Absentee and Early Voting by Youth in the 2020 Election | CIRCLE
Young people are voting y’all!! #Vote
More than five million young people (ages 18-29) have already voted early or absentee in the 2020 elections, including nearly 3 million in 14 key states that may well decide the presidency and control of the United States Senate.
Source: Absentee and Early Voting by Youth in the 2020 Election | CIRCLE
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins votes from space in the US election using the ‘ISS voting booth’ | TheHill
What’s your excuse?
New Orleans judicial races and criminal justice: Public defenders campaign for the bench.
Here’s another down-ballot race of great import in New Orleans. #VOTE
One of the nation’s most incarcerated cities is facing an unprecedented wave of reform-minded judicial candidates.
Source: New Orleans judicial races and criminal justice: Public defenders campaign for the bench.
Early-voting numbers: U.S. on pace for record early turnout – Washington Post
Early-voting counts suggest that a record number of ballots are going to be cast ahead of Election Day, with voters taking advantage of early voting and expanded absentee options. The number of ballots already cast is a sign of highly enthusiastic voters adapting to an election taking place amid a pandemic.
Source: Early-voting numbers: U.S. on pace for record early turnout – Washington Post
Question 4 asks voters to put voting rights in state constitution | Nevada Current
This is something to watch and highlights the importance of knowing what’s on the entire ballot.
A 2020 ballot question will ask Nevada voters if a new section guaranteeing specific voting rights should be added to the state constitution. Question 4 would take voter rights currently set in state statute and enshrine them in the state constitution, including the right to vote on Election Day or during early voting and guarantees… Continue Reading Question 4 asks voters to put voting rights in state constitution
Source: Question 4 asks voters to put voting rights in state constitution | Nevada Current
Desmond Meade Speaks Out After Being Denied Clemency | Time
Desmond Meade, who has been fighting for the full restoration of civil rights for formerly incarcerated people, went before Florida’s clemency board and was denied.
— Read on time.com/5892239/desmond-meade-clemency-florida/
Voter Registration Has Plummeted in 2020 | Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center finds that voter registration has declined by an average of 38 percent in 17 of the 21 states analyzed when compared with 2016 registration rates.
Source: Voter Registration Has Plummeted in 2020 | Brennan Center for Justice
If You Wait Until Election Day to Vote, You’re Already Too Late | The Nation
The election has already started. Make a plan and vote early.
“Stanford Law School professor Nate Persily put it this way: ‘In all likelihood, half a million mail ballots will go uncounted in this election due to lateness, missing signatures, signature mismatches, and other problems. We need to make sure that number does not grow to a million votes lost.’”
Source: If You Wait Until Election Day to Vote, You’re Already Too Late | The Nation
Voting is a challenge for D.C.’s homeless. Advocates are trying to make it easier. – The Washington Post
When you’re unhoused, an advocate said, “voting is not high on your list of priorities.”
Where Americans Can Vote by Mail in the 2020 Elections – The New York Times
If you plan to vote by mail, 1) follow the instructions, 2) be aware that the lack of a signature match can lead to rejection, and 3) track your ballot. #vote
Civil Rights Today 