potential impact of restrictive voter ID laws on these communities COLLEGE PARK, Md. – (April 13, 2023) – The University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (CDCE) and VoteRiders, the nation’s leading voting rights organization focused on ID education […]
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BY SYDNEY DAWES, SPRINGFIELD – APRIL 7, 2023 Groups work to help voters obtain required documents. Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle locations will begin issuing free state ID cards to eligible people today, the same day the state’s new voting ID law takes effect. Voter advocacy groups continue to point to concerns surrounding Ohio’s voter […]
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BY NICK RAMOS – APRIL 5, 2023 Over the next several weeks, Ohioans will be heading to the polls for early voting ahead of the special and primary elections in May. Unfortunately, because of a new law that took effect on April 4, hundreds of thousands of voters from across the state now risk facing […]
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BY JAKE ZUCKERMAN, [email protected] — MARCH 29, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new state law takes effect next week requiring Ohioans to present a state-issued photo ID to vote, whether early or on Election Day. The effective date next week means the new law will apply to voters participating in local and county elections taking place this […]
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BY MADISON FERNANDEZ AND ZACH MONTELLARO — POLITICO PRO MORNING SCORE – MARCH 16, 2023 North Carolina’s state Supreme Court seems likely to allow a voter ID law in the state to go into effect, reversing a previous ruling from the same court after a years-long battle. In 2018, voters approved a constitutional amendment to […]
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BY: MASHA HAMILTON – MANAGING EDITOR, THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION — FEBRUARY 20, 2023 When a jobseeker shows up at the Waffle House in Columbus, Georgia, without an identity card, they call the Reverend Dr. Monica Spencer. They know her at the local crisis center. And in her doctor’s office, where she leaves her contact information. […]
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